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Good surface, beautiful route along the Adige

This tour from Plaus to Hintermartell/Talschluss is simply sensational

Central square of Cles

The small pilgrimage church of Our Lady in the Woods stands on the Schmelz, in the heart of the wooded Martell Valley, where a mine has been documented since 1448. This charming miners' chapel was founded in 1711 by the Hendl family of counts from Kastelbell, sold in the famine year of 1816, expanded with a tower in 1856, and remodeled in the neo-Gothic style in 1894. Until after the Second World War, the people of Martell marched in procession from the parish church in the village to the chapel on the Schmelz for the church consecration festival. The patron saint's day is celebrated on the first Sunday in July, the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (July 2), with a field mass and sermon from the boulder next to the church.

A short but steep section of the Etsch Cycle Path near Algund. It consists of eight small bends.

A beautiful tour with little traffic. The route through the Martell Valley ends in a hiking area; it's not a through road. There are repeated climbs that are quite challenging, whether through the tunnels or at the end, where one hairpin bend follows another. I had to admit defeat and pushed the last 500 meters. The air is thinner at 2,000 meters above sea level, but it doesn't diminish the sense of achievement of reaching the top. I'll be back and try again. Be careful on the descent; the road surface isn't good everywhere.

Beautiful slightly ascending path

Actually a beautiful lake, but empty today