Monte Piccaro

We park the car in the area of the cemetery of Ceriale and walk along via Cadanzo until we find a turning on the right that takes us to via Cadanzo.

Cadanzo street until you find a deviation on the right that takes you into via Piccardone street.

A little further on, on the left, we take a dirt road surrounded by olive groves. olive groves.

From time to time, a view opens up through the trees of the coastline that stretches from Borghetto Santo Spirito to Albenga.
Borghetto Santo Spirito as far as Albenga. Further on, the route enters the pine forest of the Capo d’Anzio Park with the beautiful with the beautiful Borelli Castle visible among the trees.
A characteristic that distinguishes this path from others in the area is the the presence of canalisations and dams for the collection of rainwater situated located almost along the entire route.
We ignore on the right the little path that descends towards the castle, where we notice some
We ignore, on the right, the little path that descends towards the castle, where we can see some workers intent on completing the renovation work on the complex; we keep to the left until we soon reach a cart track where a crossroads where a crossroads appears. We proceed slightly uphill on the left-hand path continue along the cart track that gradually climbs up through the maquis.
Mediterranean scrub. The coast road is behind us. There are often detours which, if you check your GPS, all lead to the summit ridge, check our GPS, they all lead to the summit ridge of Monte Piccaro. We decide to take the road that seems less tiring, following the horizontal signs of the red square. horizontal red square signs.

At the foot of the summit of the mountain (280m) a short diversions on the left leads us to the panoramic a short detour on the left takes us to the panoramic knoll where the votive chapel of the Madonna della Guardia, patron saint of Borghese, stands.
Guardia, patron saint of Borghetto Santo Spirito. From here you can admire the coastline from Noli to Capo Mele.
We return to the point of the diversions on the main path to start the descent that will make us the descent that will complete the ring.
The return journey takes us along one of the previously ignored roads. We go along some hairpin bends until we rejoin the path taken uphill, more or less near the deviation that would have more or less near the deviation that would have led us to the Borelli castle, we take the same the same path to reach the car.

Fonte: Due zaini e un camallo.