THINGS TO DO IN PIEDMONT
Outdoor sports:
Food:
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- Goat Cheese Tasting at Lo Puy in Val Maira
- Picnic Spot Via San Pietro 4, Barolo
Wine:
- Province of Cuneo –
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- Azienda Agricola Varaldo (Barbaresco)
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- Cascina Ballarin (La Morra)
- Cascina Melognis (Saluzzo)
- Ceretto (Alba) Fancy, big and modern… nice contrast!
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- Chionetti (Dogliani)
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- Erbaluna (La Morra)
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- Levi Grappa Distillery (Neive)
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- Viberti, Osvaldo (La Morra)
- Province of Alessandria
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- Cascini I Carpini (Pozzol Groppo)
- Province of Asti
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- Cascina Garitina (Nizza Monferrato)
Wine bars:
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- Barolo Bar (Monforte)
- Enoteca Regionale del Barolo: 20/5 € will get you an all you can drink tasting of some of the Best Barolos that you might otherwise never be able to afford!
- Wine Bank at Pollenzo’s University of Food and Wine.
Culture:
Festivals:
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- Vinum: April, Alba
- Cè Fermento: Local microbreweries meet up in the old barracks. Can taste many different beers while listening to blues music: June, Saluzzo
- Palio di Fossano: end of June
- Collisioni Music Festival Barolo – Mid July
For the kids:
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- Safari Park – see safari animals from your car in Murazzano
THE CITY: TORINO
Historical:
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- Sacra di San Michele – An enormous Abbey, possibly a sanctuary, built in 1000! It is set on a steep mountain top and seems to be floating in the sky when surrounded by fog or lit up in the night sky. A beautiful site to see with many frescoes and a historical masterpiece!
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- La Venaria Reale – Restored beautiful residence of the Royal Savoia family
- Visit all the historical coffee shops: Caffè Mulassano
Food and Wine:
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- Aperitivo –
- Drogheria An old drug store turned into bar. When I went there, there was an acrobat spinning above the bartenders heads!
- Pastis
- Aperitivo –
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- Quadri Latero behind il duomo for excellent restaurants and lots of fun and unique bars!
- Pastis
- Tre Galli (restaurant)
- Quadri Latero behind il duomo for excellent restaurants and lots of fun and unique bars!
THE SEA- ITALIAN AND FRENCH RIVIERAS
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- Visit Villefranche Sur Mer and take an afternoon trip to either Nice or Eze. See post.
- Drive through the Alps towards the sea on Colle di Tenda. Stop in Breil, Tenda and proceed towards Montecarlo.
THE LAKES
Lago D’Orta:
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- 2 hour drive from Saluzzo. You could make it a day trip as the lake is so small. There are 100’s of little chapels to visit in a UNESCO protected park, a cute little town in the center of the island reached by boat and lots of little restaurants and shops. If you wanted to stay you could stay at Villa Crespi – a very famous hotel!
