Nature and sport
The Tortona region is able to offer visitors a wide range of natural views. At the highest altitudes you find woodland full of oaks and beeches, together with fir-trees and junipers in the areas in which the climate became more rigorous.
Plant life and animals of the hilly and mountainous areas contribute to give the region a very peculiar aspect.
Squirrel, dormice, foxes, wild boar, fallow deer and roe deer are more likely to be seen in wooden areas. Plant life is wild and characterised by important concentrations of chestnut and oak in the areas with the highest altitudes.
The ground underneath is characterised by the presence of both mushrooms and truffles, together with sweet-smelling hawthorn, wild blackthorn, heather and juniper.
La flora è presente principalmente come vegetazione spontanea con concentrazioni rilevanti di castagno e rovere nelle fasce altimetriche più elevate. Nel sottobosco è possibile imbattersi, oltre che nei funghi e nei preziosi tartufi, in profumati arbusti di biancospino, pruno selvatico, erica e ginepro.
From February till late Autumn the landscape is dominated by wonderful crops of more than 50 species of wild orchids.
Also the plain area, specifically around the Scrivia river, has its own special environmental charm.
The numerous paths along the Scrivia river allow the visitor to make pleasant foot trips and bicycle trips.
Cycling and touring can be played by any visitor, apart from his level of training.
In the footsteps of the cycling champion Fausto Coppi, bicycle certainly represents the best way to completely enjoy the beauty of this views.
People who love cycling, but do not want to compete in the most steep climbs of the Apennines and of the Curone valley, can decide for the exciting paths of the Grue or Ossona Valley which are easier to climb up.
On the other side, people fond of touring can choose among a wide range of paths along the Apennines valleys up to the highest peaks such as Mount Ebbro and Mount Chiappo (1700 m.).
