Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : Handbook for travellers / by K. Baedeker. With nineteen maps, seven plans and seven panoramas.

  • Karl Baedeker
Date:
1867
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Credit: Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : Handbook for travellers / by K. Baedeker. With nineteen maps, seven plans and seven panoramas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By steamer on the Lake of Geneva in 3 hrs. to Lausanne^ some hours Days at Lausanne, and in the evening by last steamer in IV2 hr. to Villeneuve (R. 50) 1 On foot to Chillon, Montreux, Clarens, Vevay (R. 50), 3 hrs. walking; but by halting at the various points of attraction an entire day may be spent 1 By (diligence and) railway from Vevay to Freibtirg in k\/o hrs. (R. 41) : . . 1 By railway to Bern in 1 hr. (K. 41) I By railway to Bdle in 4 hrs. (R. 5) 1 Should the traveller have a few days more at command, they may be devoted very advantageously to Eastern Switzerland (Appenzell, Bad Pfaffers, Via Mala, Upper Engadine), whence the Italian Lakes are conveniently visited. Rorschach (p. 37) or Zurich is recommended as head-c[uarters (comp. R. 18). On foot from Rorschach to Heiden, to Trogen by the Kaien, and to Days Gats by the Gabris, in all 7 hrs. (R. 67) \ On foot from Gais to Weisshach, to Wildkirchli and the Ebenalp; re- turn to Weissbad, thence to Appenzell, 6 hrs. (R. 67) I On foot from Appenzell to Gais, and to AUstarUen in the Valley of the Rhine by the Utoss in 5 hrs. (R. 67), by train in ll/o hr. to Ragatz (R. 68) ' . . . 1 Ffdffers and C'oire (RR. 69, 70) 1 By diligence in 3 hrs. to Thusis, on foot in 3 hrs. by the Via Mala as far as the third bridge over the Rhine and return to Thusis (R. 88), on foot in 4 hrs. by the Sc?ipii Pass to Tiefenkasten (R. 80) t By diligence in 61/3 lirs- over the Albula Pass to Poiite (R. 81), and in 40 min. to Samaden (R. 84); on foot in 11/9 hr. tn Pontresina (R. 83) I Ascent of the Piz Langiiard (R, 83) 1 By diligence in 71/3 hrs. over the Bernina to Tirano, thence by Mes- sagerie to Sondrio in 3 hrs. (R. 85) (or by diligence in 8I/.7 hra. over the Maloja to C/iiaveima and Colico . . . 1 By Messagerie to Colico in 5 hrs. (R. 85), thence by steamer to Como in 3 hrs. (R. 98) (Train to Milan in II/2 hr.) 1 Return by the Lake of Como as far as Menaggio (Villa Carlolta p. 383 and park of the Villa .'ierbelloni p. 383), and by Porlezza to Lugano see p. 379 ' y By diligence from Lugano in 2 hrs. to Luino (R. 97), by steamer to the Borroiiipau Islands in II/2 hr. and to Arova in 1 hr. (Railway to Turin, Genoa (in 6 hrs.) etc., sec Baedeker\'i Italy] .... 1 By omnibus in 3 hrs. to Ovta on the lake of that name, by rowing- boat lo Omegna in n/2 hr., by carriage or on foot to Gravellona (R. 96) [or on foot in 3 hrs. to the Sacro Monte (p. 375) and bv the Monte MoUevone [p. 375] to Stresa [p. 373|, or to Baveno {v.?,TI)\ and by diligence to Domo dWssola (R. 63) ' 1 By diligence over the Simplon to Brieg and Vispach (R. 63) ... . 1 Instead of the passage of the Bernina (R. 85j, choice may be made between the Splugen (RU. 88, 89) and the St. Gott- hard (R. 23). The St. Gotthard is the most beautiful of all the Alpine pa.sses, after which the Splugen and the Simplon posse^.s equal claims; the former is more interesting on the N., the latter on the S. side. The pass of the Great St. Bernard RaedfUer Switzerland. .3rd Kdition. !>