Montezemolo - Millesimo - Alba

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270  km.

            Not being still very sure of the time in mountain, today we aim at the Langhe.  

            We don't have a precise destination and then we pick it up with calm, cutting the cuneese we arrive in the city of Dogliani, characterized from the imposing neoclassic cathedral and her Street Crucis.  

            The road until now wide and flowing it decidedly changes, climbing himself on the buttresses of the Langhe in a very beautiful to follow him of curves and latch, we cross in order: Belvedere Langhe, Murazzano and his park safari and Salt St. Giovanni, where we decide to stop us for the lunch.  

            All these countries are prepared on the top of the hills, therefore in the days of beautiful time (not today unfortunately) there is an unbelievable sight on the whole zone.  

            After the lunch we go down to the hill of Montezemolo for the customary coffee with the other bikers of the zone, and then down we throw toward Thousandth and the Liguria.  

            The road intersects him more times with the highway forcing us to many turns and curves, we cross Cosseria and the his castle, known for his Napoleonic battle (you see turn of the Melogno!), we continue up to Carcare, where we turn to return in Piedmont.  

            Let's owe therefore to cross Cairo Montenotte and Dego, but the road is wide and allows us good averages! Well we decide to go beyond the alternative for the hill of Cadibona and we continue for the zone of Plain Crixia.  

            The landscape quickly changes, the road does him small and tortuous, and the surrounding ground and the mountains they decidedly change color and consistence: sand, a test of the ancient presence of the sea!  

            Continuing in the middle of these mountains of sand we continue and scolliniamo in Piedmont, verse going down Cortemilia, is in the tall langa and reaches Alba passing from a hill to the other and losing the account of the curves and of the changes of inclination.  

            After a beautiful break we decide to return home, but sees the time we are not then in a hurry we wander about for the countries, picking up us her comfortable and crossing many countries still put to sleep in the after lunchon.