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This started as another grueling day of two lane roads and dodging trucks, but Eric smartly found us a detour on a bike path that followed a river and meandered through some tiny towns with tiny roads.
One-way traffic on Main Street controlled by a light.
After a few more creative detours, including bushwhacking through an olive orchard, we made our way to the shores of Lake Iseo and rode along it to Lovere.
We arrived at our Air B&B in the heart of the historic center. It was located in a 15th century building, complete with an inner courtyard with public water.
Our room was on the top floor, of course, but from there we had a great view of the old town.
Like everywhere in Europe, temperature is controlled by opening and closing the shutters. Here are the little doodads that held our shutters open.
In Lovere, the streets get even tighter, and medieval passageways with stairs up down and all around dominate the 10 square blocks of the town center.
We went out for a stroll and found the Duomo. Unassuming from the outside, the inside was surprisingly grand, with an unusual coffered ceiling and some very three dimensional trompe de l'oeil painting.
Choir stalls
Whatever Asti claims, Lovere is the town of towers.
We climbed up the Civic Tower, the first one pictured above, which has a attorney unapproved tight squeeze set of stairs
a head-cracking bell at the top
A nice view back down to town
And over the lake and the metal foundry (Italy's largest!) that dominates the views.
We also visited the art museum at the Palazzo Tadini, which had some terribly lit art, a Canova tombstone, some old armor, and two exceptionally creepy pieces.
And with that, we had finished with Lovere, a perfect town after a bike ride. We wrapped it up with a mega-pizza and some pasta carbonara at ART Ristorante & Pizza.
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