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Our recommendations if you are planning a vacation or visit to Alba, Asti, Turin and the rest of Piemonte.

  • Cooking Classes in Turin

    These 2 cooking classes taken place in a professionally equipped food laboratory in Turin, the regional capital of Piemote or Piedmont, and will help you appreciate the classic recipes of the territory.

    All the lessons last 3 hours and you will learn about pizza, bread, focaccia, pasta and pasta sa...

  • Piemonte Cooking Programs

    The region of Piemonte isn't just wine, truffles and chocolate. It offers a unique collection of dishes and recipes refelcting its history and traditions.

    From stuffed vegetables to 'vitello tonnato' and 'bagna caoda'. Fresh pasta like 'tajarin' and 'ravioli del plin' to refined meat courses such a...

  • Asti Cooking Vacations, Villa Gaia

    The following cooking vacation package put together by Villa Gaia is a perfect short break to discover the zone of Asti and Alba, and taste some great food and fine wine.

    Here we highlight the 3 days and 2 nights proposal, but note that a four day three night offer is also available. Both require a...

  • Italy Five Lakes Tour

    The Italian glacial lakes are set among the magnificent mountains of Northern Italy, a landscape that takes your breath away.

    Giuseppe Verdi. Henri Stendhal, George Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and William Wordsworth were all captivated by the deep blue waters, alpine peaks and flourishing flora.

    D...

  • Lake Maggiore and Gattinara Winery Tour

    Tasting Tour proposes a day trip with local tour guide to discover the beautiful shores of Lake Maggiore in Piemonte.

    First stop is Stresa, a charming village caught between the mountains and the lake with its beautiful XIX century mansions and gardens.

    Meet your tour guide in Stresa and depart wi...

  • Half Day Piemonte Tour by Tasting Tours

    Local incoming travel planner, Tasting Tours, will help you discover the best corners of the famous truffle zone of Alba and equally famous wine capital of Asti.

    In between you will discover the culinary secrets of the gastronomic heart of Piemonte from Barolo to Barbaresco and further afield.

    Vie...

  • Bramafam, Boutique Tour Operator, Piemonte

    Discover ancient Piemonte culture, lifestyle, history and food with Bramafam, a boutique tour operator specializing in personalized travel services and event organization in Piemonte and the rest of Italy through local partnerships.

    Your journey starts in Saluzzo, described by Annalisa as one of th...

  • Bramafam Holidays and Events Organisation, Piemonte

    Bramafam Holidays & Events is a boutique travel company based in Saluzzo, Cuneo, specialized in promoting the very best of Piemonte and the rest of Italy.

    In particular, tailor made tours to discover the lifestyle, art, culture and enogastronomy of the regions through personalized travel and origin...

  • Grand Barbaresco Wine Tour

    Tasting Tours based in Asti propose this Grand Barbaresco wine tour to discover three producers located in the 3 villages of the Barbaresco region where only 1,200 acres are planted (the area is much smaller than the Barolo district).

    Made from the same nebbiolo grape which gives Barolo, Barbares...

  • Grand Barolo Wine Tours

    This special wine tour in Piemonte by Tasting Tours takes the visitor to some of the best barolo producing wineries in the region. Piedmont is a wine region rich in history yet there are viticulture and enology methods have only taken root over the past two decades.

    Nebbiolo is the great grape of t...

  • Wine, Cheese and Chocolate Tours

    An opportunity to discover the three essential and most genuine gourmet products of Piemonte; cheese, wine and chocolate.

    The tour starts with a sightseeing tour of the Barolo production area with a stop at Grinzane Cavour to admire the imposing XIII century castle, La Morra with the scenic “belved...

  • Barolo and Barbaresco Wine Tour

    This day long guided wine tour of Barolo and Barbaresco is being proposed by Tasting Tours of Asti. Meet your English-speaking guide in your hotel and depart for the Langhe area in the southern part of Piedmont, famous for white truffles and some of the most sought-after red wines in Italy, i.e. Ba...

  • Wine and Truffle Tours near Asti

    Tasting Tours of Asti will help you discover close up the wine and truffles of Asti and Monferrato in Piemonte where the hills produce the third great jewel of the local wine-making scenario, Barbera d'Asti, and the unique black and white truffles (black truffles from February to September, white tr...

  • Villa Gaia B&B, Asti Monferrato

    Villa Gaia is a delightful place to stop during a visit to the vineyards and wine territory of Asti and central Piemonte.

    Villa Gaia is situated along the “Asti Greenways” routes which allows visitors to discover the rolling hills of this corner of Piemonte on two wheels.

    Mountain bikes are ...

 

Delicious local Italian typical products from the region of Turin and Piemonte. Where to go, what to look out for and when to find them in season. Start with the article below.

  • Top Turin Coffee Bars

    Published in Piemonte Food
    Three good reasons for visiting the provincial capital of Piemonte? The home of Fiat; of course! 'Juventus', Italy's most supported football team; maybe not! And the third ... Well, we like the delightful cafés and pasticcerie or cake shops where you can sit in elegant surroundings and taste the good life as it must have been 100 years ago. Take your pick from the coffee bars listed below. All images copyright Delicious Italy.
    Last modified on 07 April 2013

Alba truffle festival

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October is white truffle month in Piemonte and the annual Alba truffle festival celebrating the famous 'tartufo bianco' truffles is a massive event. Alba is also home of the Associazione Nazionale 'Città del Tartufo' which was formed in 1990. The aim of the association is to present a single reference point for anyone interested in the Italian truffle in much the same way the 'Strada del Vino' and the 'Città d'Arte' do for wine and culture. The 'Associazione Nazionale Città del Tartufo' represents 19 towns in central Italy who produce truffles commercially. These range from Norcia in Umbria to S.Giovanni…
Last modified on 19 December 2012

Wine Route of the Tortona Hills

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Following the Wine Route of the Tortona Hills, or Strada del Vino dei Colli Tortonesi, is the perfect way to discover not just the Doc Colli Tortonesi wines of this zone between Tortona and Voghera but fabulous typical products such as mushrooms, strawberries, cheese, salami and truffles. In fact, it is the only part of Piemonte which produces three types of truffles: white, black and 'summer' or Tuber Aestivum Vittadini. The wine route was established in the early 1970's to take in the hamlets of Tortona, Viguzzolo, Castellar Guidobono, Volpedo, Volpeglino, Berzano di Tortona, Pozzol Groppo, Monleale, Monperone, Casasco, Brigano…
Last modified on 19 December 2012

International Salone del Gusto, Turin

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Once upon a time the Salone del Vino was the premier enogastronomic event in the Lingotto of Turin. It then started to alternate every year with the Salone del Gusto, but such has been the success of the latter that former no longer exists, usurped by the now huge International Salone del Gusto and Terra Made, as well as the new kid on the block, Slow Fish in Genoa. This premier Slow Food event takes place in the last weekend of October in even years and over 5 days. The amount of institutional and corporate sponsors may not sit too well…
Last modified on 25 October 2012

Novarese and Verbano Gastronomy

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The route of the slow train from Savona to Milan via Alessandria in Piemonte is 50% mountain passes and 50% flat valley plain which is typical of this corner of Italy and is also reflected in the local cuisine. It is an area which has limitless food possibilities and the variety ranges from rice to Gorgonzola cheese and polenta to chestnut pastas. A great book called 'Enogastronomia del Novarese e Del Verbano - Cusio - Ossola' is published by EVAET and is the best guide to the territory we have found. With inviting chapter titles such as 'Between Frogs and…
Last modified on 14 August 2012

Bettelmatt Cheese

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Strangest of all the typical products from the province of Novara area, apart from donkeys, is Bettelmatt cheese produced in a single pasture near the Alpe Morasco. It is the most famous cheese from Ossola and only 100 or 150 vats of the stuff is made each year. The milk for the cheese comes only from cows breeding in the precise area of Punta dei Camosci for a specific 12-15 days of the year. The cheese is similar to a fontina and has a characteristic yellowish color due to a herb, the 'mutellina', which enriches the grass in the zone.…
Last modified on 14 August 2012

Lake Maggiore Food Tour

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We recommend this tour to discover the area and food around Lake Maggiore in Piemonte. Start at Stresa having taken in the 'Isole Borromee and the Villa Pallavicino. Head south on the road beside the Lake until you arrive at Arona birthplace of San Carlo Borromeo who is celebrated with a 35 meter high statue, the biggest of its kind in Europe. Turn away from the Lake before hitting the manufacturing town of Borgomanero and a short climb to Soriso. On the way look out for the vendors of typical products: 'Il Tagliere' at Borgomanero (Donkey Meat), 'Macelleria Crosetti' at…
Last modified on 14 August 2012