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Hiking holidays Piedmont

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From Barbaresco to Barolo

The title ‘leisure hiking’ fits this eight-day hiking tour through Piedmont perfectly! Between Barbaresco and Barolo every day you experience countless opportunities not only to hike in the second biggest region of Italy, but also to taste it. The morning greets you with a freshly brewed Cappuccino, by lunch time the scent of truffle risotto wafts through the alleyways.

In the evening, when it’s time for an Aperitivo, the Italians celebrate, and of course you can’t miss the best wines in the world. These will taste wonderful alongside a piece of mature cheese. And between? Many hiking kilometres, around 95 in total, through exquisite Piedmont with its rolling hills and vineyards.

 

 

Hiking holidays Piedmont
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Itinerary

Welcome to the truffel-metropolis! This medieval town with its oppulent palaces and towers (‚city of the one hundred towers’) invites you to a stroll.

You comfortably walk along the river Tanaro to Barbareso, the first ‚wine metropolis’ of your walking tour. In Barbaresco everything revolves around splendid wine, we suggest you sample ‚Barolo’s little brother’ in the Enoteca Regionale located in the converted church San Donato. The route leads you through the typical landscape of the Langhe region along vast vineyards into picturesque Neive. You spend the night in Treiso, situated in the centre of the Langa del Barbaresco, this village has already been popular as a holiday destination by the Romans.

On your way to the hamlet of Canta you walk along the Rocche di Sette Fratelli, a deep gorge situated between soft vineyards. Then you continue towards San Bovo enjoying marvellous panoramic views and finally reach the flower village of Castino, located onto top of a hill between the Bormida and Belbo river valleys. In the Middle Ages it was an affluent focal point with three monasteries and today you can marvel at the first truffle grove for tourists in this region. The route leads you along the ridge of a hill in between chestnut- and hazelnut trees to Cravanzana.

From the heart of hazelnut growing, the route takes you on slightly hilly terrain through the upper Belbo-river valley, well-known for potato growing via Feisoglio to Niella Belbo. The architectural style of this medieval village was shaped by Napoleon’s march through, hence the byname ‚dei francesi’. After a range of hills with marvellous views onto sleepy little villages and old ruins, you reach San Benedetto with the same-named lake. A short transfer takes you to the well-known flower villlage of Bossolasco.

Today the terrain is initially hilly, and accompanied by hazelnut groves you reach the little village of Serravalle Langhe. Then onwards through the Bric della Vacca and vineyards to Roddino. After a short rest at the Church of St. Mary your next Day Finish is the medieval farming village of Sinio. Wine is back! The path snakes uphill to the village and the medieval castle of Serralunga d'Alba.

Today’s route leads you through light hazelnut groves and wild forests into the magically situated Monforte d´Alba. The impressive campanile and Scarampi palace can already be seen from afar. In medieval Monforte we recommend a stroll through the little alleyways and a snack in the numerous restaurants and wine stores. You continue your tour with ecstasizing views into the valley until you reach your day finish, the world-famous wine village of Barolo, where a marvellous wine-tasting awaits you.

Walking through the vineyards of the best wines in the world you continue your tour to the idyllic village La Morra, best-know as the ‚balcony of Langhe’. One last time enjoy the impressive panorama onto the entire Barolo region, on a clear day you can even see as far as the Alps and Monte Viso. En route back to Alba you pass the castles of Verduno and Roddi.

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Tour character

The terrain is hilly and the route leads through vineyards and forests. Daily walking tours vary in walking times and can last up to 5.5 hours. The route leads you along walking paths alternating with mule tracks, gravel paths and in parts along asphalted sections. A good basic fitness level is required, so you can thoroughly enjoy the wonderful views from the medieval villages towering over the valley.

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Prices & dates

Category: 2x 4*-hotel (Alba), mid-range hotels and beautiful Italian country houses ‚Agriturismi’ (partly with pool)

Prices per person in CHF

Services & Information

Included:

  • Accommodation as mentioned incl. breakfast  
  • Luggage transfer
  • 1 Wine tasting (English)
  • Transfers according to the programme
  • Carefully elaborated route description
  • Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English, French)
  • App for navigation and GPS-data 
  • Service hotline

Note:

  • Reservation fee of CHF 20.- per adult (incl. legally required customer money protection)
     

Optional:

  • Airport transfer Milano (Malpensa, Linate) – Alba: CHF 365.- up to 2 persons, CHF 425.- up to 4 persons, CHF 455.- up to 8 persons, duration approx. 2 hours.
  • Airport transfer Milano (Orio al Serio) – Alba: CHF 425.- up to 2 persons, CHF 489.- up to 4 persons, CHF 569.- up to 8 persons, duration approx. 2.5 hours.
  • Airport transfer Turin (Caselle) – Alba: CHF 189.- up to 2 persons, CHF 235.- up to 4 persons, CHF 295.- up tp 8 persons, duration approx. 1.5 hours.

Arrival/Parking/Departure:

  • By train to Alba. From Turin in approx. 1.5 hours to Alba (1x change) or in approx. 3 hours from Milano to Alba (2x change) 
  • Turin or Milano airport. 
  • Parking: Hotel parking spaces cost approx. CHF 55.- per week. No reservation possible. Public car park approx. CHF 35.- per week, reservation in advance.

Other important information: 

  • The distance travelled is approximate and may differ from the actual distance.  
  • Travel cancellation insurance, including travel interruption insurance is recommended. 

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