A – HISTORY AND PREHISTORY OF THE ALPS – Vermenagna and Roya Valley

Day 1/Thursday

Arrival at Cuneo Airport and transfer to Cuneo city. Time at leisure for free lunch and in the afternoon meet with the guide for city tour, a typical Savoy town, elegant and also very pleasant gastronomically. Starting from Piazza Galimberti, one of the largest in Italy, we continue to Via Roma, totally arcaded and a real gem thanks also to the splendid palaces and side streets where we find the monumental complex of San Francesco dating back to the 13th century and the Civic Tower built at the behest of Robert of Anjou in 1317. At the end transfer to the valley for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 / Friday

Breakfast at the hotel and depart for full-day excursion by 4×4 and on foot to see the Fontanalba rock carvings that date back to a time between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. The richness of this valley is unique in fauna, flora and landscape. Free lunch. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3 / Saturday

After breakfast, full-day excursion on the Via del Sale, a spectacular ex-military dirt road that connects the Piedmont and French Alps to the Ligurian Sea and winds between 1800 and 2100 meters above sea level through alpine passes, hairpin bends and bold landscapes. The route includes 4×4 excursion to Don Barbera hut and short hike to Morgantini Hut. Possibility of reaching the summit of Marguareis on foot (elevation gain 500 m). Free lunch and return to the hotel in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 / Sunday

Breakfast at the hotel then transfer to Cuneo Airport in time for the return flight.

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION FEE (min. 2 pax): € 740.00

Single room supplement: € 100.00

Surcharge for cancellation policy 5% of the cost of the trip

The fee includes: private transfer to and from Cuneo Airport – accommodation in 3* hotel in double rooms with half board – guide for guided tour of Cuneo – nature guide for the days of Friday and Saturday – use of 4×4 vehicles as per program with nature guide on board – entrance fees where applicable – medical + luggage insurance – assistance of ns/personnel for the entire period.

The fee does not include: lunches – drinks – tips – personal extras – tourist taxes where applicable – anything not mentioned in ‘the fee includes’.

2 – HISTORY AND PREHISTORY OF THE ALPS – Vermenagna and Roya Valley

Day 1/Friday

Arrival at Cuneo Airport and transfer to the valley for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 / Saturday

Breakfast at the hotel and depart for full-day excursion by 4×4 and on foot to see the Fontanalba rock carvings that date back to a time between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago. The richness of this valley is unique in fauna, flora and landscape. Free lunch. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3 / Sunday

After breakfast, full-day excursion on the Via del Sale, a spectacular ex-military dirt road that connects the Piedmont and French Alps to the Ligurian Sea and winds between 1800 and 2100 meters above sea level through alpine passes, hairpin bends and bold landscapes. The route includes 4×4 excursion to Don Barbera hut and short hike to Morgantini Hut. Possibility of reaching the summit of Marguareis on foot (elevation gain 500 m). Free lunch and return to the hotel in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 / Monday

Breakfast at hotel then transfer Cuneo city, meet with guide for city tour, typical Savoy town, elegant and very pleasant also gastronomically. Starting from Piazza Galimberti, one of the largest in Italy, we continue to Via Roma, totally arcaded and a real gem thanks also to the splendid palaces and side streets where we find the monumental complex of San Francesco dating back to the 13th century and the Civic Tower built at the behest of Robert of Anjou in 1317. Short time at leisure for free lunch and transfer to Cuneo Airport in time for the return flight.

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION FEE (min. 2 pax): € 740.00

Single room supplement: € 100.00

Surcharge for cancellation policy 5% of the cost of the trip

The fee includes: private transfer to and from Cuneo Airport – accommodation in 3* hotel in double rooms with half board – guide for guided tour of Cuneo – nature guide for the days of Saturday and Sunday – use of 4×4 vehicles as per program with nature guide on board – entrance fees where applicable – medical + luggage insurance – assistance of ns/personnel for the entire period.

The fee does not include: lunches – drinks – tips – personal extras – tourist taxes where applicable – anything not mentioned in ‘the fee includes’.

3 – THE DOLOMITES OF THE WESTERN ALPS – Maira Valley

Day 1/Thursday

Arrival at Cuneo Airport and transfer to Cuneo city. Time at leisure for free lunch and in the afternoon meet with the guide for city tour, a typical Savoy town, elegant and also very pleasant gastronomically. Starting from Piazza Galimberti, one of the largest in Italy, we continue to Via Roma, totally arcaded and a real gem thanks also to the splendid palaces and side streets where we find the monumental complex of San Francesco dating back to the 13th century and the Civic Tower built at the behest of Robert of Anjou in 1317. At the end transfer to the valley for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 / Friday

Breakfast at the hotel and a half-day hike on the Cyclamen Trail (elevation gain 350m) where you will walk along a path sprinkled with cyclamens as you reach some villages in the Maira Valley. Free lunch. In the afternoon visit to the village of Acceglio with its well-preserved historic mansions and short excursion to the little church of Lausetto at 1990 m altitude to the chapel is clinging to the sky and silence, surrounded by greenery and solitude. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3 / Saturday

After breakfast full-day hike on the Piergiorgio Frassati trail, one of the most beautiful in the Maira Valley with larch forests, small lakes, peaks and breathtaking scenery (elevation gain 900 m). Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 / Sunday

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Cuneo Airport in time for the return flight.

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION FEE (min. 2 pax): € 760.00

Single room supplement: €100.00

Surcharge for cancellation policy 5% of the cost of the trip

The fee includes: private transfer to and from Cuneo Airport- accommodation in 3* hotel in double rooms with half board – guide for guided tour of Cuneo – nature guide for the days of Friday and Saturday – entrance fees where applicable – medical + baggage insurance – assistance of ns/personnel throughout the period.

The fee does not include: lunches – drinks – tips – personal extras – tourist taxes where applicable – anything not mentioned in ‘the fee includes’.

4 – THE DOLOMITES OF THE WESTERN ALPS – Maira Valley

Day 1/Friday

Arrival at Cuneo Airport and transfer to the valley for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 / Saturday

Breakfast at the hotel and a half-day hike on the Cyclamen Trail (elevation gain 350m) where you will walk along a path sprinkled with cyclamens as you reach some villages in the Maira Valley. Free lunch. In the afternoon visit to the village of Acceglio with its well-preserved historic mansions and short excursion to the little church of Lausetto at 1990 m altitude to the chapel is clinging to the sky and silence, surrounded by greenery and solitude. Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3/Sunday

After breakfast full-day hike on the Piergiorgio Frassati trail, one of the most beautiful in the Maira Valley with larch forests, small lakes, peaks and breathtaking scenery (elevation gain 900 m). Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 / Monday

Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Cuneo city, meet with guide for city tour, typical Savoy town, elegant and very pleasant also gastronomically. Starting from Piazza Galimberti, one of the largest in Italy, we continue to Via Roma, totally arcaded and a real gem thanks also to the splendid palaces and side streets where we find the monumental complex of San Francesco dating back to the 13th century and the Civic Tower built at the behest of Robert of Anjou in 1317. Short time at leisure for free lunch and transfer to Cuneo Airport in time for the return flight.

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION FEE (min. 2 pax): € 760.00

Single room supplement: €100.00

Surcharge for cancellation policy 5% of the cost of the trip

The fee includes: private transfer to and from Cuneo Airport – accommodation in 3* hotel in double rooms with half-board – guide for guided tour of Cuneo – nature guide for Saturday and Sunday days – entrance fees where applicable – medical + baggage insurance – assistance of ns/personnel for the entire period.

The fee does not include: lunches – drinks – tips – personal extras – tourist taxes where applicable – anything not mentioned in ‘the fee includes’.

5 – THE DOLOMITES OF THE WESTERN ALPS – Maira Valley

Day 1/Thursday

Arrival at Cuneo Airport and transfer to Celle Macra for a visit to the Anchovy Museum, set up inside the ancient Chapel of San Rocco, tells the story of ancient itinerant trades spread throughout the Alps, particularly the anchovy makers. From this museum we learn how the ingredient of the area’s most famous dish ‘bagna cauda’ came to the mountains. Hotel accommodation, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2 / Friday

Breakfast at hotel then depart for full-day excursion with tour of the Provenzale, a mountain complex that rises imposingly behind Chiappera (elevation gain 700m). Rocca Provenzale owes its name to a parish priest who first climbed it to fulfill a vow in the mid-1800s. Along the way it is not difficult to find ibexes welcoming hikers, not to mention the wonderful viewpoint towards the Stroppia Falls the highest in Italy. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3 / Saturday

After breakfast half-day hike by 4×4 from Chiappera to Grange del Collet at 2006mt then on foot (elevation gain 550mt) touching unique viewpoints and some small lakes.

Return for free lunch.

In the afternoon hike to the nature reserve of the ‘Ciciu del Villar’ mushroom-shaped erosion columns called ciciu, which in Piedmontese dialect means puppet, formed probably during the last ice age. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 / Sunday

Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Cuneo Airport in time for return flight.

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION FEE (min. 2 pax): € 770.00

Single room supplement: € 100.00

Surcharge for cancellation policy 5% of the cost of the trip

The fee includes: private transfer to and from Cuneo Airport – accommodation in 3* hotel in double rooms with half board – guide and nature guide for the entire period of stay – entrances where provided – use of 4×4 vehicles where provided with nature guide on board – medical + luggage insurance – assistance of ns/personnel for the entire period.

The fee does not include: lunches – drinks – tips – personal extras – tourist taxes where applicable – anything not mentioned in ‘the fee includes’.

6 – THE DOLOMITES OF THE WESTERN ALPS – Maira Valley

Day 1 / Friday

Arrival at Cuneo airport and transfer to the valley dinner and overnight.

Day 2 / Saturday

Breakfast at hotel then depart for full-day excursion with tour of the Provenzale, a mountain complex that rises imposingly behind Chiappera (elevation gain 700m). Rocca Provenzale owes its name to a parish priest who first climbed it to fulfill a vow in the mid-1800s. Along the way it is not difficult to find ibexes welcoming hikers, not to mention the wonderful viewpoint towards the Stroppia Falls the highest in Italy. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3 / Sunday

After breakfast half-day hike by 4×4 from Chiappera to Grange del Collet at 2006mt then on foot (elevation gain 550mt) touching unique viewpoints and some small lakes.

Return for free lunch.

In the afternoon hike to the nature reserve of the ‘Ciciu del Villar’ mushroom-shaped erosion columns called ciciu, which in Piedmontese dialect means puppet, formed probably during the last ice age. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4 / Monday

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Celle Macra for a visit to the Anchovy Museum, set up inside the ancient Chapel of San Rocco, tells the story of ancient itinerant trades spread throughout the Alps, particularly anchovy makers. From this museum we learn how the ingredient of the area’s most famous dish ‘bagna cauda’ came to the mountains. Then on to Cuneo Airport in time for return flight.

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION FEE (min. 2 pax): € 770.00

Single room supplement: € 100.00

Surcharge for cancellation policy 5% of the cost of the trip

The fee includes: private transfer to and from Cuneo Airport – accommodation in 3* hotel in double rooms with half board – guide and nature guide for the entire period of stay – entrances where provided – use of 4×4 vehicles where provided with nature guide on board – medical + luggage insurance – assistance of ns/personnel for the entire period.

The fee does not include: lunches – drinks – tips – personal extras – tourist taxes where applicable – anything not mentioned in ‘the fee includes’.

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Looking Around – Luca Giraudo

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