This proposal cannot be considered a real excursion, but more than anything else a tourist visit to a small town in the Savonese, Altar, where the Alps and the Apennines come together: in practice, the lowest point of the their very long watershed ridge. So not a single excursion, but a few short walks, moreover in a natural environment of great beauty.

Walk to the Altar Bocchetta

From the town of Altar follow Viale de Caroli, until you soon arrive at the Bocchetta di Altar (459 meters above sea level) where a beautiful monument It reminds us, with a bit of emotion, that here the Alps and the Apennines meet. However, the reader cannot fail to remember that on all the atlases the point of separation between the Alps and the Apennines is indicated in the Colle di Cadibona, at an altitude of 435 meters.

In reality, since the times of the wars between the Carthaginians and the Romans, the greatest depression between the Alpine and the Apennine chain was well known, namely the “Bocchetta di Altar”, in territory of the Municipality of Altare.

For centuries there was no doubt, until the mid-1800s, when we began to talk about the Colle di Cadibona as a point of connection between the Alps and the Apennines. But it was a gross mistake, as evidenced in 1891 a report by T. Colonel Gallet, director of the Weather Observatory of the Altar Fortress, as <<

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Initially we start to walk Viale de Caroli and, therefore, an obvious path that leads to the height of the hill where the ruins of the castle are located, in a beautiful panoramic position. The manor was built in the eleventh century by the Marquises of Monferrato, before being destroyed in 1630.

Time Travel: 0.30 hours
Starting altitude: m. 398
Difference in altitude: m. 50
Difficulty: None
Suggested period: All year round

Province: Savona