A Hand-Book for Travellers in Switzerland And the Alps of Savoy And Piedmont
A Hand-Book for Travellers in Switzerland And the Alps of Savoy And Piedmont
John Murray (Firm)
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Bernard (Rte. 108) for a short distance; then turning downwards, crosses the St. Remy branch of the river Buttier, near its junction with the Valpelline branch, a very beautiful spot, and pro- ceeds througn rich fields to the vUlage of Valpelline, 2^ hours. Here the vfd- ley narrows, and the ascent becomes rapid. Passing the village of Oyace, picturesquely situated on a high bar- rier of rock which crosses the valley (1 hour 40 minutes), you reach in another hour Biona, and in 4 hours more the ...chdlets of Prerayen: total from Aosta, 9 hours of rapid ascent Cultivation extends high up the val- ley, which lies exposed to the after- Switzerland, route 61. — aosta to sion. col de collon. 181 noon sun, and is very hot. There is a good horse-road to Prerayen, which belongs to the Jesuits of Aosta, who resort thither in the summer; and the chiUets in consequence afford some- what better quarters than most of those in Piedmont. ■ There is no inn anywhere in the Valpelline. " The head of the valley is bounded by a very grand chain of snowy mountains, branching from the main chain at the Dent d'Erron (?), which separates the Valpelline and Val Tournanche.
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