{"id":973,"date":"2022-06-17T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/routes\/pedalling-through-art-and-nature-cuneo-the-grana-and-maira-valleys\/ciciu-del-villar-nature-reserve\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T20:21:42","slug":"ciciu-del-villar-nature-reserve","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/en\/routes\/pedalling-through-art-and-nature-cuneo-the-grana-and-maira-valleys\/ciciu-del-villar-nature-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciciu del Villar Nature Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-396619445\" 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            Ciciu del Villar Nature Reserve          <\/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-396619445 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 160px;\n}\n#page-header-396619445 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331.jpg);\n}\n#page-header-396619445 .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_459060076\">\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-554410384\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-486706913\" 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 Dronero you continue along the provincial road to Villar San Costanzo where a short uphill stretch brings you to the coolness of the enchanting little Ciciu del Villar Nature Reserve, unique from a naturalistic point of view for its peculiar geological characteristics. The \u2018Ciciu\u2019, or stone puppets, are a very special erosion phenomenon and as you walk through the reserve, you will come across giant mushroom-shaped boulders that hark back to the legend of San Costanzo who, according to one version of the story, transformed his enemies into stone puppets: the Ciciu.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_981117983\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331-1024x624.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331-1024x624.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img331.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_981117983 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:1.8em;margin-bottom:1.8em;max-width:68px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>Once your visit to the Reserve is over, you continue in the direction of Morra del Villar and, to reach the hamlet of Monastero, cross the footbridge over the Maira river, a 70-metre long Tibetan bridge suspended over a spectacular 20-metre drop, a true adrenaline rush. You complete this looped itinerary by pedalling the remaining 20 kilometres along quiet minor roads, past fruit trees and fields of crops, through relaxing countryside. This route is flat and studded with by typical Piedmontese farmsteads and tiny country hamlets called \u201cTetti\u201d (roofs) until you reach Madonna dell\u2019Olmo and its Sanctuary in a Baroque style that is very common in the Cuneo area. From here you pedal beside the railway line and back into the Gesso and Stura River Park until you come to the entrance of the old Cuneo city centre.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1882738755\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img334-1024x690.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img334-1024x690.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img334-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img334-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img334-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img334.jpg 1166w\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.ibikecuneo.com\/percorsi\/pedalare-tra-arte-e-natura-cuneo-valle-grana-e-valle-maira\/da-cuneo-alla-valle-grana\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tFrom Cuneo to the Grana Valley\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\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\/dronero-e-la-valle-maira\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tDronero and the Maira Valley\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\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\/la-riserva-naturale-ciciu-del-villar\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tCiciu del Villar Nature Reserve\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"background-color:rgb(0, 162, 157);\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4118887085\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h4>Other routes<\/h4>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4118887085 {\n  line-height: 1.2;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ux-menu stack stack-col justify-start ux-menu--divider-solid\">\n\t\t\n\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\n\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\/da-cuneo-alle-terme-di-valdieri-pedalare-tra-natura-e-benessere\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tFrom Cuneo to the Terme di Valdieri spa, cycling in nature and wellbeing\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\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\/in-bicicletta-tra-cuneo-mondovi-vicoforte-e-chiusa-di-pesio\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tPedalling from Cuneo to Mondov\u00ec, Vicoforte and Chiusa di Pesio\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\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\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ux-menu-link__text\">\n\t\t\t\tRoute 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