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THE PRIMIERO DISTRICT.
CHAPTER XII.
THE PRIMIERO DISTRICT.
Approaches.
From the West.
By the high-road from the railroad at Neumarkt , passing throughPredazzo. Carriage-road from Trent, through Val Sugana toStrigno and Tesino; thence mule-path.
From the South.
By the high-road from Vicenza, through Bassano to Eonzaso, andthence up the valley of the Cismone to Primiero (carriage-road,with a break of 10 miles between Fonzaso and Pontetto).
From the East.
From Cortina (mule-road), or Belluno (carriage-road), to Vald’Agordo and thence by mule-path, or to Fonzaso vid Feltre and thence as above.
From the North.
From railroad at Bruek, Atzwang, or Botzen , over Seisser Alp orCaressa Pass, to Campidello or Vigo (mule-paths); thence road toPredazzo, Paneveggio, and over Costonzella Pass.
Inks.
Paneveggio.
The old Hospice is well kept. There is one good bedroom, and 3others tolerable, and the fare is reasonably good (1872).
San Martino di Castrozza.
A large new Inn and Pension is to be opened here this year (1875).
Agordo.
The Inn here has been hardly treated by some recent travellers. Itfully deserves the praise given in the ‘Alpine Guide ’ (1872).
Passes.
ROUND THE PRIMIERO GROUP.
I Agordo-Primiero, good and much frequented mule-path—7 to 8 hrs. See p. 286 and 1 Alpine Guide, ’ p. 468.Food can be got at the villages on the way, and wine ata little inn beautifully situated near the second pass.
Passo di Costonzella.
Primiero, S. Martino, Paneveggio, Predazzo. Good carriage-road.See p. 284 and ‘ Alpine Guide, ’ p. 458 (vol. iii.).