Tour in Piemonte
Turin, Royal Palace of Venaria and Novara (2 days)
- 3 * hotel in half board
- Visits with professional guides
- Entrance to the Reggia di Venaria and the Gardens
- Entrance to the Royal Palace of Turin
What’s excluded
- Transport of any kind
- Compulsory insurance
- Other entrances not included
- Lunches and drinks, ns. travel assistant, tourist tax, anything not expressly indicated under “the fee includes”.
What’s included
- Local bus for the various transfers
- 3 * hotel in half board around the places visited
- Visits with professional guides
- Entrance to a characteristic Trullo
- Entrance to Castel del Monte
What’s excluded
- Round trip flight and airport taxes (on request)
- Compulsory insurance
- Entrance fees not included
- Lunches and drinks
- Ns. travel assistant
- Anything not expressly indicated under “the fee includes”
- Fee per person (flight excluded “on request”)
- Net rates in euros, subject to confirmation (excluding weekends and holidays) – 1 free ticket for every 25 paying guests
- Document required: valid identity card. The program could be reversed
- n.b. the program can be adapted to customer needs
- Single room supplement € 25 per person per night. Tourist tax to be paid directly at the hotel
- Lunch with tourist menu (first, second, side dish, fruit or dessert) from € 20; drinks ¼ wine and ½ water € 5
- Cancellation fee of 0% if cancelled
The Langhe: Alba, Asti, the Via dei Vini (3 days)
Day 1: ASTI – THE LAND OF TRUFFLES
Departure in the morning from the chosen location. Arrival in Asti and guided tour of the city that tells its millennial history through the towers, churches, eighteenth-century palaces, the urban layout of the centre, which maintains the radial composition of the ancient municipalities. Free lunch. In the afternoon, optional visit to a laboratory for the transformation of the White Truffle of Alba. Truffles have the appearance of tubers formed inside by a fleshy mass called “gleba” and on the outside by a bark called “peridium”; they consist in a high percentage of water, fibres and mineral salts absorbed, the latter, by the roots of the tree with which they live in symbiosis. The white truffle of Alba, called in Piedmontese dialect “trifola”, is judged by all experts to be the best ever and is found exclusively in a small hilly area of the Langhe, Roero and in part of Monferrato. There are also other areas of Italy where the white truffle is harvested, but the product does not always manage to have the same quality levels. In the end, continue to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: THE WINE WAY – Barolo and Fontana Fredda
Breakfast. In the morning guided tour of the Barolo Castle and the Wine Museum
Of ancient origins, the castle has undergone several transformations over time. From a defence manor to a noble country residence, to a rigid college of religious: each destination has left some traces in the halls of the large building. What is most striking of the castle is the bulk, which dominates and almost crushes the town with its grandeur, a tangible image of the power of the lords of the places. Inside you can see the rooms with the period furnishings of the Marquise Giulia Colbert, the hall of the coats of arms, the library with the memory of Silvio Pellico, the patriot who, returning from the Spielberg prisons, served here as secretary and librarian for nearly twenty years. On the upper floors there is the ethnographic-oenological museum of Barolo, an exhibition of ancient viticultural and oenological tools in use in the area, documenting the life and work of winemakers in the Langhe; in other rooms, a collection of wine crystals and old photographs of the town. Free lunch. In the afternoon visit with tasting at the Cantine di Fontanafredda in Serralunga. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: ALBA – CASTLE OF GOVONE
Breakfast. In the morning guided tour of Alba. Recognized capital of the Langhe, over the course of its history – more than two thousand years – it has been invaded and sacked several times, but still preserves the ancient churches and some of the many medieval towers – the “city of a hundred towers” is another way referred to as Alba – who stood proudly above her houses. A dozen of them survive (erected for patrician vanity or for defence), enclosed in the perimeter of a historic centre that preserves its medieval appearance intact. Free lunch. In the afternoon, the possibility of visiting the castle of Govone built in 1300 and considered the most beautiful Savoy residence in the region. Centuries later, around the 1700s, it was completely renovated at the behest of the Marquis Solaro di Breglio. A return trip with arrival scheduled in the evening.
What’s included
- 3 * hotel in half board near the places visited
- Visits with professional guides
- Entrance to the Wine Museum and Castle of Barolo
- Entrance to the Cantina Fontanafredda with tasting
- Entrance to a truffle processing workshop
- Entrance to the castle of Govone
What’s excluded
- Transport of any kind
- Compulsory insurance
- Entrances
- Lunches and drinks, ns. travel assistant, tourist tax, anything not expressly indicated under “the fee includes”.
- Net rates in euros, subject to confirmation (excluding weekends and holidays) – 1 free ticket for every 25 paying guests
- Document required: valid identity card. The program could be reversed.
- n.b. the program can be adapted to customer needs
- AXA Compulsory Multi-Risk Policy (Medical Expenses and Cancellation) € 10 per person.
- Single room supplement € 25 per person per night. Possible city tax to be paid directly at the hotel.
- Lunch with tourist menu (first, second, side dish, fruit or dessert) from € 20; drinks ¼ wine and ½ water € 5
- Cancellation fee of 0% if cancelled
Piedmont Grand Tour (4 days)
Day 1: PALACE OF VENARIA – BASILICA OF SUPERGA
Departure in the morning towards Piedmont. Arrival at the Royal Palace of Venaria Reale and guided tour. Arrival at the Royal Palace of Venaria Reale and guided tour. The enchanting scenery of the seventeenth-century palace with the Hall of Diana, the elegance of the Galleria Grande, the solemnity of the Chapel of Sant’Uberto and the grandeur of the Citroniera and the Scuderia grande, eighteenth-century masterpieces by Filippo Juvarra. We continue with the individual walk in the splendid Gardens. Free lunch. In the afternoon, guided tour of the Basilica of Superga, the Royal Tombs and the Royal Apartment. The complex of the Basilica of Superga, an eighteenth-century architectural jewel designed by Filippo Juvarra, is a must for both the pilgrim and the art and history lover. In the end, transfer to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: TURIN ROYAL PALACE AND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
Breakfast. In the morning guided tour of the Royal Palace in Piazza San Castello. Continue in the historic centre admiring the majestic Palazzo Madama, Piazza San Carlo, Piazza Carignano where the homonymous building dominates with its splendid wavy facade. Free time to stroll and lunch freely under the Art Nouveau Subalpina Gallery, savour Bicerin, a drink made with milk cream, coffee and Piedmontese hazelnut chocolate. In the afternoon, guided tour of the Egyptian Museum, entirely dedicated to the civilization of the Nile and considered the most important after that of Cairo in terms of value and quantity of finds. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 3: THE LANGHE: BAROLO – ALBA
Breakfast and departure for Barolo. In the morning guided tour of the Barolo Castle and the Wine Museum. Of ancient origins, the castle has undergone several transformations over time. From a defence manor to a noble country residence, to a rigid college of religious: each destination has left some traces in the halls of the large building. What is most striking of the castle is the bulk, which dominates and almost crushes the town with its grandeur, a tangible image of the power of the lords of the places. Inside you can see the rooms with the period furnishings of the Marquise Giulia Colbert, the hall of the coats of arms, the library with the memory of Silvio Pellico, the patriot who, returning from the Spielberg prisons, served here as secretary and librarian for nearly twenty years. On the upper floors there is the ethnographic-oenological museum of Barolo, an exhibition of ancient viticultural and oenological tools in use in the area, documenting the life and work of winemakers in the Langhe; in other rooms, a collection of wine crystals and old photographs of the town. Free lunch.
In the afternoon, transfer to Alba for a guided tour of the beautiful historic centre. Recognized capital of the Langhe, over the course of its history – more than two thousand years – it has been invaded and sacked several times, but still preserves the ancient churches and some of the many medieval towers – the “city of a hundred towers” is another way referred to as Alba – who stood proudly above her houses. In the end, return to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: CASTLE OF RACCONIGI
Breakfast and transfer to Racconigi for the guided tour of the Castle.
Starting from 1363, when Amedeo VI snatched Racconigi from the marquises of Saluzzo, the village was always directly linked to the Savoy family: fief of the Savoy – Racconigi, princes of Carignano, the beloved countryside of Carlo Alberto, the seat of the Royal Villas until at the advent of the Republic, Racconigi enjoyed, so to speak, a “privilege” of the dynastic protectorate. And still today, many historians cite the town as the small “dream capital” of the Savoy family of the Carignano branch.
Free lunch. In the afternoon return trip arriving late in the evening.
What’s included
- 3 * hotel in half board
- Visits with professional guides
- Admissions to the Reggia di Venaria, Racconigi Castle, Turin Royal Palace, Basilica of Supera, Tombs and Royal Apartments, Egyptian Museum.
What’s excluded
- Transport of any kind
- Compulsory insurance
- Other entrances not indicated
- Lunches and drinks, our. travel assistant, tourist tax, anything not expressly indicated under “the fee includes”.
Informazioni importanti
- Net rates in euros, subject to confirmation (excluding weekends and holidays) – 1 free ticket for every 25 paying guests
- Document required: valid identity card. The program could be reversed.
- n.b. the program can be adapted to customer needs
- AXA Compulsory Multi-Risk Policy (Medical Expenses and Cancellation) € 10 per person.
- Single room supplement € 25 per person per night. Possible city tax to be paid directly at the hotel.
- Lunch with tourist menu (first, second, side dish, fruit or dessert) from € 20; drinks ¼ wine and ½ water € 5
- Cancellation fee of 0% if cancelled