CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 366 km round trip from Serralunga di Crea - roughly 7 h 25 in the saddle. The stops in between: Nizza Monferrato and Barbera, Monferrato of the Inferot, Castello di Govone and Castello di Racconigi. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
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.
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Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Nizza Monferrato and Barbera comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is Monferrato of the Inferot.
The low hills of the Monferrato, in Piedmont, roll between the Po to the north and the Tanaro to the south, and the Inferot label points at the part of them near Cella Monte, Rosignano and Frassinello, ten kilometres from Casale Monferrato. This is soft country, sandstone ridges clothed in vines, with brick villages on the crests and fog in the valleys on autumn mornings.
Read the complete Monferrato of the Inferot write-up.
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about 91 km into the recorded legs you reach Monferrato of the Inferot. Next is 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.
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Castello di Govone, about halfway. Next is Castello di Racconigi.
Racconigi is a small town on the plain south of Turin, in Piedmont, surrounded by fields of maize and rice and lines of poplars. It is dominated by its castle, a grand residence of the House of Savoy, which ruled Piedmont and later Italy. Originally a medieval fortress, it was transformed over the centuries into a palace, with Baroque and neoclassical façades, and surrounded by a vast park with lakes, woods and a farm. The castle is part of the UNESCO-listed Residences of the Royal House of Savoy, inscribed in 1997.
Read the complete Castello di Racconigi write-up.
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Castello di Racconigi sits at 178 km, about halfway. Next is back through Castello di Govone.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castello di Govone write-up.
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back through Castello di Govone comes up about 228 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Monferrato of the Inferot.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Monferrato of the Inferot write-up.
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about 275 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Monferrato of the Inferot. Next is back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Nizza Monferrato and Barbera write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera, late in the day. Next is Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun, 44 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sacro Monte di S.Maria Assunta di Serralun write-up.
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The route ends here after 366 km.
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 → Monferrato of the Inferot is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Monferrato of the Inferot → Castello di Govone is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Castello di Govone → Castello di Racconigi is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Castello di Racconigi → back through Castello di Govone is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Castello di Govone → back through Monferrato of the Inferot is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Monferrato of the Inferot → back through Nizza Monferrato and Barbera is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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.