Grande Traversata delle Langhe in mountain bike - Leg 5A: Gottasecca - Ligurian Border

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Cicloescursionismo
no
Lenght
5.00 km
Tempo
10 minutes
Tappa
Ascent elevation gain
85 m
Descent elevation loss
352 m
Difficulty
Very challenging (experts only)
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Informazioni

Punto di partenza

Gottasecca
Via Ravina
12070 Gottasecca CN
Italy

Altitude
695 m

Punto di arrivo

Confine Ligure
Frazione Valle
12078 Castelletto Uzzone CN
Italy

Arrival altitude
425 m

Come arrivare

Access

By car, motorways:
A6 – Torino Savona, Marene or Carmagnola exit
A21 – Torino Piacenza, Asti Est exit
A33 – Asti Cuneo, Alba exit

By plane:
Milano Malpensa and Linate – www.sea-aeroportimilano.it
Torino Caselle – www.aeroportoditorino.it
Cuneo Levaldigi – www.aeroporto.cuneo.it

By train:
Ferrovie dello Stato: www.trenitalia.com

Public transport access
Yes

Http://Www.grandabus.it/

Descrizione

A variation of the GTL hillcrest route, this brief section takes you down the hillside to the outer edge of the region, where the hills continue out into the region of Liguria.

Gottasecca is the last of the hillcrest villages and awaits you out where the hill descends towards the ample valley of Contrada di Camerana and then Saliceto, the farthest corner of the Piedmont region. Gottasecca owes its fame to two local celebrities. The first was the historical figure of Amedeo Ravina, an Italian poet and true patriot in Italy’s unification movement, something of a Sándor Petőfi for the Piedmont region.
He spent 27 years in exile and was involved in every revolutionary action between 1821 and 1848 in the Piedmont region, in Spain, in France and then back in Italy. He came back to Italy in 1848 during the time of King Charles Albert and the Albertine Statute and became a deputy of the Subalpine Parliament nearly until his death, just a few years prior to the unification of Italy. The second is a local sports celebrity, Felice Bertola, one of the great champions of balon (or pallapugno), the popular local sport here in the Langhe. Bertola drew crowds to his matches for over 20 years (from 1963 to 1986) and won more titles than any other champion of this great sport. The route winds along the low-traffic road that leads from the centre of the the village to the hamlet of Valle. As you leave the village, follow the signs for Valle. This paved road will take you quickly down to the Uzzone river through panoramic cultivated fields and, past a curve, a lovely dry-stone farmhouse as you descend the steep hillside overlooking the village.
The surrounding landscape features harsh but charming limestone gullies as you approach the outer reaches of the Piedmont region and can begin to see the first signs of Ligurian culture and a whole new world out there to be discovered.

Recommended period

Spring
Summer
Fall
March - November

Accessible to people with disabilities

No

Interest points

Gottasecca : Pieve of Santa Maria , Sanctuary of Maria Vergine Assunta .

Profilo altimetrico

Dati tecnici

Code
GTN
Classification
Provincial
Local Tourist Agency (LTA) reference
ATL Langhe Monferrato Roero
Country
Italy
Region
Piemonte
Province
Cuneo
Attachments
GTL_Variante_Gottasecca_ConfineLigure.pdf
Devotional relevance
Sì
Historical relevance
Yes
Ultima data di aggiornamento
15/12/2023

Accommodation facilities

Agriturismo

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Località

GOTTASECCA (CN)

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