Piedmont
At the foot of the Alps, Piedmont is a region of fog, wine and ritual — where lunch lasts four hours and the white truffle is currency.
Five reasons Piedmont stays with you.
- White truffle harvest in Alba (Oct–Dec) — a global pilgrimage
- Barolo and Barbaresco vineyards rolling through the Langhe
- Birthplace of the Slow Food movement
- Royal Savoy Turin — porticoed boulevards, Egyptian Museum
- Alpine lakes — Orta and Maggiore — without the Como crowds
Start here if you have a long weekend.
Eat and drink like you mean it.
Our editor's picks — the tables and bottles we'd cross the country for.
Crippa's three-Michelin altar to the Langhe.
Slow Food's original osteria, since 1984.
Long-lived Nebbiolo from the Langhe hills.
Three rooms with a view.
Three ways to go deeper.
Dawn forest walk with hunter and dog.
Three estates, one driver, lunch in a vineyard.
Tajarin and agnolotti del plin from scratch.
Best time to visit · September–November for harvest and truffle. May for vineyards in flower.
Truffle forests, Barolo hills, and slow-food's birthplace.
A curated edit — what to see, where to eat what the locals eat, and where to sleep with intention.
Alba
The capital of white truffle, ringed by vineyards.
- — Cattedrale di San Lorenzo
- — Truffle Market (Oct–Dec)
- — Torri medievali
- Piazza DuomoCrippa's three-Michelin tasting — the region's altar.
- Osteria dell'ArcoHonest agnolotti del plin and vitello tonnato.
- Villa La MadonnaHilltop relais with vineyard pool.
Barolo
A castle, a wine and a one-street village that defines a region.
- — Castello Falletti / WiMu
- — Cappella del Barolo (Sol LeWitt)
- — Vigna Cannubi
- La CantinettaTajarin al ragù paired with the village's namesake.
- Hotel BaroloFamily-run, balcony rooms over the vines.
Neive
One of Italy's 'Borghi più belli' — sleepy, perfectly preserved.
- — Torre dell'Orologio
- — Casa del Bottaio
- — Bottega dei Quattro Vini
- La ConteaGenerations-old kitchen, encyclopedic Barbaresco list.
- Villa TiboldiHilltop relais with Roero panorama.
Bra
Birthplace of the Slow Food movement.
- — Palazzo Traversa
- — Chiesa di Santa Chiara
- — University of Gastronomic Sciences
- Osteria BoccondivinoSlow Food's original osteria, since 1984.
- Albergo dell'AgenziaInside a former royal estate at Pollenzo.
Orta San Giulio
A romantic lake town facing a monastery on its own tiny island.
- — Isola di San Giulio
- — Sacro Monte di Orta
- — Piazza Motta
- Locanda di OrtaRefined lakeside cooking, Michelin-starred.
- Villa CrespiMoorish-fantasy palace, Cannavacciuolo's home base.
