we speak four languages in Switzerland plus english.Romantch is only spoken by a very small part of the country,so if you speak any of Italian,English,French,German there will always be someone to understand you.
Lugano is my town and is just lovely.Also Montreaux,Geneva,Lausanne.and then the mountains...
Why dont you visit this webistes
http://www.lugano-tourism.ch/framework/DesktopDefault.aspx?menu_id=1479
http://lugano.arounder.com/fullscreen/CH000005242.html
http://www.ticino-tourism.ch/guardaTicino/immagini.jsp?menuId=_3200
You can also go on www.myswitzerland.com for general information.