Switzerland ; and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol ; handbook for travellers . ,and the Rohrbach Tunnel(242 yds.). 51 M. Wassen (3050), alarge village (Kurhoiel Was-sen zum Ochsen, 60 beds, fr., good; Alpes,50 beds at 2-3, P. 6-7 fr.; Kro-ne, 30 beds, P. 5-7 fr.) with aloftily situated church.— Overthe Susten to Meiringen (12hrs.), see R. 39. The imposing MiddleMeienreuss Bridge (69 yds.;260 high) and the Leggen-stein Sjnral Tunnel (1204 yds.; ascent of 82) carry us to theUpper Meienreuss Bridge (59 yds. long; 148 high), the thirdbridge over the deep gorge of the
Switzerland ; and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol ; handbook for travellers . ,and the Rohrbach Tunnel(242 yds.). 51 M. Wassen (3050), alarge village (Kurhoiel Was-sen zum Ochsen, 60 beds, fr., good; Alpes,50 beds at 2-3, P. 6-7 fr.; Kro-ne, 30 beds, P. 5-7 fr.) with aloftily situated church.— Overthe Susten to Meiringen (12hrs.), see R. 39. The imposing MiddleMeienreuss Bridge (69 yds.;260 high) and the Leggen-stein Sjnral Tunnel (1204 yds.; ascent of 82) carry us to theUpper Meienreuss Bridge (59 yds. long; 148 high), the thirdbridge over the deep gorge of the Meienreuss. We then pass througha short tunnel, skirt the hillside, and obtain a view of Wassen andthe windings just traversed. Opposite rises the Rienzen-Stock(see p. 146). Crossing the Kellerbach and the Rohrbach, the trainpasses through the Naxberg Tunnel (1669 yds.) and crosses thedeep gorge of the Goschenen-Reuss (view of the Goschenen-Talwith its glaciers to the right, p. 146). 55x/2 M. Goschenen. — ^Railway Restaurant, D. incl. wine 3V2 fr., Baedeker, Switzerland. 25th 146 II- Route 33. GOSCHENER ALP. From Goschenen in the third-class waiting-room 1 fr. 80 c. — Hotels. *Grand-H6telGoschenen, with garden, 90 beds at 2V2-5, B. 1V2, L. 3, D. 4, P. 9-12 fr.;* Rossli, with garden, 80 beds at 2*/2-4, B. iy2, L. 2V2-3, , P. 8-10 fr.; Hot. Bahnhop, 45 beds at 2-3, B. iy4, D. 3, P. 6-8 fr.,good; Lowe-Terminus, 25 beds at 2-2V2, D. 3, P. 6-8 fr.; Krone, 50 bedsat 2-3, D. 2-2V2 fr.; Alte Post, Stern, both unpretending, R. l1f2-2l/o fr. — Anglican Church Serv. in July and August. Goschenen (3640), picturesquely situated near the mouth ofthe St. G-otthard Tunnel (p. 529), is frequented as a summer-resortand for its winter sports. In the cemetery is a monument (1889),by Andreoletti, to Louis Favre, the engineer of the St. G-otthardTunnel, who died here on 19th July, 1879 (comp. pp. 284, 329).Railway to Lugano and Chiasso, see p. 529; St. Gotthard Roa
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