Via dei Briganti | Stage 1 Cisterna d'Asti - Ferrere

The itinerary of the Via dei Briganti starts from the center of Cisterna d'Asti, dominated by the castle dating back to the 11th century, now home to the Museum of Arts and Crafts of the past. The first part of the route crosses the ordinary road network, then goes into the woods along Via Pranzovero to go down and up to the village Saretto. It continues north-east through woods little anthropized up to Cascina San Damiano and the hamlet Scaglie, once an important agricultural nucleus. Then, gradually, descends to the provincial road where the church of Vattigliera is located. It continues through a beautiful forest to the road of the hamlet of San Giuseppe, with a recently restored nineteenth-century church. The municipal road crosses the hamlet of San Giuseppe and descends until it intersects the Gherba road. Here the stage 1 ends, with the possibility to continue towards Villafranca d'Asti or take the ancient Via dei Morti, variant 1B, which leads to the historic center of Ferrere with its town hall at the Castelvecchio and the guesthouse of the Casa Carolina.