Chiesa di San Bernardo — Attraction in Circolo di Bellinzona

15 minutes easy walk from the cableway middle station and a nice spot to refill your water bottle and enjoy a wide view over the whole verzasca valley. The church itself is very interesting for it's rather old but we'll preserved murals. A historian was present when we passed through, but I am not sure of that's always the case.

There are also some clean and public bathrooms.

From here it's a 45 minute walk to the ponte tibetano and another 45 minutes back down to the cableway ground station. For both of these walks bring good shoes and healthy joints cause it's a real hike.

If you just go to the bridge and back you will find a very nice restaurant, also at the cable way midstation. Nice food...

The construction of the church has been dated back to the XI and XII centuries, although there are no written documents that testify this. The church went through at least two relevant structural interventions in the course of the centuries. The first, of the XV century, doubled the footprint surface of the building, and added the portico and the belltower. The second, achieved during following century, added the chapel, transformed the apse, and added construction of the sacristy. As far as the frescoes are concerned, the most ancient appear to be the "Madonna del Latte" and the "San Cristoforo" dating back to the mid-14th...

A well preserved historical evidence. This old church has seen so much oh history and historians are making efforts to restore and maintain it. There was a lady at the entrance who helps you to know the history and significance of the church and has other information on the hiking trails around the San Bernardo.

A must see stop on your hike up to...