The best MTB trails around Ne

Done in the last few days... no problem with the mountain bike, no serious problems... the road has worsened since last year... nice anyway... other routes from the pass on the left towards the Val del Gromolo... hills on the right... another in Maissana and in the center continuing spectacularly towards Monte Porcile and then descending towards the Passo del Biscia... all beautiful with good preparation... bye

I got there hoping for a viewpoint, but it's a crossroads in the woods. No need to deviate from the path to get here.

A single, well-preserved arch, about twenty meters long, crosses the Rio Novelli gorge (deeper than you might imagine from afar). The bridge was built in 1766 by the Cambiaso family of Genoa, to facilitate trade between the Ligurian coast and the Po Valley. Walking across the bridge on the intact river stone pavement is a real pleasure. Halfway across the span we are enchanted in front of a newsstand. A white Madonna holds the lively child with a sweet but firm expression. This one tries to free itself. Or perhaps, if you rotate your point of view to the left, to embrace it even tighter. Curiosity: it is said that one day a young sculptor passed over the bridge, who was going to Lavagna to sculpt the statues of the Fieschi family. Sitting on the stone parapet was a girl with a baby in her arms. The sculptor was so struck by her beauty that he returned the next day to meet her again. But no one had seen her. He returned every day for a month. In vain. Eventually he sculpted an oval from Carrara marble from memory and placed it on the bridge. It's still there.

It was built in 1966 by Giovanni M. Francesco and Michaeli Angelo Cambiasus of Genoa to complete the ancient municipal Nascio-Cassagna. The work allowed families to facilitate trade between the Ligurian coast and the Po Valley. In the center of the bridge we find an icon with a marble statuette. Legend tells of a sculptor who passed over the bridge to go to Lavagna to sculpt the statues of the Fieschi family. He was struck by the beauty of a woman with her child in her arms sitting on the stone parapet of the bridge. He returned several times in vain to meet her again and in memory of that meeting he decided to sculpt their image in an oval of Carrara marble.

Starting point of many paths

Climbing Monte San Giacomo, despite being only 530 m above sea level and a few km of climb, is never trivial from any of the three sides. One for the other they have slopes of up to 15% and decidedly narrow streets, in particular the one from Via Renda. Furthermore, the one from Tolceto has a decidedly bad surface. The descents are more difficult than the climbs: it is easy to find damp and treacherous curves and cars in narrow passages!

Stretch of dirt road that connects the towns of Castagnola and Terisso. The bottom is very beaten and can also be pedaled with a gravel without generous wheels. In some places the vegetation opens up and you can enjoy the panorama.

The bridge of Nascio and Cassagna is an architectural work of the eighteenth century that unites the two medieval Ligurian villages. It is built in stone and has a length of about 20 meters. It offers a breathtaking view of the Rio Novelli valley and the top of Mount Bocco and is a place rich in history and legend with the sculpture of a Madonna and child contained in the aedicule in the center of the bridge.