Switzerland Julier/Albula/Flüela - 550 km FUN

glitch

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magical Rudi

I will be in St Moritz for lunch in October and staying in Castasegna for the night, I wish it could be for ever, I love Switzerland so much

And give yourself one of the biggest perks while there:
do the short run up the steep hillside through the 1000 year old chestnut plantations just a few k's east of Castasegna for a look at Soglio.
At that time of year, you'll be driving over hundreds of chestnuts on the way up. And check out the old crop-storage sheds ....
Once you start to realize the history behind the place and walk the narrow (3-8 ft) lanes with the glaciers opposite, you really NEVER wanna leave.
I'll be right behind ya!!

https://goo.gl/maps/gQdZcyjQvgo


Post #61 to #63
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9119&highlight=soglio#post9119

Lucky basterd :))

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Hytram

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And give yourself one of the biggest perks while there:
do the short run up the steep hillside through the 1000 year old chestnut plantations just a few k's east of Castasegna for a look at Soglio.
At that time of year, you'll be driving over hundreds of chestnuts on the way up. And check out the old crop-storage sheds ....
Once you start to realize the history behind the place and walk the narrow (3-8 ft) lanes with the glaciers opposite, you really NEVER wanna leave.
I'll be right behind ya!!

https://goo.gl/maps/gQdZcyjQvgo

I actually looked at Soglio for Accom but there was nothing that really suited, I had no idea it was that sort of town!

its now locked into the itinerary, these are the places I am looking for

thankyou!!

Lucky basterd :))

yes... yes I am!! :bt


I will picking your brains a bit later, have the find the best route (car) between Venice and Glurns
 

Hytram

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Hi Marty,

thank you!

Autumn is the most beautiful season in the alps!
Simply wonderful!!!

Maybe it is time to meet in person?!

Best greetings from gold old Germany
Rudi

Hi Rudi


we will be staying in Glurns Tues Oct 4 and Castasegna Weds Oct 5, then heading for Tuscany

wont be on the bike sadly thou I am still try to work out some bike time while over there, could be once we are down south of the Amalfi coast
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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I actually looked at Soglio for Accom but there was nothing that really suited, I had no idea it was that sort of town!

its now locked into the itinerary, these are the places I am looking for

thankyou!!

:thumbs:
Only a 10-min stop along the way...and well worth it.... is Casaccia at the foot of the Maloja Pass. https://goo.gl/maps/i12SYKspg4P2

Coming down the last hairpins, there's a funny tower standing in the middle of a paddock to the west. Here's the only thing I can find online in a jiffy
http://bit.ly/1r2vWF3

Looking at the map below, I circled the tower (footpath leading to it), the zigzag dirt road is the bottom end of the Septimer Pass, an old Roman Passroad , still partially terraced and flag-stone paved with the odd self-supporting bridge, all of it "oxen-width"...6ft.

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The tower in Casaccia is the only leftover of a small castle, which mainly acted as a toll-collecting station for the use of the passroad.
Yep, the Romans had it loooong before CityLink...2000 years or so :bs

Definitely worth a quick stop and short walk up the "Ruina".
More info on the "Via Bregaglia" here. http://www.viabregaglia.com/eng/route/00/
The valley turns from Italy-into-Switzerland in Castasegna...try to find accom at the Italian side of the little town...it's quite a bit cheaper.
At the western end of Chiavenna (a few k's down the road) http://bit.ly/1TIZsI9 Camera e colazione= B+B....Mezza pensione = Halfboard....
Pensione completa = full board (brecky/lunch/dinner)
And where ever possible, follow the signs into/ through the little towns (that's actually the old road in that narrow valley), the new bypass-road is quicker but misses all the gorgeous, old + narrow stuff and the actual towns themselves.

If you would end up with about 2hrs spare from Soglio....there's a gently sloping walk through all those chestnut plantations down to Castasegna.
Best is to leave the car in Stampa in the main valley, take the regular Swiss Post-Bus to Soglio, get out at the midway stop, walk ~60mins behind the waterfall and into Castasegna through the meadows and past the tiny storage sheds on their "rock-feet", take the next bus back up-valley to Stampa again.
It makes for an afternoon that'll never be forgotten...and you're there at the best time of year.

http://www.viabregaglia.com/eng/route/00/


Glurns, eh? :glu Just tell me how much time you've got :bs

Sorry to Rudi for derailing the thread, but this sort of stuff doesn't come along often (enough :)
 

Hytram

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:thumbs:
Only a 10-min stop along the way...and well worth it.... is Casaccia at the foot of the Maloja Pass. https://goo.gl/maps/i12SYKspg4P2

Coming down the last hairpins, there's a funny tower standing in the middle of a paddock to the west. Here's the only thing I can find online in a jiffy
http://bit.ly/1r2vWF3

Looking at the map below, I circled the tower (footpath leading to it), the zigzag dirt road is the bottom end of the Septimer Pass, an old Roman Passroad , still partially terraced and flag-stone paved with the odd self-supporting bridge, all of it "oxen-width"...6ft.


The tower in Casaccia is the only leftover of a small castle, which mainly acted as a toll-collecting station for the use of the passroad.
Yep, the Romans had it loooong before CityLink...2000 years or so :bs

Definitely worth a quick stop and short walk up the "Ruina".
More info on the "Via Bregaglia" here. http://www.viabregaglia.com/eng/route/00/


perfect, definitely on the to see list


The valley turns from Italy-into-Switzerland in Castasegna...try to find accom at the Italian side of the little town...it's quite a bit cheaper.
At the western end of Chiavenna (a few k's down the road) http://bit.ly/1TIZsI9 Camera e colazione= B+B....Mezza pensione = Halfboard....
Pensione completa = full board (brecky/lunch/dinner)
And where ever possible, follow the signs into/ through the little towns (that's actually the old road in that narrow valley), the new bypass-road is quicker but misses all the gorgeous, old + narrow stuff and the actual towns themselves.

If you would end up with about 2hrs spare from Soglio....there's a gently sloping walk through all those chestnut plantations down to Castasegna.
Best is to leave the car in Stampa in the main valley, take the regular Swiss Post-Bus to Soglio, get out at the midway stop, walk ~60mins behind the waterfall and into Castasegna through the meadows and past the tiny storage sheds on their "rock-feet", take the next bus back up-valley to Stampa again.
It makes for an afternoon that'll never be forgotten...and you're there at the best time of year.

http://www.viabregaglia.com/eng/route/00/

I would love that, her, maybe not, I think I will have to get her walking between now and then

Glurns, eh? :glu Just tell me how much time you've got :bs

only a day :(

I cant route it via google maps because its not letting go over some of the pass roads for some reason, it was a few week back

so basically something along the lines of
https://goo.gl/maps/cX3boowN8p82 then down the Umbrail into Grurns, open to suggestions, looking for more picturesque than perfect motorcycling roads ( I cant believe I am saying that)

then up the Stelvio in the morning from the east, Livigno and onto St Moritz.



Glurns? (pricking my ears...) Now I am getting envious also! You're in for a treat. Enjoy, Marty!!!

we went there in T2 and after a little more researching we also went to Soglio too in T@, now I am really excited, I really loved Soglio

Soglio
http://austouring.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20349&postcount=216
http://austouring.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20350&postcount=217
http://austouring.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20351&postcount=218

Glurns
http://austouring.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20262&postcount=180

:glu:glu:glu:glu :slobb
 
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