Discover Mondovì

Once you get to Mondovì, about 40 kilometres from Cuneo, we suggest you stay overnight in the town so that you can continue your journey the next day and have time to enjoy the artistic, architectural and culinary delights that this place has to offer.

Mondovì is a picturesque town situated at an altitude of about 400 metres asl. The hill on which it stands, called Monte Regale, gives its name to its inhabitants, the Monregalesi, and, with its gentle slopes facing the Langhe and the nearby Alps, it offers breathtaking views.

The characteristic of this town is its multi-level structure: the ancient and charming Piazza district is at the top, while Breo is at the foot of the hill, on the River Ellero plain. To make it easier to get from the lower to the upper town, a funicular railway was built at the end of the nineteenth century and has now been completely renovated. Its large windows allow visitors to enjoy a unique view of the Ligurian Alps and the Langhe during their ride up.

A town with an ancient artisan vocation, Mondovì experienced an economic boom between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with the birth of numerous manufacturing activities, especially textiles and ceramics, and the arrival of the railway. Signs of its splendour and prosperity are still visible today in the wealth of artistic elements you will see as you walk through the medieval alleyways of the old town centre. Among the many masterpieces, the Church of the Mission is noteworthy, a jewel of Baroque architecture inside which the magnificent frescoes on the false dome stand out, enhanced by the Infinitum project which, provides visitors with a 3D viewer that allows them to travel among the frescoes in a spectacular play of perspectives (see the section on the “Focus Barocco” ebook).

Thanks to a microclimate that is particularly favourable for hot-air balloon flight, Mondovì is also the capital of this pastime and it is not unusual to see them suspended in the sky—an exciting sight for young and old alike.