It is well known that Don Bosco loved to walk and organize trips and walks with his boys. These were outings that had a pedagogical value and created a sense of community. He himself, from an early age, partly out of necessity and partly out of passion, used to walk the roads between the various places where he grew up - Castelnuovo, Moncucco, Chieri, and Turin.
Today this important cultural and historical heritage is protected and enhanced through the project "Roads of colours and flavours", started in 2006 on the initiative of the Province of Turin and other local administrative areas, to promote the hilly area of the southern part of Turin and the surrounding areas.
This Guide to the Don Bosco Camino was written along the same lines. It is accompanied by a map of scale 1: 25,000, and describes the three paths of the Camino - high, medium and low. It covers a total of 165 km which can be done in a variety of ways – a one-day walk, or a trek of several days staying overnight in places along the way, and there is a ring road which allows a return to Turin by a different route.
For each stage of the three paths there is description of the route, and an information sheet with details of the place of departure and arrival, length, altitude, difficulty, availability of water on the way, dining and overnight accommodation. It also includes information on places of environmental, historical, artistic and architectural interest that lie along the way.
Along with the guide to the Don Bosco Camino, the Multimedia Production Centre of the Metropolitan City of Turin has prepared 40 video guides to the “Roads of Colours and Flavours of Chieri and Collina Torinese”, already available on YouTube.
For more information: www.camminodonbosco.it
