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Delicious Piedmont, Italy

Oberto Gili Sardines and caramelized red peppers with <em>bagna cauda</em> gelato.

Photo: Oberto Gili

For centuries, the undulating, vine-covered hills of the Langhe, a strip in the southern Piedmont region, existed as a place out of time. Nobody came, almost nobody left. But these days, acclaim for some of the new local bottlings—made from the nebbiolo grape, which itself is named for the area’s trademark morning fog—is attracting wine pilgrims from all over. Centuries-old villas have been converted into hotels, and the dining scene, which now includes a number of Michelin-starred establishments, is thriving.

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6 Hotels 12 Restaurants 6 Activities

Destinations: Turin · Piedmont · Santo Stefano Belbo · Verduno · Sinio · Asti · Alba · Bra · Treiso · Pollenzo · Rocchetta Tanaro · Albaretto Torre · Cherasco · Barolo

Themes: Road Trip · Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping

Inspired by: Taste the Flavors of Piedmont — by Matt Lee, Published Aug. 2006

Hotels (6)

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    L’Antico Asilo

    Piedmont | Europe | Italy

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    Villa Tiboldi

    Piedmont | Europe | Italy

    In 1996, winemakers Roberto and Patrizia Damonte bought a dilapidated 18th-century villa near Alba, in Italy’s Piedmont region. By 2003, they’d transf

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    Marchesi Alfieri

    Asti | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Hotel Castello di Sinio

    Sinio | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Castello di Verduno

    Verduno | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Relais San Maurizio

    Santo Stefano Belbo | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

    Presiding over a cedar- and grapevine-studded hilltop in Italy’s Piedmont region, this monastery hotel has a Caudalie Vinotherapie spa and a restauran

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Restaurants (12)

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    Piazza Duomo

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Osteria LaLibera

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Osteria de la Rosa Rossa

    Cherasco | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    L'Angolo di Paradiso

    Albaretto Torre | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    La Bottega del Vicoletto

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    I Bologna

    Rocchetta Tanaro | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Guido

    Pollenzo | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Grom, Turin

    Turin | Europe | Italy

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    Ciau del Tornavento

    Treiso | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Caffè Converso

    Bra | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Antico Caffè Callisano

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Al Bicerin

    Turin | Europe | Italy

    The café's eponymous drink has been served at this spot since 1763. The historic beverage has three layers: coffee on the bottom, dark chocolate above

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Activities (6)

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    La Spinetta

    Piedmont | Europe | Italy

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    Pio Cesare Azienda Agricola

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

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    Tartufi Ponzio

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

    This shoebox-sized shop has an extensive selection of outstanding sauces, vinegars, and oils, many of which are made with the shop's winter stock-in-t

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    I Piaceri del Gusto

    Alba | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

    This wine store's deep selection of books (in many languages) on Piedmontese wine and food complements a cellar of excellent, hard-to-find bottles.

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    Il Bacco

    Barolo | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

    This charming enoteca is presided over by a bookish couple and their cat, that offers all the best labels of Barolo and the better vintages.

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    Enoteca Regionale del Barolo

    Barolo | Europe | Italy | Piedmont

    Onne of the Piedmont's most impressive enotecas: a long, vaulted brick chamber in a grand, turreted castle wher

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    Wines of the Langhe

    Piedmont, Rivoli, Alba, Treiso, Pollenzo

    The hilltop vines of Italy’s Langhe region, in the heart of Piedmont, produce some of the most spectacular wines anywhere.

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    Trip Guide to Turin, Italy

    Turin

    There is a great deal more to Turin than the staid, gray image it presents. It is the center of Italian contemporary art; it has some of the best, and certainly the most innovative, cooking in Italy;

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