Tremola Road

The world-famous serpentine road on the left slope of the Val Tremola was created with the construction of the Gotthard pass road. In the most spectacular section, the road overcomes a length of four kilometers, 300 meters in altitude in 24 bends, which even have their own names. The pass road between Göschenen and Airolo was built between 1827 and 1832 according to plans by the Ticino engineer Francesco Meschini, after the access roads from Basel and Chiasso had been continuously expanded since the 1810s.
Today, Tremolastrasse is largely in the same condition as it was in the reconstruction that was completed in 1951. The six to seven meter wide street is bounded and supported by walls up to eight meters high. Some of the old dry stone walls are still there. The paving with granite stones is largely preserved, as are the kilometer stones. The two street guards' houses have disappeared. The first stood at the beginning of Tremolastrasse until it was destroyed in 1989. The second was higher up, below Voltone. Destroyed by an avalanche in 1874, it was not rebuilt because the Gotthard Railway was about to open in 1882

Tremolastrasse

fantastic view of the valley