Itinerary · 5 days · 22 places
5 Days in Piedmont
Five days in the Langhe based in Alba: the wine villages of Barolo and La Morra, the towers of Barbaresco and Neive, the castles of Grinzane Cavour and Serralunga — and every evening a table where tajarin, beef tartare and truffles land on your plate.
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The plan, day by day
Day 1Arrival in Alba
Arrival in Alba
Hotel check-in
Stay in Alba's old town between Piazza Savona and the cathedral, from where every restaurant is within walking distance in the evening.
San Lorenzo Cathedral & Piazza Risorgimento
The brick cathedral with its carved choir stalls of 1512 stands on the central square where Alba has come together since Roman times.
Evening: Piazza Savona
The large square with its cafés under the arcades is Alba's evening living room, where people stroll and drink aperitivo between seven and eleven.
Day 2Barolo & La Morra
WiMu in the Castello Falletti di Barolo
The wine museum in the castle of the Marchesi Falletti tells over four floors how a sweet country wine became dry Barolo.
Barolo village centre and Enoteca Regionale
In the vaulted cellars beneath the castle, the regional enoteca pours Barolo by the glass from around a hundred producers.
Cappella del Barolo in Brunate
The never-consecrated field chapel in the middle of the vines, painted in yellow, red and blue by Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett in 1999.
Belvedere of La Morra
From the terrace next to the church of San Martino you take in the bowls of Barolo, Novello and Monforte at a single glance.
Annunziata & Museo Ratti
In the former abbey above the hamlet of Annunziata, Renato Ratti's wine museum shows old barrels, vineyard maps and the first cru mapping of the Langhe.
Evening: Via Vittorio Emanuele II
Alba's Via Maestra is lit up and open in the evening: wine shops, confectioners and bars along four hundred metres of pedestrian street.
Day 3Barbaresco, Neive & Treiso
Torre di Barbaresco
The 36-metre 11th-century brick tower rises above the bend of the Tanaro; from the top you can see the Alps on a clear day.
Enoteca Regionale del Barbaresco
In the deconsecrated church of San Donato, Barbaresco bottles from every producer in the village stand in the nave for tasting.
Borgo Storico of Neive
One of Italy's most beautiful villages: cobbled lanes circling the clock tower, with 18th-century palazzi in between.
Rocche dei Sette Fratelli
Sheer sandstone walls between Barbaresco and Treiso, where you can see the geological history of the Langhe in cross-section.
Treiso – panorama over the Langhe
The highest village in the Barbaresco zone; from the church square the view reaches over Alba to Monviso.
Evening: Vincafé wine bar
A cramped wine bar in Alba's old town where in the evening you can compare Barbaresco and Nebbiolo by the glass.
Day 4Castles & truffle cuisine
Castello di Grinzane Cavour
The residence of Count Cavour, who was mayor here; inside are the wine museum and the hall where the truffle auction takes place in November.
Castiglione Falletto
A tiny village on the ridge between the Villero and Bricco Rocche vineyards, whose round-towered castle is still inhabited.
Monforte d'Alba and the Auditorium Horszowski
The lanes spiral up to the open-air auditorium, whose stone steps serve as a concert arena in summer.
Castello di Serralunga d'Alba
The slender fortified tower-house of 1340 is the best-preserved castle in the Langhe; the tour climbs narrow spiral stairs right up under the roof.
Tenuta Fontanafredda
The red-and-yellow striped winery village that King Vittorio Emanuele II had built for his mistress, with a park and historic barrel cellars.
Evening: Cortile della Maddalena
The courtyard of the Maddalena complex, where the truffle fair is held, is lit up in the evening and the starting point for a stroll through the old town.
Day 5Underground Alba & departure
Museo Civico Federico Eusebio
The town museum with finds from Roman Alba Pompeia and a section on the geology of the Langhe hills.
Alba Sotterranea
A guided walk through the excavated foundations of the Roman theatre and the medieval tower houses beneath the old town.
Departure from Alba
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