FOOD AND WINE FROM PIEDMONT

The Langhe and Monferrato hills. Wine tasting of the wonderful wines of Alba and Canelli. Turin, former capital of Italy and Eataly, considered as having the largest food and wine market in the world.

Type of tour: private including a tour guide
Form of transport: by car or minibus including a driver
Period: all year round
Duration: 5 days / 4 nights

Leaving from and arriving at: Milan

Day 1: Participants arrive and settle into a hotel in Milan previously booked for you by Oiden Tour.

Day 2: Meet with tour conductor at hotel. From Milan we stop at Canelli. Visit to a winery for some wine tasting with the possibility of purchasing the wines. Lunch in a well known restaurant (listed in top selling restaurant guides) for a traditional meal. If in season, we will have the possibility to taste fresh mushrooms and truffle as well as some “bunet” a famous desert from Piedmont. In the afternoon we go to a winery in Castagnole delle Lanze. Moscato, Barbera, Barbaresco and Barolo are just some of the great wines on the list. In the afternoon, some free time to wander around Alba and then to a quiet farm in the hills.

Day 3: An early start in search of some “Barolo” in an old winery founded in 1918, where a delicious Dolcetto d’Alba and Freisa is also produced. The second half of the morning will be dedicated to visiting the “city of chocolate” Cherasco where we call in at the famous cake shop, Barbero. Lunch in the lovely little city of Bra in a tavern for some “slow food”. After lunch we go to the Grinzane castle, home to the regional wine shop of Piedmont, splendidly positioned in a vineyard. We go to Turin for the night.

Day 4: Some free time in the morning for you to visit the city of Torino, which alone is worth a trip. Once the capital of Italy, Turin host the valuable Egyptian museum. Valentino Park, on the banks of the Po river and the Mole Antonelliana, two landmarks of Turin. Before heading back to Milan, a visit to “Eataly”, a food “shopping center”, a reductive way of call this complex. Here you can taste and purchase all types of food, all part of the Italian gastronomic tradition.

Day 5: Depart after breakfast. Private transfer is available to the next destination.

Note: The programme may be change due to circumstances beyond our control. In these cases, alternative solutions will be provided.

Two nights in 4 star hotel in Milan
Type: Bed & Breakfast

One night on a farm near Alba
Type: half board

One night in 4 star hotel in Torino
Type: Bed & Breakfast

Two lunches included

Number of people	2 - 3	4 - 5	6 +	Single supplement
Price per person     in double room	€	€	€	€

The price includes
The accommodation detailed above, transfers during the tour, wine tasting session, entrance fees to museums and castles, guided tours as described in the programme, a tour guide who speaks English and Italian.

The price does not include
Air travel costs and transport to the starting point of the tour (unless specifically requested). The price does not include drinks during meals, insurance, personal expenses or any other expenses not specifically mentioned in “The price includes”