Domleschg valley (Paspels to Thusis)

This portion of the detour through the Domleschg valley runs along the Thusis road to Paspels, with St Lawrence's chapel (Romanesque wall-paintings) and Alt-Sins Castle (restored). Beyond this, higher up on left, is the ruined castle of Neu-Sins or Canova. Rodels (700 m/2,297ft) has attractive 17th and 18th C. houses. Above the village, to the east, can be seen the 12th C. castle of Rietberg or Rätusberg, which features in Conrad Ferdinand Meyer's "Jurg Jenatsch". Beyond this is Pratval, with the ruins of Hasensprung castle. At Fürstenau are two castles which belonged to the Planta family; the Haus Stoffel has 15th and 16th C. wall-paintings. Higher up, on the left, is the beautiful village of Scharans (780 m/2,559ft), where Jürg (Georg) Jenatsch was pastor in 1617-18. The road then crosses the Zollbrücke over the Albula, which emerges from the Schin gorge a little higher up the hill and flows down to join the Hinterrhein. To the left are Baldenstein castle and St Cassian's chapel (13th C.).

At Sils (Seglias, 683 m/2,241ft) we join the road from Tiefencastel through the Schin gorge and turn right along this to reach Thusis (722 m/2,369ft).