Cuneo not just for skiing - although that is rather good!

The little town (or city some say) of Cuneo is the capital of the Cuneo region in Italy.  Cuneo nestles in the flats of the Valley of Stura, where the rivers of Stura De Demote and Gesso converge. As both of these rivers flow from the Alps from France then you can guess what attracts a lot of visitors over winter – skiing! Many a skiing enthusiast will head to Cuneo over the skiing season – even more so now that Ryan air offer cheap flights to Cuneo airport.

While we highly recommend that you visit Cuneo for the skiing season – it is also worth of a visit in itself own right.  Cuneo itself became to prosper in the latter half of the Twelfth Century.  Like many of Italy’s cities at that time, it was fearful of invaders and was therefore surrounded by huge walls and battlements.  The reason for this is in some part down to the strategic importance of its locality as it guarded the valleys into France.  That is why Mr Boneparte invaded in 1797 and ripped down the walls.  There are no invaders at this time so we highly recommend a visit