Adrech is an Occitan name for a place located on a sunny slope and derives from the Latin locution ad rectum solem or “Direct Sun.”
Bargia, Oliva, Lausetto, Colombata and Ponte Maira are the 5 hamlets connected by the path of the hamlets and are part of Acceglio, the municipality with the largest territorial extension in the valley and already mentioned in 1028 in the act of foundation of the monastery of Caramagna.
The place name Acceglio seems to derive from the Latin ad cilium or from the Celtic ocelum or oscelum and stands for a place on high ground or even on the edge of the river.
Acceglio has a natural vocation for slow tourism, already expressed at the beginning of the last century when it was possible to reach it by stagecoach: from Dronero it was a good six-hour journey along a
winding road that only partly retraced the current carriageway.

TECHNICAL DATA.

Borgo Villa – Fraz. Colombata 1,600 KM / DIFFERENCE 295 MT / MIN HEIGHT 1281/ MAX HEIGHT 1576

Borgo Villa – Fraz. Oliva 1.060 KM / DEVELOPMENT 230 MT / MIN HEIGHT 1281/ MAX HEIGHT 1508

Fraz. Ponte Maira – Fraz. Oliva 1.000 KM / DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT 110 MT / MIN HEIGHT 1404/ MAX HEIGHT 1508