Colle di Nava - Imperia

190  km.

Today we cross also one of the innumerable necks what I cross the Alps Marittime they put us in communication with the Liguria, and more precisely the colle of Nava, perhaps after the Tenda the most known and beaten.  

        Coming from the Valley Tanaro in few kilometers the landscape quickly changes, passing from the sweets slopes of faggeti and pioppeti to reach the woods of larici and firs on the footstep to 934 ms. s.l.m.  

        From an architecture typically in country he passes to one more properly of mountain.  

        Up to reach the footstep of the Hill of famous Nava for the his Bunker Nineteenth-century to defense of the Kingdom Sabaudo.  

        If the occasion is had the powerful structure you can be visited defensive of the Bunker Central, can be seen him really to I hem road, and a little anymore over we can find the Bunker Bellarasco  

        Now continuing in descent, always in direction north, the well preserved Strong is reached Richermo to 1206 meters, of quota, we return back and we are again on the pass.  

        Following the course of the stream Empire he actually goes down to valley to reach the City of Imperia.  

        Along this important artery of communication suburbs are met and they are crossed ancient and rich of traditions that still preserve the charm and the taste of past once.  

        Some of them as Ormea, Nava, Mendatica, Pornassios are places known for the tied up naturalistic vacation to the walks, to the trekking and the good table.  

        In the numerous shops that lean out along the road the characteristics specialty you can be purchased local; among which cheeses, meats, honey, cooked bread with firewood oven and essences like the lavender of the Col of Nava.  

        The descent continuing to the sea the landscape he still turns into that typical of the hinterland rich ligure of oak woods and olive-groves. Along this road we still meet the Comune of Pornassio, Chiusavecchia, Pieve di Teco to quote some of it  

        By now in Imperia we look for an angle on a beach to enjoy us this coolness sun of March and ours to wander about brings us in the neighbor Diano Marina, where satisfied we have lunch and we rest there.  

        For the return, arrived to Pievedi Teco, we make a deviation in a side valley reaching Mendatica, small suburb surrounded by dense chestnut trees; we go beyond him/it and we reach Monesi a small country on the, side of the mountain, that has the characteristic to be the only Piedmontese country in an enclave of a kilometer around of territory ligure.  

        We proceed along a small road, astride the regional border, up to definitely return in Piedmont through the pass of Collection, absorbed in his government forest; we are in the valley of the stream Negrone, extreme almost unknown edge of the region, goes beyond suburbs as Upegna and Viozene, we cross tightened throats as the pass Fascette and we finally reach Bridge of Nava where we take the val Tanaro to bashful.