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.
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Mergoscia, Switzerland
(Near Locarno)
Mergoscia (735 m/2,412ft) is a beautifully situated village with a view of the Verzasca dam and Pizzo di Vogorno (2,446 m/8,025ft). The church has 15th C. wall-paintings.
