The Maira trail is a tourist route that will take us from Racconigi to Dronero, passing through the towns of Cavallerleone, Cavallermaggiore, Savigliano, Vottignasco, Villafalletto and Busca. It is an itinerary that can be travelled by MTB or gravel bike, complete with signs indicating the route and providing information about the environment. Along the way, you will come across different kinds of surroundings: we will flank cultivated fields on dirt roads and go through the riverside vegetation that is all that remains of the ancient river forest. The route does not present particular technical difficulties and is suitable for all cyclists.

Four hundred earthen columns, each topped by a boulder, rise on the southern slope of the lower Val Maira. They are the “Ciciu” del Villar (puppets in the local dialect), natural formations of great geological and landscape interest.

Curated by Anna Cavallera, the Racconigi Art Gallery opens with two exhibitions, a retrospective dedicated to Giuseppe Augusto Levis and an anthology that celebrates the ten years since the death of Carlo Sismonda. The latter develops on the ground floor of the restored building and presents about forty selected works by the artist, many of which belong to private collections.