Today the weather was superb, so it was good to enjoy a higher level route. We were on another section of the Via Engiadina long distance route, this time above Celerina and Samedan in the Alp Muntatsch area.
We started with a 30 minute bus ride to Celerina Cresta Palace, then a gondola ride up to the Marguns Top Station at 2278 metres.
Then a gradual ascent took us all the way to Marguinin, a sort of col with signposts.
Looking back to the gondola stationThe mountain views and banks of alpine flowers were simply wonderful.
Then a delightful, leisurely, descent took us all the way back, past Cristolais, to Celerina and the #6 bus home.
The 13km route with 400 metres ascent took us around 5.5 hours, including a multitude of flower identification stops.
Later. We enjoyed a very civilised evening with the other Collett's guests. We are now up to 14 in number.
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