Orsara Bormida is about 10 km from Acqui Terme and a half hour drive from Alessandria. We are less than an hour to the north of Genoa, and about an hour and a half south east of Turin and Milan.

Nearest airports are Genoa – C Colombo (75 km), Turin (105 km) and Milan (129 km).

Nearest train station is at Acqui Terme (10 minutes) or Alessandria (30 minutes).

Trains go from Acqui Terme to Genoa via Ovada, to Turin via Asti, and to Milan via Alessandria.

By car: Two and a quarter hours from Italian side of Mont Blanc tunnel. Nearest motorway junctions are at Ovada and Alessandria Sud - both about 25 minutes from the house.

Top photo: The village of Orsara Bormida

Bottom left: The hot water fountain in Acqui Terme, our nearby town Bottom centre: The chapel close to Casa degli Orsi. Bottom right: Local landscape.