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BELLINZONA E ALTO TICINO Cows and cheese WHAT DO COWS AND MOUNTAIN BIKERS HAVE IN COMMON? THEY RUN AROUND THE PIORA VALLEY IN GREAT SHAPE! In Piora valley you will find tasty cheese and splendid mountain bike trails. 40 In wide, secluded pastures, the cows graze, just where they please, giving thanks for their five star accommodation with the milk that has made the tasty Piora cheese legendary. INCLUDED: ONE OF THE STEEPEST FUNICULARS IN EUROPE And what about the mountain bikers? They cycle through the steep, challenging Alpine area, past large and small lakes, and through wonderfully scented mountain woods. Many like to turn back halfway, that doesn’t matter: you don’t have to make it over the pass into the Blenio valley, to take pictures of impressive mountain scenery home with you. Up here, the hiker’s heart also beats faster. Along with numerous short excursions along the Ritom lake and over its mighty retaining walls, passes and high mountain trails offer a hiker’s paradise on earth. Another thing: one of the steepest funiculars in Europe leads from Piotta to the Ritom lake, – a special experience.
New experiences on old roads SOME JOURNEYS ARE AN END IN THEMSELVES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE “TREMOLA” WITH ITS COBBLED TWISTS AND TURNS. “The Gotthard is the pass to beat all passes”, says Harley rider Alois Mailinger.. There are two reasons why the old Gotthard Pass on the Ticino side is called the "Tremola": from above, the longest construction in Switzerland, with its walled curves looking like a temperature graph “trembling” (from the Italian tremare = to tremble) through the mountain. The other reason lies with the bumpy cob- 41 blestones, which are extremely demanding, especially when travelling by bike over the pass (2108 metres) and you want to force your way up its 12 % gradient. A MYSTICAL MOUNTAIN All this “trembling” can hardly be surpassed in terms of enjoyment, if you travel through the ancient rocky landscape by car. Or on a Harley Davidson, like Alois Maillinger from Germany. “The Gotthard is the pass to beat all passes” he says. “It isn’t the highest pass, and doesn’t have the most bends, but there is something mystical about this mountain”. This is already the third time that Alois has crossed the Tremola, and the third time that he is so overwhelmed, that he stops to take a couple of photos. “And that won’t be the last time”, he laughs, rattling off on his Harley. Meanwhile you can hear the nostalgic stage-coach in the distance, a stage-coach with five horses, taking tourists from Airolo to Andermatt, through the heart of this landscape, where no less than four of the most important rivers in Europe have their source. Gurgling, swooshing and chirping are all around, the rocks surge up into the sky and the grinding of the coach wheels recalls times gone by, as if this form of transport was still fashionable, even BELLINZONA E ALTO TICINO
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