My fiance and I will be staying four nights near Bellagio on Lake Como and driving to the Alba area for two nights before continuing on to the Cinque Terre and finishing in Milan. We will have a car. I have some ideas for things to see on our day driving from Lake Como to Alba, and I'd appreciate some feedback!
Option One: I initially planned to drive to Stresa and see the Borromean Islands before driving to our hotel in Alba. But will it be too similar to Lake Como? We're going to be spending more time in the lakes than anywhere else on this trip.
Option Two: See a few sights in or near Turin. I know my fiance would love the automobile museum (we are going to a fancy car show in Como) and I would love to see the Sacra di San Michele outside the city. This would be a lot of driving, yes, but it looks doable if we get on the road early.
Option Three: Asti and the surrounding hill towns. We will be taking a wine tour through the ItaliAnna company, so I know we will be seeing some little towns in the Langhe the next day. Is Asti worth a separate trip? Any particular places to try Asti Spumante there? Any little towns we must see?
Any advice is much appreciated and please let me know if you have other ideas for our driving day. Thanks!