LOCAL AMENITIES
Alba: 10 km away, it is also called the City of Hundred Towers. It can boast a remarkable old town centre as well as two architectural gems like the Gothic church of St. Domenico and St Mary Magdalene’s Church in the Baroque style. Bra: here you can visit the Church of St. Chiara, a masterpiece by Vittone, with its recently restored dome. Remarkable examples of sacred art and architecture can be found in many villages within the Langhe area, like Barolo, La Morra, Monforte, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga, Grinzane Cavour etc.
Novello: a town renowned for its Barolo wine. Here, at the Bottega del Vino, sbecame famous for an important event which is held the first Saturday of September NOVELLANDO food and wine trail in the center of the country alietato music and art. Pollenzo this town once lay on the area where today stands the former Savoy estate. It featured important public works like a theatre, an amphitheatre, a few temples and aqueduct, and the famous wine bank. In the province of Cuneo, on the border with the provinces of Asti and Turin, there is a composite hilly area named Roero, characterised by deep valleys, steep hillsides, vineyards mixing up with fruit trees. The very heart of the Roero is its “Rocche” (the rocks), very impressive eroded rocks which give the landscape a wild character.Mondovì with its slopes of Ski Pratonevoso only 30 km and a mere 80 km away is Savona and the Ligurian Sea.