Locarno - driving tour to Mergoscia

This driving tour is 13km/8mi with a narrow and winding road, but well worth it. The road runs northeast from the Madonna del Sasso along the hillside, with far-ranging views, via Orselina and Brione sopra Minusio (433 m/1,421ft). 8km/5mi: Contra (486 m/1,595ft), high above the mouth of the Val Verzasca. The road continues, through galleries and over bridges, along the west side of the valley. It is 5km/3mi to Mergoscia.