Donath - town and castle / Piz Beverin

From Zillis a narrow and winding road runs 2km/1mi southwest up the Schamserberg, on the left bank of the Hinterrhein, to the village of Donath (1,033 m/3,389ft). Above the village are the ruins of Fardün castle (1,214 m/3,983ft), famous for the story of a 15th C. castellan who, during a peasant rising, spat into the dinner of a peasant named Johannes Calcar, who thereupon thrust his head into the bowl and suffocated him, with the words "Maglia sez il pult cha ti has condüt" ("You've salted the dish; now eat it!"). From Donath the road climbs another 6km/4mi west to the quiet little mountain village of Mathon (1,521 m/4,990ft), from which Piz Beverin (2,997 m/9,833ft) can be climbed in five hours.