Southern & Eastern Piedmont

Introducing Southern & Eastern Piedmont

The bucolic hills, valleys and townships of southern and eastern Piedmont are a gourmand’s dream. Bursting with some of Italy’s finest fresh produce, including unusually sweet hazelnuts, rare white truffles, and grapes crushed and fermented into world-class wines, the area is blessed with rich regional culinary traditions. As such, it’s the headquarters of a number of seminal institutions – the Slow Food Movement, the University of Gastronomic Sciences and the International Culinary School for Foreigners (training chefs to work at Italian restaurants around the world) are all based here. Even the tiniest of hamlets boasts outstanding restaurants and wine cellars.

Autumn is the area’s ‘high season’, due to its numerous food and wine festivals, fairs and harvest celebrations which draw crowds from the surrounding area, though as elsewhere in Piedmont, tourists are few.

A car is the ideal way to cover the area, but to compensate for gastronomic overload, there’s excellent walking and cycling, as well as skiing.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009