Excursions and Sports
Turin:
A day in the first capital of Italy (60 km.).
A visit to the First Parliament and museums, including the Egyptian Museum, set up again.
A walk in the midst of squares, streets, beautiful buildings, some stops in the old cafés to discover things, and taste, for example, the zabaglione.
The spa:
The nearest to Agliano, about 20 km., More distant ones Valdieri, both for enjoyable healthy moments.
The course:
Golf club Asti - fraction Mombarone - Asti, www.golffeudoasti.it
Golf club Cherasco - Cherasco, www.golfcherasco.com
Gagliassi Golf club Langhe - Monforte d'Alba, www.monfortegolf.com
Horse riding:
IppoAlba - Loc San Cassiano - Alba, tel. 339/6073620 - 333/6315186
Equestrian Center San Bovo - Loc.San Bovo - Castino, www.sanbovo.it
Riding Club Elia - Roddi, tel. 0173/615094 - Fax 0173/615481
Markets:
In these areas, the market is still an event that attracts the inhabitants of all the surrounding countries and is also an opportunity for transactions of agricultural products, lands, etc.. It 'a pleasure to wander around the colorful stalls, browsing and discovering special things, crafts, local products, agricultural tools, sensing the special atmosphere of cheerfulness and complicity shared by buyers and sellers. Are huge markets of Cuneo, Asti, Bra, Alba on Saturday morning the entire historic center is involved, with specialized areas, ranging from the square dedicated to organic products in one dedicated to agriculture, through the streets dedicated to clothes and the drapes.
Alba, in 15 minutes: the Cathedral, the church of S. Domenico church of the Madeleine);
Asti, in 20 minutes: the Cathedral, Tapestry Museum);
Cherasco in 30 minutes: (Salmatoris Palace, Museum Aryans, the church of San Pietro, Castello Visconti, Synagogue);
Acqui Terme, in 40 minutes (Spas, Cathedral, fountain "Boiling", Roman aqueduct);
Turin, in 1 hour (Egyptian Museum, Cinema Museum, Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Royal Residences of the Savoy);
ROUTES OF ART
Mondovi, in 1 hour (masterpieces of painting by Andrea Pozzo in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, frescoes in the open, Synagogue);
Saluzzo, in 1 hour (Cathedral Church of St. John, Cavassa House, Villa Belvedere, Manta Castle);
Riviera Savona, in 1 hour and a half (Savona, Finale Ligure, Spotorno).
ROUTES OF WINE
From Cascina quickly reached:
Castle Mango (1 km), the seat of the Regional enoteque of Moscato,
the village of Barbaresco (9 km), seat of the Regional enoteque of Barbaresco;
the Grinzane Castle (18 km), seat of the Regional Cavour and the Ethnographic Museum of the Langhe;
the Castle of Barolo (22 km), the seat of WiMu, the futuristic Wine Museum designed by architect François Confino.
