Driving up to the Swiss Alps: Summer, Autumn and Winter on a gorgeous sunny day up to Gotthard tunnel.
Pictures shot on the road by guest photographer Maria Francesca, Portugal. Edited by ARTBorghi. Click each picture to enlarge.
On the way to the Swiss Engadin region, blinded by the white Alpine panorama.
Human outposts rarely spot the dazzling beauty of the area.
Leaving behind the 2284 meters of the frozen Julier pass …
I finally reached my target.
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Once upon a time, the Swiss community of Mulegns was a post station.
Between Chur and Saint Moritz, horse-drawn carriages took 15 hours and several stops to climb the steep valley.
One of these stops was at Mulegns, at the Posthotel “Löwe”.
But then the train tracks in a parallel valley opened a new and faster way. The horse carriage business bankrupted…
… and Mulegns got cut off the main stream.
Nevertheless, the Posthotel “Löwe” is still there and it is open… and it is definitely worth a visit!
Click each picture to enlarge. Thanks to the owner of the Posthotel, Donata Willi, for the short but fascinating chat about the community history.
Escape photography shot on the move. Click each picture to enlarge.
Drive on the longest Swiss monument: Tremola road, from Airolo up to Saint Gotthard pass (2091 m.s.l.)
Where asphalt gives road to stone, here is the beginning of a very peculiar alpine road: the Tremola.
Thirty-seven hairpin turns in just nine kilometers: the finish line 900 meters above, at the Ospizio
Enjoy the breathtaking panorama while climbing up the soft steep.
Every turn has its name : Fopa, Santirana, Calanchitt … drive through at slow pace to enjoy all of them.
By motorbike, car or bike, here is the end of the Tremola: ready to explore what the Gotthard pass has to offer?
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