I have seen beautiful and picturesque pictures of Valle Verzasca and I am planning to go in Ticino region in late October. Will Valle Verzasca be very picturesque at that time of the year or is it better to go to other places like daytrips to Gandria and Morcote?

Is there a way to go to Valle Verzasca without hiking for too long?

Any suggestion/advice/comment will be greatly appreciated.

There is public bus service to Valle Verzasca.
http://www.postbus.ch/pag-startseite...bot-detail.htm

Valle Maggia is also worth visiting.
https://www.google.ca/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=...q=valle+maggia

In that area I prefer to stay in Ascona at this hotel.
http://www.hoteltamaroascona.com/de/galerie

A few years back we stayed in Locarno and took the Swiss postal bus back into the Valle Verzasca. The bus goes along the river, which you can walk along or clamber along. We got off the bus in a valley, the name of which escapes me. I vaguely remember a waterfall and some restaurants/grotti. On the way back we got off the bus and walked into the preserved town of Corippo; some relatives still live there.

We didn't hike much, just walked around and along the river. It was beautiful but it was summer. Hopefully the weather would still be relatively nice in Ticino in late October.

Locarno made a nice base, good hotels, a choice of restaurants. There's a trip up the mountains from central Locarno. It starts with a funicular ride up to the church Madonna del Sasso, which has panoramic views over Lago Maggiore. You switch to a gondola that continues up to what I remember as a forested park. For the last leg, there's a chair lift up to the ski area of Cimetta. Great views all along the way. Perfect for a clear day. However, at least one leg of this trip closes at the end of October. Another excursion from Locarno is by boat to the beautiful Borromean islands farther south in the Italian part of Lago Maggiore.

Really nice place to visit. The only issue might be the weather.

Timetables of the buses into Valle Verzasca (not to be confounded with Valle Veddasca, which goes from Alpe Neggia and Indemini down to Maccagno/Lago Magggiore):
http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadm...015/62.321.pdf
The Postbus line ends at Sonogno (918m above Sea level) a village surrounded by 2700m high peaks.

If you want to go to higher places, take a bus from Locarno into Vallemaggia where you can go by bus up to 1300m and by gondola up to 1900m, in the area of 6 mountain lakes:
Lago di Robiei, Lago del Zot, Lago Nero, Lago Bianco, Lago dei Cavagnoli, Lago Sfundau
and 2 Alpine Club Huts: Capanna Basodino, Capanna Cristallina.

Other picturesque Valleys:
Val Onsernone: Postbus from Locarno
Val Vergeletto: Postbus from Locarno
Valle di Bosco/Gurin: Postbus from Cevio (Vallemaggia)
Val Lavizzara: Postbus from Bignasco (Vallemaggia)
Val Cannobina: Bus VCOTrasporti from Cannobio

Everything is doable in late October, but September / early October would be better (longer days, less cold, the trees would still have leafs resp needles).

Best base for all these trips: Locarno, a picturesque city which is never dead in low season.
http://www.ascona-locarno.com/en/com...gs/129573.html

For my visit to the Val Verzasca, I took a bus to Lavertezzo -- the town with the Roman Bridge. (It's also got an interesting church and a waterfall; I suspect that's the town Mimar describes.) From there, I walked to Brione, where I caught a bus back to Locarno. As I recall, the walk was sign-posted for about 2.5 hours; I took closer to 3 hours with lots of stops to take pictures. It was a bit uphill almost all the way, but IMO, not a strenuous climb by any means. The first part of the trail, called the Sentiero per l'Arte, has modern art installations scattered among the rocks and trees -- very nice! Getting the bus back from Brione worked well for my plans, but check the postbus schedules to see if there are other places to get the bus that might work better for you. And of course, you could simply walk a bit and return to Lavertezzo.

Gandria and Morcote are also very pleasant, but QUITE different! You might want to make time for one or both of them, in addition to the Val Verzasca.