Things to do in Langhe and Roero

In 1544 in Ceresole d'Alba a great battle was held between the French and the imperials, who were competing for possession of the Piedmontese lands. To commemorate that historic event, thanks to European funds, a museum called the Battle Museum was created. Two itineraries start... more

Roero is a territory that includes 25 municipalities, extends for 420 square kilometers and has about 75,000 inhabitants. This territory is characterized by the presence of many towers and castles, which testify to a noble and ancient past. Today it is known above all for the... more

Cherasco is a city rich in history, art and culture located in the Langhe area. It has about 9 thousand inhabitants but it is a very extensive and vast territory, it is a small big city. The city was founded in the autumn of 1243 as a fortress for the city of Alba, has a long... more

Novello is a Piedmontese town with a purely agricultural vocation, known for the wine production of Barolo, Dolcetto and Barbera and the cultivation of nascetta. It is located in the heart of the Langhe, and is part of the wine landscape of Langhe Roero and Monferrato recognized... more

Alba is a Piedmontese center in the province of Cuneo; located at 172 meters, it has 31,000 inhabitants. It is the cultural, social and economic epicenter of the Langhe, that is the vast hilly territory limited by the Tanaro and the Bormida; land of extraordinary colors, smells... more

In the province of Cuneo on the hills of the Alta Langa is the village of Cravanzana which extends over an uncontaminated land where the vineyard and the hazelnuts extend creating wonderful landscapes. In these valleys the hazelnut of the tonda gentile variety is born, which for... more

At the gates of the so-called Roero area, which was for a long time and at times under the government of the Savoy, is the town of Sommariva del bosco. We pass from the castle that was owned by the family and today private to an overview of the many churches, which exhibit... more

The name Sommariva del Bosco derives from the fact that the oldest part of the town is located on the edge of a vast wood on the first mountain of the Roero Mountains, known as 'Bosco Popolare'. The time of constitution of the ancient village 'ad summam ripam nemoris' at the... more

Barolo, a symbolic wine of Italian enology, boasts noble and peasant qualities at the same time. History has it that Juliette Colbert, wife of the last Marquis of Barolo, was able to promote this wine to the point of making it famous in the noble courts. Thanks to her... more

The Langhe are a hilly area of the lower Piedmont area between the provinces of Asti and Cuneo. Among all the municipalities and towns that are part of it, Alba is certainly well known, famous all over the world for its characteristic White Truffle. A very fine raw material used... more