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Identifier: enroutedescripti00trev (find matches)
Title: En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Trevor, Roy
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : E. Stanford
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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soon the road became aseries of ascents and descents, traversing richcountry. I had at first planned to travel over the TonalePass into Italy, then along the rocky little Lagodlseo and through Brescia to Riva, but I was toldthat at Dimaro a road branched into the hills,passing over the Campiglio Pass, a road not markedon our maps, but, so we were assured, traversed bymany carriages. We determined to change ourroute and on reaching Dimaro left the main valleyand passed through the town, a muddle of narrowstreets, where the noise of the car brought manychildren to hamper our way, and their elders to thewindows and doorways to watch us pass. Leavingthe village which we had disturbed, like an angryhornets nest, we began to ascend, through firs, theVal Meledrio ; the road is rather narrow and paltryin comparison with other passes, continuing so allthe way to the summit where it passes in full viewof the Brenta Dolomites and attains a height ofabout 5600 feet. The summit is somewhat bare80
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BEAUTIFUL TIROL and we lost no time in plunging down the oppositeside. Madonna di Campiglio lies buried in the pinesand destitute of view ; save for the freshness in theair one might as well be in the valley. The Hoteldes Alpes, formerly an old monastery, still retainsmany of its ancient associations, and here westayed. Every one, from the boots to the head concierge,was loud in his warnings not to proceed furtherdown the descent and counselled us earnestly toreturn the way we had come. Carriages go,certainly, they admitted, but for an automo-bile Where a carriage can go Mercedes will follow, was still our answer, and despite theirprotests we left next morning. For once they hadtold the truth : the road from Madonna di Campiglioto Pinzolo was indeed bad, especially for a large andheavy car. It is often too narrow to allow of twovehicles passing, save where it has been speciallywidened to do so; the trees on either side of theroad almost touched the car and prevented one seeingthe appr

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