ITALY ON THE ROAD! BY CAMPER FAR AND WIDE PIEDMONT AND LIGURIA
ADVENTOURISTS WELCOME BACK ON THE ROADS OF ITALY FOR ANOTHER TRIP! A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL BECAUSE THIS TIME WE HAVE NO PLANS! WE WILL TRAVEL BY CAMPER AND IMPROVISE THE TRIP! THE PLAN IS TO FOLLOW THE ROADS OF SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, DISCOVER THE VILLAGES, THE BEST VIEWS AND THEN GO TO LIGURIA, TO THE SEA!
LET’S START FROM MONCALVO, ONE OF THE SMALLEST TOWNS IN ITALY, CLUNG AROUND THE REMAINS OF ITS ANCIENT MEDIEVAL CASTLE. MONCALVO IS THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE HISTORICAL REGION OF MONFERRATO, A LAND OF BEAUTIFUL HILLS SINCE 2014 A UNESCO HERITAGE SITE. AMONG THE NARROW STREETS OF MONCALVO, MADE UP OF ANCIENT CRAFTS AND TRADITIONS, EXCELLENT PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED. EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER, FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS THE NATIONAL TRUFFLE FAIR, BUT OF COURSE ALSO WINE! WHICH HAS MADE MONFERRATO AND THE CLOSE LANGHE POPULAR WORLDWIDE!
NEIVE: A BEAUTIFUL HANDFUL OF CURVY STREETS THAT CLIMB UP TO THE TOP OF THE HILL WHERE THE CLOCK TOWER STANDS, THE ICON OF THE ANCIENT TOWN! THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DISPUTED BETWEEN ASTI AND ALBA, AND UNFORTUNATELY ALMOST ENTIRELY DESTROYED DURING ONE OF THE MANY WARS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES. BUT THE BEAUTIFUL ATMOSPHERE HAS REMAINED UNTOUCHED, AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS ALL AROUND NEIVE
ALBA:
OF THE ONE HUNDRED MEDIEVAL TOWERS THAT MADE THE CITY POPULAR, TODAY ONLY A FEW REMAIN. ALBA IS A VERY LIVELY CITY, AND ALSO VERY ELEGANT IN ITS NINETEENTH-CENTURY STYLE, WHICH SUITS IT WELL AFTER THE DAMAGES ALBA SUFFERED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE WAKE UP IN THE THICKEST FOG, BUT SOON WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD! NEXT STOP: BAROLO! FIRMLY LINKED TO WINE AND ESPECIALLY THE WELL-KNOWN BAROLO WINE! INDEED THE BAROLO WINE MUSEUM IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE IN ITALY AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD. IN THIS THOUSAND-YEARS OLD CASTLE, WE BEGIN A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF WINE AS PRODUCT OF THE HUMAN CULTURE, WHICH HAS ALSO INFLUENCED HUMAN EVOLUTION. IN THE ROOMS OF THE CASTLE YOU CAN EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WINE OVER THE CENTURIES, AND HOW IT STILL HAS AN IMPACT ON MANY ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES, FROM FOOD TO TRADITIONS TO MOVIES! IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO DISCOVER HOW THE TERRITORY OF BAROLO CHANGES WHILE THE SEASONS CHANGE.
WE DRIVE OUR CAMPER FAR AND WIDE ON THE ROADS OF PIEDMONT! AND WE GET FILLED OF BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES!
THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE WAKE UP IN BRA, WITH A GREAT VIEW OF MOUNT MONVISO! BRA IS A VERY NICE TOWN, A BIT SLEEPY IN THE EARLY MORNING, ESPECIALLY ON A COLD JANUARY DAY! TIME TO WALK AROUND THE OLD TOWN, FIND A BAR FOR A SWEET ROLL AND A CAPPUCCINO, AND A SUPERMARKET, AND THEN WE HEAD TO THE SEA! WE SAY GOODBYE TO THE SNOWY ALPS AND WE GO SOUTH, TOWARDS OTHER ADVENTURES! THAT I WILL TELL YOU IN THE SECOND PART OF THE VIDEO…. DON’T MISS IT!
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