Pharmacies in Ticino: directory and contacts (cross-border guide)

Context

In brief

• Perimeter: Ticino and Italian provinces CO, VA and VB.
• Ticino directory: 207 records from the official list.
• Italian directory: 542 records filtered to the three border provinces.
• Verified duty: regional sources for Mendrisiotto, Luganese, Bellinzonese, Biasca e Valli, Locarnese.

A starting point for finding pharmacies present in the Ticino directory and opening the local records that are available.

Operational details

What the directory contains

The Ticino directory comes from the official cantonal list and the current snapshot contains 207 records. A record helps with names, addresses and published contacts; it is not real-time proof of opening and does not replace a phone call.

For a practical search, start with the Ticino route, open the pharmacy record and check which details are actually published. If you need duty information, move to the relevant regional source: do not treat the directory as a duty service.

Directory, opening hours and duty: three different data points

• directory: A directory record means that the official catalogue contains the entry; it does not mean that the pharmacy is open now.
• opening hours: Opening hours are shown only when the page or source publishes them; they are not inferred from the directory or its timestamp.
• verified duty: Verified duty means a regional interval published by OFCT or the relevant association source; it is not the same as continuous opening. Check by phone before travelling.

Key points

Scope, sources and timestamp

This guide uses separate snapshots: a Ticino address directory, a filtered Italian directory and a regional duty dataset (OFCT and the Locarnese association source). The sources are not merged into one opening status.

• Official Ticino pharmacy list: 207 records, retrieved at 2026-09-14T10:03:57.824Z. official list
• Official Italian dataset filtered to provinces CO, VA and VB: 542 records, retrieved at 2026-09-14T10:03:57.824Z. Ministry of Health dataset
• Regional sources for Ticino duty coverage: areas Mendrisiotto, Luganese, Bellinzonese, Biasca e Valli, Locarnese, retrieved at 2026-09-15T09:40:29.571Z. OFCT source

Latest snapshot retrieval: directories 2026-09-14T10:03:57.824Z; duty 2026-09-15T09:40:29.571Z. The timestamp records when the source snapshot was retrieved; it is not an opening time and does not prove that a pharmacy is open now.

This is not nationwide coverage: the perimeter is limited to Ticino and the Italian provinces CO, VA and VB. Locarnese is included as the fifth duty region through the regional association source farmacielocarnese.ch. Its interval is published only after a unique match with the cantonal directory; the source does not replace the directory. For Locarnese: regional association source farmacielocarnese.ch; the parser publishes an interval only after a unique Farmacia-and-locality match with the cantonal directory and copies no address from the source. No Italian on-duty claim is made: the Italian catalogue is an address directory and does not prove that a pharmacy is open or on duty.

Official sources and useful routes

• pharmacy hub
• Ticino directory
• Italian provinces directory
• on-duty pharmacies
• regional sources by area: Mendrisiotto, Luganese, Bellinzonese, Biasca e Valli, Locarnese

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