Gondo (858 m/2,815ft), picturesquely situated below the rock walls of the ravine opposite the mouth of the Zwischenbergen valley (waterfall), is the last village in Switzerland (customs; Swiss passport control). The church dates only from 1968, but has an older choir; the high square tower was built by the Stockalper family of Brig about 1660
for the protection of travelers.
1km/ 0.6mi beyond this is the Swiss-Italian frontier (800 m/2,625ft; Italian passport and customs control). From here the road runs down the valley, now known as the Val Divedro, to Iselle (657 m/2,156ft).
At Iselle station, 1km/ 0.6mi beyond the village, the railroad emerges from the southern end of the Simplon tunnel; cars loaded here for Brig.
After passing through Crévola d'Ossola the road runs in a long straight stretch through the wide and fertile valley of the Toce, here known as the Valle d'Ossola, in which the vegetation already has a southern character (chestnut, fig and mulberry trees, fields of maize), and comes to Domodossola (278 m/912ft), a town of 20,000 inhabitants, with an attractive market square, the Piazza del Mercato. From here a road runs east through the Val Centovalli to Locarno.