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german_eagle Says: Something you would not expect in this valley in the High Alps is the Spanish district - Palazzi built in a style that you mostly find in Spain. It happened that the emigrants from Poschiavo who had become wealthy entrepreneurs in other countries - Spain e.g. - had the urge...
german_eagle Says: The Historic Museum has other place beside the Palazzo Bassus-Mengotti: the Casa Tome, one of the former farmhouses right in the old town of Poschiavo and fortunately one of the few that experienced very little changes over the centuries. The core of the house dates from...
Historic Museum - Palazzo Bassus-Mengotti
german_eagle Says: The Historic Museum has its home in one of the most important mansions of the valley. It was built 1655 by Tommaso de Bassus, Capitano and Mayor. He chose a position outside the old borgo which was mostly overbuilt by farmhouses back then: He wanted to make clear he was one...
german_eagle Says: Casa Console is another highlight of Poschiavo. On one hand it is an excellent example for the transformation of farmhouses into typical palazzi-like townhouse that happened in the town often in the 19th century (here in 1856). Owner was Antonio Semadeni, local coffeehouse...
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german_eagle Says: I don't know the exact name of the restaurant (probably Ristorante Mengotti), sorry, but I am pretty sure there is only this one in Viano - which is a tiny hamlet, about 400 m above the valley floor in the southern part of the Poschiavo valley. We took the small postal bus...
german_eagle Says: I went hiking in this side valley a couple of times and will be back - it's too beautiful! Rifugio (mountain hut) Saoseo is the central place for staying overnight (which I did not) and having a meal (which I did). It is actually accessible by a small postal bus (reservation...
german_eagle Says: Cafe Semadeni is *the* place for people watching and spending a leisure afternoon on the piazzo. I was, however, not exactly happy with the service. Our waitress mixed up the order. In the end it all turned out ok, though.The place seems to be famous for its ice-creams...
german_eagle Says: This restaurant right next to the station is frequented by locals as well as tourists. The Chalet style looks a bit odd in this Italian speaking valley but that doesn't say anything about the type or quality of food there. They also have a nice garden and since the weather...
german_eagle Says: Postal buses go to the places where to which the train doesn't go. Since recently there are direct buses from Pontresina via the Bernina Pass road (that takes a different route than the train) to Poshiavo/Le Prese. These run quite often in the mornings and afternoons but not...
german_eagle Says: The main mean of transportation is the Rhaetian Railway. The trains run from St. Moritz in the Upper Engadine over the Bernina Pass down to Poschiavo, pass the lake and after Brusio the famous circular viaduct before crossing the border into Italy and ending in Tirano. The...
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Buendner Birnbrot or Birnenbrot is a local delicacy, which is produced locally. It is not typical to Poschiavo but also to the neighbouring Engadin. You eat it in max. 1 cm slices and if you like you can smear some butter on it.
Written Jan 13, 2007
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In December and into the New Year you will see this Christmas crib on display on the main town square, the Piazza Comunale. Also in all the churches there will be one too.
Written Jan 13, 2007
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Miscellaneous: The tourist office is located in the Casa Comunale at the main square and you can get a free map with explanations on the back in Italian and German and a little booklet also in those languages. You will have to ask whether they have something in English as I didn't it it.
Written Jan 14, 2007
Website: www.valposchiavo.ch
german_eagle Says: This one is not exactly "off the beaten path" located - you will definitely pass the Casa on your stroll through Poschiavo as it is located in the centre and visible even from the major road through the town - but as you cannot go inside and explore, just have a look from...
yumyum Says: This lovely lake is about 1,5 hours walk from Poschiavo in Le Prese further down the valley. You can hike around the lake in 2 hours. This picture was taken from the southern side of the lake - Miralago.
Hiking: Ospizio Bernina - Alp Grüm
german_eagle Says: This is another hike that I've done some years ago, thus no pictures taken right then. Instead you see pictures of the hiking path and the area I took from the train in 2011.Ospizio Bernina (2256 m) is a good place to start hikes. To get to Alp Grüm (2091 m) you have several...
german_eagle Says: It's been a while ago that I've done this hike. Thus only crappy pictures, sorry :(Take the small bus from Brusio's train station up to the small village Viano. From there turn left and hike along the mountain slopes, always slightly ascending, to Alpe Romerio. There is a...
german_eagle Says: One of my favourite hikes of all time! This valley is not overrun with hikers at all due to its relatively remote location beyond the Bernina pass, seen from the Upper Engadine. Getting there is either by car or bus. Park the car at Sfazu on the Bernina pass road (1640 m).I...
Approaching by train from the north
yumyum Says: I strongly recommend that you travel by train coming from the north if possible. Making the steep descent the views are spectacular. You will see the valley and Poschiavo from almost a bird's eye view as well as the lake and the distant mountains which lie in Italy. It gives...
yumyum Says: In summer and autumn the Poschiavo valley is very popular for hiking. What I like, is looking at the mountains and the sun playing with them when it rises or sets.
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