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All
sites in English or English version unless specified |
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Official Piedmont Region tourist
information, including a good list of itineraries and places
to visit. |
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Asti Province tourist site
with lots of information about local events and news |
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The Langhe, Monferrato and
Roero Tourist Consortium including information about restaurants,
news and events. |
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Tourist Site for Turin click
on English, lots of good information on events and the attractions |
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Tourist Site for Genoa, lots
of good information on events and the attractions |
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Information about Cinque Terre
including hotels, itineraries and guides |
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All about Lake Orta, the smallest
of the Italian alpine lakes |
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Magical Lake Maggiore |
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Nature Parks and Reserves around
Asti including Valle Andona e Valle Botte (our home) |
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Turin's Theatre Royal, in Italian
with history archives, scheduled shows, booking and interactive
tour |
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La Scala Opera house in Milan |
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VENARIA REALE, the Savoy kings
showcase country estate and palace just outside of Turin,
rivals the Palace of Versaille in France. |
WINES
& FOOD |
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The Slow Food movement
originated in Piedmont and now is an international movement
for the preservation of real food.Check out the CHEESE 2009
site for Bra Cheese Festival |
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Eataly in Turin -A food and
wine center where visitors can buy, taste and learn about
high-quality food and drink. Under the auspices of the Slow
Food Society |
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Bava is one of our favourite
local wineries ("Barbera mon amour"), and they feature
a range of artisan chocolates at their tasting room.Click
on English |
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The Moscato D'Asti Association. |
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Enoteca Regionale del Barberesco
- all about Barberesco wines |
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Enoteca Regionale
del Barolo - all about Barolo wines |
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Did you know that Piedmont
was one of the first chocolate centres of Europe, a sweet
tradition to this day. |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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Alistair Sawdays definitive
guide to charming bed and breakfast hotels in Italy. |
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Popular travel related portal
with traveller's forums and reviews of hotels including
Villa Sampaguita. |
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Website for Italian Rail Network,
in Italian and English |
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The Italian Autostrade sight
for news and information about Italy's toll-highway network.
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CNN 5 day weather forecast
for Asti region, although its not local it's uncannily accurate.
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List of golf courses in Piedmont
(in Italian) with links. |
