Why this ride
A 149 km round trip from Serralunga di Crea - roughly 3 h 02 in the saddle. The stops in between: Nizza Monferrato and Barbera, Castello di Govone and back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun and Castello di Govone
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 149 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun
On a wooded hill above the vineyards of the Monferrato, between Casale and Asti, stands the Sacro Monte di Crea, one of the nine Sacred Mountains of Piedmont and Lombardy that are listed together as a World Heritage Site. The sanctuary of Santa Maria Assunta, a pilgrimage church, sits on the slope, and above it a path climbs through the woods past a series of chapels, each with terracotta statues and painted scenes from the life of the Virgin, to the Chapel of Paradise at the summit, with a crowd of figures depicting her coronation.
Read the complete Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun is where the day begins. Next is Nizza Monferrato and Barbera.
2. Nizza Monferrato and Barbera
Barbera is the everyday red of Piedmont, the wine on every trattoria table, and around Nizza Monferrato it has been raised to something more serious. The hills between Nizza, Vinchio, Castelnuovo Calcea and Mombercelli are covered in vines, planted in rows that follow the contours of the slopes, and the best wines from this area carry their own designation, Nizza DOCG, made from barbera alone. The vineyard landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato were listed by UNESCO in 2014, and this corner of the Asti hills is a fine example of what that means: a working landscape shaped by centuries of farming, with hilltop villages, brick churches, and small family wineries at the end of gravel tracks.
Read the complete Nizza Monferrato and Barbera write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Nizza Monferrato and Barbera comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is Castello di Govone.
3. Castello di Govone
Govone is a village of eight hundred people in the Roero, the hilly country on the left bank of the Tanaro across from the Langhe, and it is dominated by a palace far too grand for its size. The Castello di Govone was a residence of the House of Savoy, rebuilt in the baroque style in the eighteenth century, and it is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy inscribed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inside are rooms decorated with Chinese wallpaper, and outside, terraced gardens look down over the valley.
Read the complete Castello di Govone write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Castello di Govone. Next is back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera.
4. back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Nizza Monferrato and Barbera write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera, late in the day. Next is Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun, 33 km on.
5. Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun to Nizza Monferrato and Barbera
Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun → Nizza Monferrato and Barbera is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Nizza Monferrato and Barbera to Castello di Govone
Nizza Monferrato and Barbera → Castello di Govone is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Castello di Govone to back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera
Castello di Govone → back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera to Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun
back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera → Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.