Piedmont

From Wikitravel

Piedmont ((Italian: Piemonte) is situated in the north west of Italy, next to France. The main city is Turin (Torino) in which winter Olympic games will take place in February 2006. Piedmont is famous for FIAT industries, for its prestigious wine (Barolo, Barbaresco and many others), and for Turin's soccer team Juventus. When visiting it You can enjoy beautiful cities, natural parks, lakes.

Table of contents
1 Cities
2 Other destinations
3 Understand
4 Talk
5 Get in
6 Get around
7 See
8 Do
9 Eat
10 Drink
11 Stay safe
12 Get out
13 External links

Cities

  • Turin (Torino) was the first capital of modern Italy, and is the host of the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
Turin: Piazza Savoia's obelisk and Mole Antonelliana
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Turin: Piazza Savoia's obelisk and Mole Antonelliana

Other destinations

Understand

Talk

Get in

The nearest big airport is Malpensa (Milan's international airport), from there you need to take a bus and then a train. The connection are well organized and the travel will take a couple of hours.

Caselle's airport is the main airport of Piedmont, It have good connection with main European hubs like Frankfurt, Paris and of course London. The cheapest way to fly to Piedmont and Turin from one of these cities is trough Low Cost Airlines like www.ryanair.com or www.easyjet.com From Caselle's airport are available many flight to major Italian cities. This is the link to Caselle's official internet site: http://www.aeroportoditorino.it/EN/voli/default.php

An other option is Le Valdigi (mainly to and from Rome): an airport in the south Piedmont with free parking, this airport is close to Savigliano and Cuneo. This is the link to Caselle's official internet site: http://web.aeroporto.cuneo.it/

You can easily get in from France by train (from Lyon or Nice) or by car trough a tunnel (Mont Blanc tunnel, Frejus tunnel, Ventimiglia-Menton border and then Tenda's tunnel)or by one of the several mountain crossing point.

Get around

See

Do

Eat

These are typical restaurants in Torino province:

Drink

These are wine producer in Piedmont:

Chiarlo: http://www.chiarlo.it/english/home.htm

Terre del Barolo: http://www.terredelbarolo.com/main/menu.asp?l=eng&k=0

Pioiero : http://www.pioiero.com/home.html

Producer list: http://www.barolo.net/gustare/index.asp

Barolo special:

  • Bartolo Mascarello, the great elder statesman of Barolo, for Bartolo the passion was for the preservation of Barolo’s historic past, which emphasizes the flavors of the local land rather than wood grown in Limousin, France or roto-fermentors designed Down Under. Until a few years before his death, this gentle man refused even to have a telephone in his office. Bartolo's daughter, Maria Teresa, makes her wine the same way her father did 50 years ago, through techniques that go back centuries and which were inherited when he was an apprentice under his father, Giulio, one of the true icons of Barolo. Despite his owning vines on the prestigious Cannubi hilltop, Mascarello's wine is not a cru selection; it is a blend from Canubbi, San Lorenzo, Rue, and Rocche. The approach is simple: low yields and ripe fruit from Barolo’s best vines, blended for consistent quality and style. Like his father, he instilled these same values and techniques in the next generation, who now carries on the artisan’s craft and represents the future of Barolo’s Old School.

"I see this land... so beautiful because every view you can have is different... ...and then arrive Mr. Caterpillar..." Bartolo's statement (free translation and almost incomplete).

Stay safe

Get out

External links