. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers . i « Mjrjfoattas mw £jtJbrtrr< 3 Sahaflierg. PONTRESINA. 707. Route. 367 of Giarsun and Carliliof, with the loftily situated little church ofS. Maria (adjoined by the small churchyard), and the ruined towerof La Spaniola. It is surprising to find at this elevation (9 higherthan the Rigi-Kulm) such a variety of flowers as some of the littlegardens contain; but their beauty is frequently destroyed by asingle nights frost. Pontresina owes its importance as a mountain-eering station to the prox
. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers . i « Mjrjfoattas mw £jtJbrtrr< 3 Sahaflierg. PONTRESINA. 707. Route. 367 of Giarsun and Carliliof, with the loftily situated little church ofS. Maria (adjoined by the small churchyard), and the ruined towerof La Spaniola. It is surprising to find at this elevation (9 higherthan the Rigi-Kulm) such a variety of flowers as some of the littlegardens contain; but their beauty is frequently destroyed by asingle nights frost. Pontresina owes its importance as a mountain-eering station to the proximity of the Bemina Chain, which sep-arates the Upper Engadine and the Bregaglia from the Valtellina,and is hardly inferior in grandeur to the Monte Rosa group. Thislofty range, with its vast expanse of neve and glaciers (Rom. Va-dret, Ital. Vedrettd), is now so favourite a goal of travellers thatPontresina is often crowded in summer. Neither the Piz Bemina(p. 371), the highest peak, nor the other important peaks, are visiblefrom Pontresina itself. The most interesting short excursion is the ascent o
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