View on the Rosengarten Foto Engel THE JOURNEY TO BOLZANO. Bolzano-Gries is conveniently reached from London, Paris, Bale, Milan, Venice and many other centres. The principal routes from London and Paris are (a) via Bale - Zurich - Innsbruck - Brennero (b) via Simplon or St. Gotthard - Milan - Verona - Trento. Both these routes are served by express trains with through carriages, sleeping cars and restaurant cars. Leaving London in the afternoon, one can reach Bolzano on the evening of the
following day by either of these routes. AS A TOURIST CENTRE Bolzano (870 ft.), now united with the health- resort Gries, is the capital of the homonymous province and the chief centre in the Dolomite region for ex cursions by rail and road. All express trains from Inns bruck, Milan, Verona, Bome, Florence, etc., stop there. The town occupies an attractive situation on the banks of the rivers Talfer and I sarco, which unite and join the Adige at this point. The valley is broad and fertile, and around
it rise beautiful wooded hills. Bolzano lies at the western extremity of the Great Dolomite Road (90 miles in length, leading to Carezza al Lago (Karersee), Canazei, Cortina and Dobbiaco, over passes reaching alti tudes of 7-8.000 ft.) and is the railway junction on the Verona—Brennero—Innsbruck line for the well-known, all-the-year-round resort of Merano, from which it is one hour by rail. Bolzano attracts over 100.000 visitors annually. a
