From Asti take the main road for Chivasso and head towards Casabianca at the next cross-roads, entrance to the Valleandona Nature Reserve. This splendid area of fruit orchards, horse riding centres, allotments and vineyards in the Val Botto and Val Grande valleys, is an oasis of peace and tranquillity just a stone’s throw from Asti. Here, too, interesting marine fossils can be found, illustrating the origins of the Langa and Monferrato at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea!