Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . lps, and to its height above the ?Italian lakes and the plains of Lombardy, commands one of themost superb views on the S. side of the Alps, and justly rivals theRigi. A Raok-and-Pinion Railway, now, like the hotels, theproperty of the Pasta family, runs from Capolago to within 200 ofthe top. The line, on Abts system, is 5^2 ^^- long and has a max-imum gradient of 22 : 100 ( Rigi Railway 25 : 100). Four trains ascenddaily to the summit (Vetta) in 114 hr., to Bellavista (Hotel Gene-roso) in 56 min.; return

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Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . lps, and to its height above the ?Italian lakes and the plains of Lombardy, commands one of themost superb views on the S. side of the Alps, and justly rivals theRigi. A Raok-and-Pinion Railway, now, like the hotels, theproperty of the Pasta family, runs from Capolago to within 200 ofthe top. The line, on Abts system, is 5^2 ^^- long and has a max-imum gradient of 22 : 100 ( Rigi Railway 25 : 100). Four trains ascenddaily to the summit (Vetta) in 114 hr., to Bellavista (Hotel Gene-roso) in 56 min.; return-fare to the top 10 fr. (half-fares on Sun.),from Lugano 11 fr. 75 c. (6 fr. on Sun.); ticket for the railwayjourney, and R., D., and B. at the Hotel Kulm 18 fr. — The trainsstart from the pier at Capolago (see above), where the toothedrail begins, and halt at (2 min.) the St. Gotthard Railway station. ischabel aschhorn Weissmieiilenstock bei Don Portjengrat I ; Oammastcdc M-Iucchero p. Forno flBottarello jiro porfenano^ ^^*^^^°^ «flJi|orio CampoTencia ROeiMezzog^orno RdiVogorno. MJJroso /i „^,.^ P?clArera C»Li^onc M-Albeno

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