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Estival Jazz Mendrisio 40th edition - A heady cocktail mixing jazz, in all its various flavours

A heady cocktail mixing jazz, in all its various flavours , combining blues, pop, soul, rock and world music, for a unique event in Europe. The spectacular comprises a series of free open air concerts, offering the thousands of fans filling squares of Lugano and Mendrisio the chance to admire the performances of hugely renowned international artists.

8th edition of LongLake Festival in Lugano

From 28.06.2018 to 01.08.2018 - A wide ranging programme, almost completely free of charge that really suits all tastes. For a month of great outdoor entertainment enjoy the street artists, concerts, perfomances and family events. The beating heart of the Lugano summer is once again the LongLake Festival. Over 250 events and outstanding guests will enliven the city, its squares, streets and parks each and every day for almost a month.

34th edition of JazzAscona Time to fully immerse in jazz, blues & New Orleans on the shores of Lake Maggiore

Ascona is always worth the trip, but during the 10-day jazz festival it’s almosta must! Here one of the major world events dedicated to jazz and New Orleans Beat takes place - and JazzAscona proposes an enthusiastic New Orleans experience with over 180 concerts, jam sessions and events, the best musical productions from the delta city and a culinary taste of Louisiana specialities. The Mississippi on the shores of Lake Maggiore!

Wetag Consulting featured in Luxury Portfolio International® Magazine spring 2018

The featured home "Spacious villa with swimming pool & big land in a wonderful location" in Carona, Switzerland offers 4 floors, in Lugano-Carona (9 km to the center of Lugano) with a beautiful plot of 5'000 m² that guarantees complete privacy. The living area, with its kitchen and wide windows, offers a wonderful lake view. The property comprises 4 bedrooms with their own bathroom and a splendid attic. Marvellous fitness area with sauna, outdoor swimming pool and 4 parking places. Just few steps from the old town you arrive to this wonderful villa where luxury, privacy and wide spaces are harmoniously mixed together.

Culinary Tours of Lake Lugano's Grottos

Many of the atmospheric grottos lining the shore of Lake Lugano can only be reached on foot or by water. In recent years, an evening boat tour of the grotto has become popular. After enjoying a typical repast of brasato or polenta by candlelight in a restaurant of their choice, passengers go back on the boat’s return trip two hours later.

Markets on Lake Maggiore

The weekly markets held in the lakeside villages on the Italian shore of Lake Maggiore are easily accessible by boat from either Locarno or Ascona: in Luino on Wednesdays, in Verbania-Intra on Saturdays and in Cannobio on Sundays. Particularly the market in Lunio has drawn, for years, hordes of tourists and bargain hunters from as far away as the northern region of the Alps, Bavaria and Austria. In addition to making great purchases and discovering these charming villages, visitors can further enhance their trip by taking a relaxing cruise on Lake Maggiore, described by Stendhal as "one of the most beautiful places in the world."

Picasso – A Different Gaze

Although Pablo Picasso certainly received more public exposure than any other artist in the history of XXth century, he is paradoxically perhaps also the most enigmatic. Art historian Maurice Rheims, appointed by the French government to document the artist’s personal belongings after his death, discovered more than 45’000 unknown pieces...

In concert: Hagen Quartett / Jörg Widmann clarinet at 25th January at LAC - Lugano

German composer and clarinettist Jörg Widmann is the protagonist of this January concert. The renowned musician has already been artist-in-residence in Dubai, Mainz and Bamberg, as well as the Rheingau Festival. Together with the famous Salzburg-based quartet lead by the Hagen Brothers (Lukas and Clemens play two Stradivarius instruments, sister Angelika a Maggi viola), Widmann will present two quintets...

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year 2018!

We sincerely thank you for a successful year 2017. Have you already found your dream property through us, just liked us on 'Facebook' or viewed the videos of our properties? With pleasure we will actively support you again in the new year and assist you professionally, personally & sympathetically in your search for the right property in beautiful Ticino from 2nd January 2018!

Soloists of the Byzantine Academy at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura on Thursday 21th December 2017

In the course of the Lugano concert at Thursday21 December at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Dantone will lead us to Venice at the time of the birth of the modern concert, not only through the genius of Antonio Vivaldi, but also though rarer but no less refined works by Tomaso Albinoni, Baldassare Galuppi and Giovanni Benedetto Platti, a Padua composer considered to be one of the inventors of the sonata form.

Exclusive luxury real estate symposium held in Bordeaux, France brings together European real estate leaders

Mr. Schnorf / Owner, Iradj Alexander-David / Director Locarno & Ascona and Kevin Quast, Marketing & PR Manager with Wetag Consulting, attended the European Real Estate Network (EREN) member symposium, which took place 9th and 10th November in Bordeaux, France. Open only to members of EREN, an exclusive network of prestigious independent real estate companies focused on high-end property sales, the member symposium attracted professionals from across Europe. EREN Bordeaux affiliate, Maxwell-Baynes, hosted the symposium.

Wetag Consulting’s Ueli Schnorf Speaks at Global Real Estate Symposium in Vienna

Ueli Schnorf, is together with Philipp Peter the owner of Wetag Consulting, Mr. Schnorf was a speaker at the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® 2017 Global Symposium, which took place September 24-26 in Vienna, Austria. Open to members of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE), a selective global community of the highest quality independent real estate companies, the Symposium attracted top-tier real estate professionals from 22 countries.