Alba (34km/21 mi; alt. 172m/568ft; pop. 31,000), has a Gothic cathedral (beautiful choir-stalls of 1512), fine churches and medieval towers. The road through the Monferrato then continues through the vine-growing Langhe region, where the much sought-after white truffles are harvested in autumn, and down the valley of the Bormida, on the edge of
the Ligurian Apennines, to Savona, on the Riviera dei Fiori. Turin via Acqui Terme to Genoa (about 185km/115 mi) Another interesting drive leads from Turin via Acqui Terme to Genoa. Leave on S.S. 29 (the Alessandria road), which runs through Poirino (249m/822ft).