Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival at Malpensa airport or Milan train station and transfer to the Langhe; check in to your charming B&B accommodations.
Day 2: Breakfast. Explore the magic of the uncontaminated Upper Langa: a panoramic tour through Diano, Montelupo, Serravalle and Bossolasco, as far as Murazzano. Visit to a cheese producer and time to explore on your own the characteristic village with its medieval tower and windmill. Lunch in a local trattoria and continuation of the tour through Dogliani and Cherasco to return to your accommodations for the first lesson on "the cuisine of the Langhe": the lady running your charming accommodation will show how a typical menu is prepared (one starter, one pasta dish, one main course, one dessert); the dishes prepared during the lesson will then be tasted afterwards at dinner, paired with local wines.
Day 3: Breakfast. Today will be spent discovering the growing area of Barolo, one of the most highly- prized wines in the world: tour plus tasting in a winery where the "King of wines" is made, followed by a visit to the medieval fortress of Serralunga d’Alba. In the afternoon, tour of Grinzane Cavour Castle, its Country Life Museum, and the Regional Enoteca with traditional wines carefully selected by the masters of the Order of the Knights of the Truffle and Wines of Alba. Dinner in a typical restaurant.
Day 4: Breakfast. Transfer in the morning to the Roman city of Asti, where you can wander through the old center and explore on your own.
Return in the Langhe and lunch in a characteristic local inn. In the afternoon tour the Barbaresco wine country, through the towns of Barbaresco, Treiso, and the characteristic old village of Neive. You may wish to stop and walk through the towns, or to have another wine tasting at one of the local enotecas. Visit to an organic flour stone mill, followed by dinner in a local trattoria.
Day 5: Breakfast, followed by a very special day. Transfer to Alba for a morning in the historic capital of the Langhe, with its numerous enotecas and places where good food and wine are an intrinsic part of the culture. Time to explore on your own. Lunch on your own in Alba. Mouth-watering afternoon visit with a nougat producer. After nougat tasting, transfer to your accommodations for your second lesson on "the cuisine of the Langhe". The chef will show how a second typical menu is prepared; the dishes prepared during the lesson will then be tasted afterwards at a final dinner, paired with local wines.
Day 6: Breakfast, then transfer to Malpensa airport or Milan train station.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices:
- US$3600 per person for a minimum of 2 people with car and driver
- US$2300 per person for a minimum of 2 people, self-driving (rental car not included).
Price Includes:
- Five nights in a double room at a charming B&B with private en suite bathroom
- Two lunches in a trattoria (menu with a house wine)
- Two dinners in typical local restaurants (menu with a house wine)
- Two cookery lessons for the preparation of two full menus, followed by dinner
- Excursions as per itinerary (please note that the driver for the excursions is not a tour guide, and you will be on your own to explore these charming villages and towns)
- Round trip transfers from Milan Malpensa airport or Milan train station
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