Spinas

Spinas

Eastern Swiss Alps

Route: Samedan to Spinas and back

Area: Eastern Swiss Alps

Date of walk: 22nd January 2015

Walkers: Andrew and Gilly

Distance: 10.6 miles

Weather: Snowed most of the time, brighter towards the end

We caught the bus from outside our hotel in Pontresina and a few minutes later alighted in the small town of Samedan. We walked through the attractive old part of the town, and at the post office we turned uphill to join a terraced hiking trail through the woods

When we reached Bever we joined another trail which leads up the valley to the small settlement of Spinas. It was easy walking all the way, and as usual the paths were well waymarked

After refreshments at the restaurant in Spinas we retraced our steps, and just before reaching Bever we forked off along a delightful path which gave us good views over the church before leading us into the town itself. We wandered around the streets for a while – there are lots of beautiful old buildings to admire – and then walked back to Samedan along the foot of the valley

It snowed quite heavily for most of the walk and this meant that we didn’t have any views of the surrounding mountains. This wasn’t a cause of regret though, as there was a magical atmosphere and it was yet another great walk in the Engadine area

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