I do not
know the short piece between the Lago di Cadagno and S. Maria, but
it is sure to be good. It is a pity there is no place at S. Maria
where one can put up for a night or two. There is a small inn
there, but it did not look tempting.
Before leaving the Val Leventina, I would call attention to the
beautiful old parish church at Biasca, where there is now an
excellent inn, the Hotel Biasca. This church is not so old as the
one at Giornico, but it is a good though plain example of early
Lombard architecture.
CHAPTER VII--S. Michele and the Monte Pirchiriano
Some time after the traveller from Paris to Turin has passed
through the Mont Cenis tunnel, and shortly before he arrives at
Bussoleno station, the line turns eastward, and a view is obtained
of the valley of the Dora, with the hills beyond Turin, and the
Superga, in the distance. On the right-hand side of the valley and
about half-way between Susa and Turin the eye is struck by an
abruptly-descending mountain with a large building like a castle
upon the top of it, and the nearer it is approached the more
imposing does it prove to be. Presently the mountain is seen more
edgeways, and the shape changes. In half-an-hour or so from this
point, S. Ambrogio is reached, once a thriving town, where
carriages used to break the journey between Turin and Susa, but
left stranded since the opening of the railway.
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