Lovely home, very highly recommended
Submitted: April 11, 2011
Stayed: April 2011
This is our fourth visit to this lovely typical Italian “cascina”. The location is just perfect, perched on top of a hill that offered fabulous views of the Piedmont countryside. The house has a large front yard with fruit and flower trees and a big garden. The interior is restored but it retains its original charm. The bathrooms and bedrooms are very clean, well-decorated and spacious, the beds are comfortable and the kitchen very well equipped.
We love the strategic location of the house because it has allowed us to visit many nearby lovely towns and villages. For that, a car is essential, and the owner Angela always offers great advice on the area. Just to mention a few, Asti and Alba are only 30 minutes by car, Turin 1 hour and Genoa 2 hours.
However more generally the area is excellent for photographers, artists, foodies and wine lovers. From here we toured around some of Italy's best wine producing regions. There are superb restaurants and cantinas in the vicinity, and the town (Canelli) is within 5 minutes reach.
One of the best things for us is the proximity to so many Michelin-starred restaurants, but there are plenty of small restaurants offering traditional Piedmont cuisine at a very reasonable price and in huge quantities. We love a tiny restaurant in the nearby San Marzano village, the setting and the cooking are home-made, the food so good and abundant that sometimes we cannot make it past the first serving!!!
I highly recommend this house to anyone!
Recommended for:
Age 55+,
Sightseeing,
Families with Teenagers,
Families with Young Children,
Romantic Getaway
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