{"id":1565,"date":"2022-09-28T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/routes\/from-cuneo-to-the-colle-di-tenda-cycling-along-an-ancient-salt-road\/the-forts-of-colle-di-tenda-and-the-salt-road\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T09:58:25","slug":"the-forts-of-colle-di-tenda-and-the-salt-road","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/en\/routes\/from-cuneo-to-the-colle-di-tenda-cycling-along-an-ancient-salt-road\/the-forts-of-colle-di-tenda-and-the-salt-road\/","title":{"rendered":"The forts of Colle di Tenda and the Salt Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-2147182271\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            The forts of Colle di Tenda and the Salt Road          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-2147182271 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 160px;\n}\n#page-header-2147182271 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/seg5_ALTA-VIA-DEL-SALE-FOTO-AUGUSTO-RIVELLI.jpg);\n}\n#page-header-2147182271 .title-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1041323770\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large row-divided\"  id=\"row-1428433227\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1213456451\" class=\"col medium-8 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>From Limone, a road with wide hairpin bends leads up to Colle di Tenda. Along the watershed where the pass opens up, in addition to military works linked to the construction before World War II of the so-called &#8216;Vallo Alpino&#8217; (Alpine Wall), there are six imposing forts (Pepino, Taborda, Centrale, Margaria, Pernante, Giaura), built for defensive purposes by the House of Savoy between 1877 and 1888. Never used during wartime, they were disarmed from 1915 onwards. Today they are in a very precarious condition, so the visitor, if he does not want to run any danger, must limit himself to observation from the outside.<\/p>\n<p>From the Colle di Tenda, heading eastwards, a former military road branches off, running through spectacular high-altitude environments around the Marguareis massif and then descending towards the sea. Renovated in recent years and named &#8216;Via del Sale&#8217; (Salt Road), it recalls a type of road that was very common in the area, at the centre of trade between the coast and the Po Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Today the road, which is subject to a fee, can be travelled by various means in the summer; &nbsp;bicycles only are allowed on two midweek days.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1632081390\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/seg5_ALTA-VIA-DEL-SALE-FOTO-AUGUSTO-RIVELLI-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/seg5_ALTA-VIA-DEL-SALE-FOTO-AUGUSTO-RIVELLI-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/seg5_ALTA-VIA-DEL-SALE-FOTO-AUGUSTO-RIVELLI-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Tenda, cycling along an ancient salt road<\/h4>\r\n<h5>Segments<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-759795955 {\n  line-height: 1.2;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/percorso-5\/da-cuneo-alla-valle-vermenagna\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tFrom Cuneo to the Vermenagna Valley\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/percorso-5\/il-paese-di-pinocchio\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tThe village of Pinocchio\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/percorso-5\/palanfre-gioiello-di-architettura-alpina\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tPalanfr\u00e8, a jewel of Alpine architecture\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/percorso-5\/una-grande-stazione-di-sci\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tA great ski resort\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/percorso-5\/i-forti-del-colle-di-tenda-e-la-via-del-sale\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tThe forts of Colle di Tenda and the Salt Road\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"background-color:rgb(0, 162, 157);\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"text-651611674\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\r\n\r\n<h4>Other routes<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-651611674 {\n  line-height: 1.2;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/alla-scoperta-di-cuneo-e-del-parco-fluviale-gesso-e-stura\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tDiscovering Cuneo and the Gesso and Stura River Park\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu-link flex menu-item\">\n\t\t<a class=\"ux-menu-link__link flex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/pedalare-tra-arte-e-natura-cuneo-valle-grana-e-valle-maira\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tPedalling through art and nature: Cuneo, 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