If anyone is interested in hiking in Lugano, it has three main mountain tops: Mt. Bre, Mt. Boglia and San Salvatore. It takes around 1.5hrs to Mt. Bre, 2hrs to San Salvatore and around 5hrs to Mt. Boglia....its beautiful from the top of Mt. Boglia as you see Italy on the other side of the mountain......There's a very old church on the top of San Salvatore. A barbeque spot can be found on the top of Mt. Bre.

There are also finiculare services to the tops of Mt. Bre and San Salvatore. Here's a link for the service to San Salvatore.

http://www.montesansalvatore.ch/funicolare/fuhome.html

Sorry, I could not find anything for Mt. Bre.

I hope this was useful. Its been 2.5yrs now since I have been there.