The starting point of this route is the central square in Santo Stefano Belbo, home town of writer Cesare Pavese and surrounded by steeply rising hills completely covered in Moscato vineyards. Everything here speaks to the visitor of Pavese and the characters in his magically atmospheric books – such as Nuto, from ‘The Moon and the Bonfires’. For those interested, there is also the Pavese Museum with some of the author’s original manuscripts.