is described by Dante ( Inferno xii, 4-9). At (55 ½ M.) Serravalle,
the ancient fort guarding the defile, the valley contracts.
59 M. Ala (415 ft.; Corona;Rail. Restaurant), a considerable
place (4900 inhab.), where luggage is examined. — 61 ½ M. Avio, with
a picturesque chateau of Count Castelbarco, the last Austrian station.
67 M. Peri (410 ft.) is the first Italian station. The valley of the
Adige is separated on the W. from the Lago di Garda by the ridge
of Monte Baldo (p. 165). On a height to the right lies Rivoli, storm-
ed several times by the French in 1796 and 1797 under Masséna,
afterwards 'Duc de Rivoli'. 73 M. Ceraino. The train now enters
the celebrated Chiusa di Verona, a rocky gorge at the entrance of
which is the fortification of Incanale. 78 M. Domegliara; 82 M.
Pescantina; 85 M. Parona. The train crosses the Adige.
89 M. Verona, see Baedeker's Northern Italy.
21. From Mori to Riva. Lago di Garda.
Comp. Map, p. 160.
15 ½ M. Local Railway in 1 ½ hr. (fares 1st, cl. 3 K., 3rd cl. 1 K. 54 h.).
Steamer on the Lago di Garda, see p. 165.
Mori, see p. 163. — The railway crosses the Adige to (2 M.)
Mori-Borgata, the station for the long and straggling village of Mori
(Alb. Mori). It then traverses the broad green valley to (4 ½ M.)
Loppio, passes the pretty Lago di Loppio (720 ft.) with its rocky
islands, and ascends in windings amid rocky debris to the summit of
the pass (915 ft.). At (8 M.) Nago (705 ft.), a village situated on
the brink of a ravine, with the ruins of the castle of Penede above
it, the old road to Riva viâ (3 M.) Torbole ( Hôtel Gardasee) diverges
to the left. The line descends to the right along the hill-side,
affording fine Views of the Lago di Garda and the Sarca valley.
12 ½ M. Arco. — Hotels. Kurhaus, Kurcasino, HÔtel Olivo,
Hôtel Strasser, all in the Kur-Platz; Bellevue, near the rail. station;
Hôt. Victoria, ½ M. from the Kur-Platz; HÔt. Olivenheim, in an elevated
position, with fine view; Austria, Kur-Promenade; Corona, with garden;
HÔt. HÔder, at the station. — Pensions. Bellaria (well situated), Rainalter,
Aurora, etc. — The hotels and pensions are usually closed in summer.
Arco (300 ft.), an ancient town (2500 inhab.) with a handsome
domed church, in a sheltered situation, is a favourite winter-resort
for consumptive and nervous patients. To the N., on a precipitous
rock (390 ft.), rises the Castle of Arco, destroyed by the French in
the Spanish War of Succession, with garden and fine view (fee).
The railway now runs through the broad and fertile valley of
the Sarca, viâ (13 ½ M.) San Tomaso, to —
15 ½ M. Riva. — Hotels. Palast-HÔtel Lido, with a garden on
the lake, R. 3-7 ½, pens. 8-14 K.; Imperial HÔtel Sole d'Oro, with a
terrace on the lake, R. 2-4, pens. 7-8K.; HÔtel-Pension du Lac, ½ M.
to the E., on the Torbole road, with a large garden and bath-house, R. 2-3,
pens. 6-7 K.; Hôtel-Pension See-Villa, R. 2-3, pens. 7-8 K.; HÔt.-Pens.
Jolanda, with garden; HÔtel-Pension Riva, R. 2-3, pens. 6-8 K.; HÔt.