From Alta Langa to Roero Contemporary Art routes in the Langhe

There are territories that you only truly understand when you cross them slowly.

On foot or by e-bike, following the rhythm of your breath or that of your pedaling, the Langhe, Roero, and Monferrato reveal a face to be discovered: one where the landscape dialogues with contemporary art.

In this article, we suggest three special day tours for those who love walking or cycling with a curious eye. Routes that weave together trails, dirt roads, and ridges with works of art, architecture, and installations that don’t interrupt the landscape, but question it and talk to it.

Art thus becomes a travel companion, one more reason to stop, observe, and set off again with a different perspective.

Bassa Langa: an interactive route between museum, play, and landscape

Rodello as the first step

The route kicks off in Rodello, where contemporary art immediately becomes an active experience. The first stop is the Dedalo Montali Museum, which can be visited with a guide thanks to the Resté app, available in Italian and English.

It’s not just about listening, because the app also accompanies you in an interactive game, which invites you to observe carefully and answer questions along the stages of the tour.

The visit continues towards the La Residenza Chapel, an integral part of the complex and the artistic project: here the experience continues between architecture, light, and landscape, while the interactive game also accompanies this stage, inviting you to read the work in its direct dialogue with the surrounding hills.

Between Montelupo and Diano: stop, observe, set off again

The second stop is Montelupo Albese. From the Piazza Castello Belvedere, the view opens up over the hills and the game resumes, turning the panorama into an integral part of the experience. Here you can take the Wolf’s Trail (Sentiero del Lupo), a loop hike ideal for a quiet walk, with a packed lunch and a picnic stop immersed in nature.

In the afternoon you reach Diano d’Alba, arriving at the Spianamento: a place suspended in time, where the landscape seems to become a stage set. Here too, the Resté app guides the visit, offering digital content that helps to read the space, the works, and the deep relationship between contemporary art and the territory.

In Alta Langa, where the landscape tells a story

Starting from Cortemilia

The day in Alta Langa begins in Cortemilia, a land of borders and resistance, where the landscape is the result of an ancient balance between human labor and nature.

The first stop is the Ecomuseum of Terraces and Vines, which tells the story of dry-stone walls, vineyards, and an agriculture capable of shaping the hills without dominating them.

Family, Nuts and Story: exploring through play

For those traveling with children, it’s worth following the Family, Nuts and Story walk.

It is a loop route of about 1.5 km that starts from Robinson Park and accompanies adults and children along a trail immersed in nature, among hazelnut groves, green spaces, and the course of the Bormida river.

Along the way, the narrative intertwines with the discovery of the area: the history of the Langa hazelnut, the elements of the landscape, and some stops designed for stopping, playing, and observing.

A simple and engaging way to experience Cortemilia, transforming the walk into a shared experience, made of curiosity and small breaks.

Art, coffee and trails in Niella Belbo

From here you continue towards Niella Belbo, where contemporary art appears in an essential but incisive way.

In the village you’ll find “Promessa”, a permanent work created by Edoardo Manzoni for Olimpia 2025: an intervention that dialogues with the space without overpowering it, letting the landscape complete its meaning.

The ideal stop is at the Green Café, where, besides a coffee, you can observe the wall signed by David Tremlett, an artist well known and appreciated in the area for the Barolo Chapel in La Morra and the Moscato Chapel in Coazzolo.

The final stop is Albaretto della Torre, one of the most panoramic points in the Alta Langa.

We recommend a picnic lunch prepared by SensoVia, before setting off again along the Cod Trekking (Trekking del Merluzzo), a signposted loop itinerary also available via Komoot.

In Guarene, art emerging from the landscape

In the Roero, in Guarene, the encounter between landscape and contemporary art takes shape in the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Art Park, an open-air museum that winds along the slopes of the San Licerio hill.

Monumental installations by Italian and international artists emerge among meadows, trees, and vineyards, following the morphology of the terrain and inviting slow exploration.

Walking here means constantly changing your point of view, alternating stretches immersed in nature with sudden artistic appearances that question the space and your gaze.

The Park was born from the work of the Foundation of the same name, with the aim of bringing art out of urban contexts and placing it in an open, accessible, and living environment.

The visit doesn’t follow a rigid path: you proceed by affinity, stops, and detours, letting the works, the light, and the landscape guide the pace.

Three day tours different in rhythm, landscapes, and languages, but united by the same idea of travel: moving slowly to observe better. Walking or cycling through the Langhe, Alta Langa, and Roero thus becomes a way to read the territory through art, letting the trails, the works, and the stops build the experience, one step at a time.