Time Travel III - Swiss Historic Hotels

Time Travel III From Carona to Zuort
Travel information – Literature – Links
Day one:
Lugano-Paradiso–Carona
Options
By train
To Lugano-Paradiso
By funicular
railway
Lugano-Paradiso–Monte San Salvatore [2652]
On foot
Monte San Salvatore–Carona, 1 h 30 [map 286T]
Option
By post bus
Lugano-Paradiso–Carona Paese [62.434]
Romantik Hotel Villa Carona ***
Piazza Noseed, 6914 Carona, tel. 091 649 70 55, [email protected],
www.villacarona.ch, Owners and hosts: Cornelia and Jörg Deubner-Marty
Lugano Turismo, Palazzo Civico, Riva Albertolli, 6900 Lugano,
tel. 058 866 66 00, [email protected], www.luganoturismo.ch
Option
Literature and links
By cable car Vergeletto Funivia–Alpe Salei [google: funivia salei]
Intermediate stop in Schiers, on foot to World Monument Salginatobel
Bridge, 2 h 30 [google: prättigau weltmonument]
Day one
On foot
Romantik Hotel Chesa Grischuna ***S
By bus
Ascona Posta–Vergeletto Funivia Salei [www.sbb.ch]
Alpe Salei–Comologno, 1 h 30 [map 275T]
Palazzo Gamboni
In di Strecc, 6663 Comologno, tel. 091 780 60 09,
[email protected], www.palazzogamboni.ch
Host: Rita Studer
Info Point Valle Onsernone, via Cantonale, 6661 Auressio,
tel. 091 797 10 00, [email protected], www.onsernone.ch
Day five:
Ascona–Flims
On foot
Day two:
Carona–Astano
Monte Verità–Ascona Posta (trail next to the Japanese
tea house, later turn right on the Via Signor)
By bus
Ascona Posta–Locarno Stazione [Linea 1 or 316]
On foot
Carona–Torello–Figino, 1 h 45 [map 286T]
By train
Locarno–Biasca
By boat
Figino–Ponte Tresa [3606, from April, only certain days
of the week]
By bus
Biasca–Olivone–top of Lukmanier Pass–Disentis
[62.131, 62.136, until mid-October]
By bus/
post bus
Ponte Tresa–Novaggio–Astano Paese [62.426]
By train
Disentis–Ilanz
By bus
Ilanz–Laax–Flims Waldhaus Caumasee
Waldhaus Flims Mountain Resort & Spa ***** S
Options
By bus/
post bus
Carona Paese–Lugano Stazione [62.434]
By train
Lugano FLP–Magliaso or Ponte Tresa
By bus/
post bus
Magliaso or Ponte Tresa–Astano Paese
via dil Parc 3, 7018 Flims Waldhaus, tel. 081 928 48 48,
[email protected], www.waldhaus-flims.ch
Hosts: Yasmin Cachemaille Grimm and Urs Grimm Cachemaille
Schweizerhof Flims Romantik Hotel ****
Albergo e Ristorante della Posta
Rudi Dadens 1, 7018 Flims Waldhaus, tel. 081 928 10 10,
[email protected], www.schweizerhof-flims.ch
Owners and hosts: Sandra and Christoph Schmidt
6999 Astano, tel. 091 608 32 65, [email protected],
www.albergo-posta-astano.ch, Host: Robert Ackermann
Gästeinformation Flims Laax Falera, via Nova, 7017 Flims Dorf,
tel. 081 927 77 20, [email protected], www.flimslaaxfalera.ch
Day three:
Astano–Ascona
Day six:
Flims–Chur
On foot
Astano–Dumenza, 1 h [map 286T]
On foot
Flims–Ruinaulta–Versam-Safien Station, 3 h [map 247T]
By bus
Dumenza–Luino [google: orari agra luino]
By train
Versam-Safien–Chur
By boat
Luino–Ascona NLM [3630]
On foot
Ascona boat landing–Monte Verità, 30 min.
Option
By bus
Astano Paese–Novaggio–Ponte Tresa–Luino [www.sbb.ch]
Options
Option 1
From Flims directly to Chur by post bus
Option 2
River rafting from Versam-Safien Station to Reichenau,
www.kanuschule.ch
Albergo Monte Verità
Romantik Hotel
via Collina 84, 6612 Ascona, tel. 091 785 40 40, [email protected],
www.monteverita.org, Host: Lorenzo Sonognini
Reichsgasse 11, 7000 Chur, tel. 081 258 57 57,
[email protected], www.stern-chur.ch
Owner and host: Adrian K. Müller
Ascona Turismo, viale Papio 5, 6612 Ascona, tel. 0848 091 091,
[email protected], www.ascona-locarno.com
Day four:
Ascona–Comologno (a detour)
Stern ***S
Chur Tourismus, Bahnhofplatz 3, 7000 Chur, tel. 081 252 18 18,
[email protected], www.churtourismus.ch
On foot
Monte Verità–Ascona Posta
Day seven:
Chur–Klosters
By bus
Ascona Posta–Comologno Paese [62.324]
By train
Chur–Landquart–Klosters Platz
Zimmermann, Eva, Christiane Dornheim-Tetzner: Das Künstlernest Carona.
Carona, rifugio di artisti. Montagnola 2012.
Bahnhofstrasse 12, 7250 Klosters Platz, tel. 081 422 22 22,
[email protected], www.chesagrischuna.ch
Owners and hosts: Barbara Rios Guler with Marianne Hunziker
Reetz, Bärbel: Hesses Frauen. Berlin 2012.
Tourismus-Information, Alte Bahnhofstrasse 6, 7250 Klosters Platz,
tel. 081 410 20 20, [email protected], www.klosters.ch
Lüthi, Werner: Goldgräber im Malcantone. Helvetisches Goldmuseum.
Burgdorf 2006.
Day eight:
Klosters–Davos
By train
Klosters Platz–Davos Dorf
On foot
Davos Dorf–Schatzalp, 2 h [map 248T]
Options
By train
Klosters Platz–Davos Platz
On foot
To the valley station of the Schatzalp funicular, 10 min.
By funicular
railway
Davos Platz–Schatzalp [2872, free for Schatzalp hotel guests]
Day two
Il ticino e i suoi fotografi. Das Tessin und seine Photographen. Bern 1987.
Day three
Hächler, Beat: Das Klappern der Zoccoli. Literarische Wanderungen im Tessin.
Zurich 52007.
Mühsam, Erich: Ascona. Eine Broschüre. 2nd edition. Locarno 1905
(reprinted in Berlin 1982).
Schwab, Andreas, Claudia Lafranchi: Sinnsuche und Sonnenbad.
Experimente in Kunst und Leben auf dem Monte Verità. Zurich 2001.
Day four
Berghotel Schatzalp ***
Hardmeyer-Jenny, Jakob: Locarno und seine Thäler. Zurich 1887
(reprint Zurich 1979).
Schatzalp, 7270 Davos, tel. 081 415 51 51,
[email protected], www.schatzalp.ch
Host: Mark Linder
Kamber, Peter: Geschichte zweier Leben.Wladimir Rosenbaum, Aline Valangin.
Expanded new edition. Zurich 2000 (also available in Italian).
Valangin, Aline: Die Bargada und Dorf an der Grenze. Romane. Zurich 2002.
Davos Tourismus, Talstrasse 41 (next to the sports complex), 7270 Davos,
tel. 081 415 21 21, [email protected], www.davos.ch
Day five
Day nine:
Davos–Vnà
Schmid, Daniel: Heute Nacht oder nie. Film. 1972 (no DVD).
By funicular
railway
Schatzalp–Davos Platz
By bus
Davos Dorf (or Davos Platz)–Flüela Ospiz–Susch staziun
[90.331, until mid-October]
By train
Susch staziun–Scuol-Tarasp
By bus
Scuol-Tarasp staziun–Sent–Val Sinestra [90.925, until end
of October]
On foot
Sent–Zuort, 3 h, or Kurhaus Sinestra–Zuort, 1 h 15 [map 249T]
Hofmann, Pascal, Benny Jaberg: Daniel Schmid – Le chat qui pense. Film.
2010 (DVD: www.artfilm.ch).
Schmid, Daniel: Zwischensaison. Film. 1992 (DVD: www.artfilm.ch).
Semadeni-Bezzola, Sina: Geschichte und Geschichten eines Grandhotels.
Park-Hotel Waldhaus, Flims. Chur 32006.
Day six
Ganz, Magda: Zum Geburtstag funkeln die Sterne. Das Hotel Stern ist
333 Jahre alt. Milo Pfister, Besitzer des historischen Hauses von 1968–1991,
feiert den 80. Geburtstag. Chur 2010.
Day seven
Option in summer
Peter, Fredy: Jump Boys, Jump. Ilfracombe 2003.
By stagecoach On Wednesdays until the beginning of September: with
faithfully re-built postal coach pulled by six horses from
Davos up to the Flüela Pass; google: flüela postkutsche
Viertel, Peter: Gefährliche Freunde. Unterwegs mit Hemingway, Huston,
Welles und anderen Legenden des 20. Jahrhunderts. Zurich 2005.
Options in winter
By train
Davos Dorf–Klosters–Vereina Tunnel–Scuol-Tarasp
By bus
Scuol-Tarasp–Ramosch Fermada (transfer)–Vnà Jalmèr
[=end station in the village, 90.931]
On foot
Vnà–Zuort, 1 h 15 [map 249T]
Hof Zuort
Zuort, 7557 Vnà, tel. 081 866 31 53, [email protected], www.zuort.ch
Owner: Dr. Peter R. Berry
Sent turissem, Schigliana, 7554 Sent, tel. 081 864 15 44,
[email protected], www.sent-online.ch/turissem
Day eight
Suter, Felix: “Davos als Tuberkulose-Kurort”. In: Halter, Ernst: Davos.
Profil eines Phänomens. Zurich 21997.
Bellasi, Andreas: Höhen, Täler, Zauberberge. Literarische Wanderungen in
Graubünden. Zurich 22010.
Schick, Karin: Auf den Spuren von Kirchner in Davos. Mit einer Wanderkarte.
Davos 2012 (with the hike Schatzalp–Stafelalp).
Day nine
Sererhard, Nicolin: Einfalte Delineation aller Gemeinden gemeiner dreien
Bünden. Written in 1742, published for the first time in 1872, reissued
in 1944 and 1994.
For general travel tips (schedules, tickets, hiking maps, etc.), see the Appendix, p. 225 ff.,
as well as cross-references under Literature and links.
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