LANGHE TOUR IN PIEDMONT REGION

Arrival flight in Turin airport (or Milan)

The guide will welcome the group at the exit of the arrivals. Transfer with the bus to Grinzane Cavour (about 2 hours).

Lunch at Agriturismo Vitae di Langa or similar.

In the afternoon, visit the Castello Grinzane Cavour.

Built around the middle of the 11th century on top of a hill, the Castle of Grinzane Cavour overlooks, with its beauty and incomparable architecture, the stunning panorama of the Langa hills, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato Vineyard Landscapes.

News of this year, the en plein air Museum: emotional and educational journey along the wine rows – immersed in the “Vigna del Conte” (Count’s Vineyard) at the foot of Grinzane Cavour Castle.

Transfer to ALBERGO AGENZIA 4* https://www.albergoagenzia.it/ in Pollenzo seat of the University of Gastronomic Sciences and of the Wine Bank.

Dinner in hotel and overnight.

Breakfast in hotel.

Departure by bus to Alba for a guided tour of the beautiful UNESCO Heritage..

Visit of the main religious building of the city located in Piazza Risorgimento, in the heart of the city center: the cathedral of Alba, dedicated to the patron saint of the city, San Lorenzo, was most likely built around the twelfth century, to then be restored and remodeled repeatedly over the course over the centuries, until obtaining its present appearance, the result of the works carried out at the end of the 19th century.

After, transfer to Neive and visit of the city insert in the list “Most beautiful villages in Italia”.

Lunch at Ciau Del Tornavento (Treiso) – 1* Michelin (6 courses tasting menu, beverage are not included).

In the afternoon truffle hunting (about 2 hours and 30 min) with final tasting of truffle products and grated black truffle.

The real protagonist of the excursion is the dog, nicknamed Tabui in jargon, which sets the group’s pace, moving through the trees and sniffing at the base of the trunks.

After walking through the woods, often moving “back and forth”, the tabui is suddenly stricken by the scent at a precise point and starts to turn the earth over lightly to attract the trifualu’s attention.

The trifulau then comes along with his ‘sapin’ (small hoe) and delicately opens the hole where the dog began digging, he then pulls out the truffle with his hands causing an explosion of fragrance.

Transfer to the hotel.

Dinner in hotel and overnight.

Breakfast in hotel.

Departure to Alba

H: 11.00 Concert of the “Alba Music Festival” at St. Giuseppe’s church (about 1 hour).

Lunch with white truffle in a typical restaurant in Alba.

At the end, entrance to “International Alba White Truffle Fair” that will take place in Cortile della Maddalena.

This festival is one of the main showcases of high gastronomy and Italian excellence.

Here you can discover many products of Langhe region, in particular the white truffle that you can appreciate and purchase.

After, transfer to Barbaresco city for a guided tour with entrance in the tower (the guide will explain the tower outside and then if they want they can go up 4 people at time).

Back to the hotel. Dinner  and overnight.

Breakfast in hotel.

Departure to Monforte, a small medieval village in the Langa del Barolo, which has recently become one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. Steep streets that rise up to its square and the famous open-air amphitheatre (with a particular acustic), with a view that sweeps over the surrounding vineyards: a small but wonderful village that holds a thousand-year history.

Transfer to Serralunga d’Alba Castle.

Slender and majestic, the indelible symbol of this landscape, it dominates one of the most beautiful and intact villages of the Langhe, surrounded by the hills of the great wines. It is considered one of the best preserved examples of a fourteenth-century noble castle in Piedmont, and represents a unique case in Italy for its architectural structure, typical of a French donjon.

Transfer to Bra and lunch in a typical restaurant or similar.

In the afternoon visit of Bra, the capital of the Slow food.

Transfer to Pollenzo for visit the “Banca del vino” that is situated below Albergo Agenzia.

Guided tour (available in English or Italian with the translate of our guide) of the wine cellar with tasting of 1 glass of wine (Barolo or Barbaresco or Roero).

Dinner in hotel (4 courses, 1 glass of wine, water and coffee) and overnight.

Breakfast in hotel and check out.

Departure to La Morra for a photo stop from the panoramic terrace.

Transfer to Barolo for a guided tour with entrance to WIMU.

WIMU is the most innovative wine museum in Italy and one of the most important in the world. We are in the Barolo, famous in the world for its wine and in a castle with a thousand-year history.

The tour is an immersion in the culture of wine: the suggestion of delving into its myths corresponds to the physical descent from the panoramic terrace to the cellars of the castle, home to the Regional Barolo wine shop.

After the visit you will go to Marchesi di Barolo, historical cellars located in the building overlooking the castle of Marquis Falletti.

The cellars were built at the beginning of the 19th century for a very specific purpose: to make wine from Nebbiolo, protected from the early autumn cold. In this way the Marchesi di Barolo created a stable wine, with a great structure, suitable for ageing. The wine that bears the name of our town and expresses its extraordinary richness: Barolo.

Five historic casks of the time – the “Botti della Marchesa” – are still used today, after painstaking restoration, for the maturation and refinement of precious wines. A heritage of humanity and the history of taste preserved under the hills of the “Langa del Barolo”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The cellars are also home to a private collection of over 30,000 bottles of Barolo, ranging from rare 19th-century vintages to more recent ones, preserved in the very place where they were born.

Guided tour of the beautiful cellar (45 minutes) and after that, lunch in “La Foresteria” above the cellars.

Departure flight from Turin airport (or Milan)