Cypresses and a lakeside village in Ticino
Slim cypresses rise from a steep garden above a lakeside village in Ticino, in the south of Switzerland. Below, houses with orange-tiled roofs step down to the water, and a tree in purple bloom stands out among the green. The lake curves away between wooded slopes to another small village on the far shore, and big white clouds drift over the mountains. Mediterranean plants and alpine peaks side by side, which you only get in this corner of Switzerland.