Arrival brief · Italy

Casinò di Campione d'Italia

An Italian enclave inside the Swiss customs area: fifteen minutes from Lugano, francs at the cashier, open noon to 4.00.

Italy18+CHF ✓Entry: free

Address: Piazzale Milano 2, 22061 Campione d'Italia
Phone: +39 031 6741
drive: Ticino (Lugano) 15 min · 11 km

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Arrival brief

This drive in four stages.

Everything between your own front door and the gaming floor, in the order it happens.

01
Leave
Car: fifteen minutes from Lugano via Bissone, no customs post. Boat from Lugano-Centrale or bus, 15 to 25 minutes. Campione sits inside the Swiss customs territory.
02
Cross
No customs post on the way — the house lies inside the Swiss customs territory. No extra vignette or toll on this route.
03
Park
Free casino car park (Autosilo, around 500 spaces).
04
Enter
«Tenue correcte»: tidy, nothing from the beach or the gym. 18 and over, original document at the door. Entry: free.

Drive time from each starting point

From your location		min
Ticino (Lugano)	11 km	15 min
Graubünden (Chur)	155 km	126 min
Central Switzerland (Lucerne)	178 km	136 min
Zurich	214 km	163 min
Valais (Sion)	222 km	188 min
Eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen, Rhine Valley)	256 km	189 min
Thurgau (Frauenfeld)	260 km	199 min
Basel	273 km	200 min
Schaffhausen	264 km	207 min
Bern	288 km	210 min
Vaud (Lausanne)	316 km	250 min
Geneva	365 km	269 min

Road distances and drive times from an OSRM routing, as of 2026-09-10, without traffic or waiting time at the border.

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What the door asks for

Minimum age: 18 and over, original document at the door
ID at the door: Italy: valid passport or identity card, the original.
Enter: «Tenue correcte»: tidy, nothing from the beach or the gym.
Cash at the tables: EUR · Yes — francs are taken at the cashier and at the tables.
Entry: free

Editorial verdict

Speaks for the drive

Shortest drive out of Lugano
Francs accepted, no customs post
Free car park with around 500 spaces

Speaks against it

Legally Italy: winnings are taxable in Switzerland
Closed on 24 December
Crowded at the weekend

No user ratings — a verdict from the facts of the drive and the door.

Checked against the operator's own pages on 2026-09-10. Website des Betreibers durch Bot-Schutz gesperrt; Angaben aus der Vorprüfung, vor der Abfahrt bestätigen. Operator's site ↗

Facts taken from the operator's own pages and regional tourist offices, as of 2026-09-10. Door times, games, dress code and door rules can change at short notice; what the house says on the day prevails.

Door times

	Table games	Slots
Mon	12:00–04:00	12:00–04:00
Tue	12:00–04:00	12:00–04:00
Wed	12:00–04:00	12:00–04:00
Thu	12:00–04:00	12:00–04:00
Fri	12:00–04:00	12:00–04:00
Sat	12:00–04:30	12:00–04:30
Sun	12:00–04:30	12:00–04:30

Tables and slots open at different hours. Public holidays shift them — confirm with the house.

One thing before you leave

Bring the document anyway: the entrance checks it, and legally you are standing in Italy.

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