Langhe itineraries thru vineyards and woods: Bar-to-Bar

SLOW ITINERARIES THROUGH THE LANGHE DOCG

Are you looking for something unique to do in the Langhe, maybe for pa pleasant itinerary for trekking or mountain biking?

Today, we want to talk to you about a walk in Italy that is not yet well known. It is a beautiful trek you can do on foot and by traditional or electric mountain bike.

Its name is BAR TO BAR, which stands for “from Barbaresco to Barolo,” two of the most famous places in our territory.

The route includes a ring of about 135 km that covers most of the territory of Bassa and Alta Langa. Did you get scared by its length? You don’t have to worry!

You can walk it in stages and adapt it to your time and training. Remember that we are “slow” and want to offer you only experiences that allow you to fully enjoy our territory with all the possibilities it provides us and, therefore,e with an adequate pace.

The BAR TO BAR that recommends Slowdays is divided into seven stages between 14 and 26 long. Approximately. You can choose any stage to make a day trip and maybe plan to travel it all in several ways. Or you can do a couple of stages to be covered in a weekend that you have decided to treat yourself to.

If you are athletic, you can take a week’s vacation and do it all at once. If the way you choose to ride it is the traditional bike or maybe the electric one, the travel time will be much more affordable, and you can group two or more stages!

You will find many of the proposed Langhe itineraries. Choose yours and adapt it to your time, desire, and ability to walk.

ITINERARIES IN THE LANGHE FOR ALL!

Here, we tell you the stages of Bar to Bar as we do so that we can understand it and then propose it. We have experienced it on various weekends and traced it all. Here we tell you about it. Next, you find our proposals for multi-day walks.

Stage 1 ALBA – TREISO (km 19 approx.)
Departure and arrival can only be from Alba, the capital of the Langhe. The bar to bar itineraries langhe first stage will take you to discover the wonderful hills where the Nebbiolo grapes from which the renowned Barbaresco wine is made are cultivated, along a stretch of the Tanaro river and through the villages of Barbaresco with its Tower, Neive and Treiso.
Stage 2 TREISO-SAN BOVO DI CASTINO (about 14 km)
You change panorama. From the clean and tidy geometries of the renowned slopes cultivated with vines, we move on to hazelnut groves and woods. We will take you to see the majestic gullies of the “Rocche dei sette fratelli” with their legend and then to the places narrated by the writer Beppe Fenoglio in his famous novel “La Malora”.
Stage 3 SAN BOVO DI CASTINO-NIELLA BELBO (about 24 km)
In this stage you will savor the Alta Langa while your horizon will gradually change again. Going up you will visit the quiet medieval villages of Castino, Cravanzana and Feisoglio, all famous for the “tonda e gentile” hazelnut. Just before your arrival in Niella Belbo, you can enjoy a well-deserved rest on the giant blue bench by artist Chris Bangle.
Stage 4 NIELLA BELBO-RODDINO (km 27 approx.)
Another stop in Alta Langa where the eye can wander far away, among the woods and pastures where the Langhe sheep and Roccaverano goats are still bred today. From the milk produced by these autochthonous species you can get the dop cheeses “Murazzano” and “Robiola di Roccaverano” to taste with a good glass of red wine.
Stage 5 RODDINO-MONFORTE D’ALBA (about 17 km)
Leaving behind you the somewhat harsh and wild but authentic and genuine panoramas of the Alta Langa, with some sweet ups and downs you will reach the noblest Langa of Barolo. Pastures and woods will give way first to hazelnut groves and then to rows of vines, which as weft and warp make up the “fabric” of these beautiful hills.
Stage 6 MONFORTE D’ALBA-VERDUNO (about 18 km)
This stage is totally immersed in the hills planted with vines from which the world-famous Barolo wine is made. After a visit to the famous and colorful chapel of Barolo or Brunate, the work of Lewitt and Tremlett, between one vineyard and another you can lose yourself in the narrow streets of the beautiful historic centers of Novello Barolo, La Morra and Verduno with its fantastic viewpoint where today’s route ends.
Stage 7 VERDUNO-ALBA (about km 16)
Last “effort” before returning to Alba, the starting point of the Bar to Bar ring. From Verduno, the vineyards of Pelaverga grapes, which gives a lesser-known but absolutely worth trying, leave the stage to the hazelnut groves arriving at Roddi and its castle. Little by little you will approach the river Tanaro, whose banks you will skirt for a long time before entering Alba where you will cross its wonderful old town.

This is the layout of the Langhe Bar-to-Bar route that we tested, which you can also find on the route’s institutional website.

If you are a pre-established group, we can help you organize your Bar-to-Bar. You have to contact us a minimum of 3-4 months in advance, and also, you have to be a minimum of 8 people and a maximum of 15. This is because the biggest problem in certain areas is overnight accommodations.

We will make a proposal for you that also includes a minibus to move your luggage, and in case the overnight stays in the arrival stage are complex, we will move you to the overnight place.

Are you willing to give it a try? Create your group and contact us.

Are you a couple in the mood for a tour of the Langhe? Or are you short on time?

We have “invented” a tour of the Langhe that may be just right for you.

If you have only one day, we have put together a series of routes with more or less km (from a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 11) to make you “taste” these beautiful hills. Just look at the proposals on our Trekking with map page. You will discover proposals in the Langhe and Roero. Spending a few hours outdoors and enjoying some excellent Piedmontese specialties is ideal. Yes, because our tour in the Langhe also always has a prize, whether a rich tasting or a decadent Piedmontese lunch. And to rest and end the day on a perfect note? We have also provided some tours of the entrance to a lovely spa. What do you say? Are you convincing yourself that Trekking is not that strenuous?

Are you a couple or a small group, and do you have a few extra days?

We have tried and mapped out a couple of possibilities for you. Here, I leave them for you to understand and evaluate the.m

Here, you can find 2 Formulas: 3 days or 2 days. They have different views to discover but with the same level of “comfort.” You will be in one place to stay overnight.