National PleinAir Festival in Bergolo

A widespread gathering in Italy's most beautiful villages

The National PleinAir Festival is an annual event that, every late September, brings together motorhome enthusiasts from all over Italy in villages awarded the Orange Flag, the quality mark of the Italian Touring Club reserved for inland locations. Promoted for over fifteen years by PleinAir magazine together with the Association of Orange Flag Villages, the event is a tribute to slow tourism: mayors open their town halls to welcome travelers and share the unique features of the village and the territory, while crews stay in equipped areas provided by the municipalities.

Bergolo, an open-air art gallery

Among the more than eighty municipalities participating in the festival is Bergolo, a small stone jewel of the Alta Langa, in the province of Cuneo and the Piedmont region. Built entirely of stone along a single main street, the village is famous for being a true "open-air art gallery": murals, sculptures, and bas-reliefs adorn the facades of the buildings, engaging in a dialogue with the hilly landscape. Not to be missed are the Parish Church of the Nativity of Mary, a 17th-century stone church, and the Chapel of San Sebastiano, which offers an extraordinary view of the Langhe.

What Bergolo offers during the festival

During the PleinAir weekend, Bergolo welcomes visitors with a program designed to showcase the village and the surrounding nature. Recent editions have included:

• Guided tour of the Cyclopean Stones, evocative rock formations in the surroundings of the town
• Walk and visit to the municipal orchard
• Itinerary through the village's murals, sculptures, and bas-reliefs
• Camper reception in the equipped area in the Valdea locality, Arena zone

A weekend of art, nature, and Langhe wines

Bergolo's location, in the heart of the Alta Langa, makes it an ideal starting point for exploring one of Italy's most renowned food and wine territories, a short distance from Alba, Barolo, and La Morra. Autumn, with its foliage and wine season, is the perfect time to experience this corner of Piedmont at a slow pace, by motorhome or on foot, immersed in the tradition and culture of the Langhe.