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Hi, guys
I am going to go to Italy, but can't decide where exactly
Can you advise me something ?
Has anybody been to that country? what are your impression?
Will be grateful for your help

Hi Gabrielj

I visited the Piedmont a few weeks back. This is a very nice area with a lot of good wineries and fabulous restaurants. You will need a car to get around there but it is definitely worth to visit the various little towns which are usually nestled on the top of the countless hills there.

Enjoy your trip.

Cheers.

Nick

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Hi Redwine,

Im heading to Italy next year myself for 3 weeks, where abouts in Piedmont did you base yourself?

Mal

Italy is one of my favorite countries to travel to and you'll find much more information about it at
http://slowtalk.com/groupee/forums/a/frm/f/862600685
than here.

P.S. if you are a bonafide spammer,
here is another travel board for you where your spamming efforts may reach people who are genuinly interested in travel.
http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/

You are wasting yourself on the wine crowd.....we spend all out disposable income on wine and wine alone.

Mal

We stayed at the Hotel Redwine (no joke) in Annunziata (La Morra). It is a small hotel with about 8 rooms. We paid EUR 80 per room per night, breakfast included.

There are a number of wineries (Fratelli Revello, Renato Ratti etc.) and a couple of great restaurants within walking distance of the hotel. Definitely a good base for a great wine tour in the region.

Cheers.

Nick

redwine wrote:Mal

We stayed at the Hotel Redwine (no joke) in Annunziata (La Morra). It is a small hotel with about 8 rooms. We paid EUR 80 per room per night, breakfast included.

There are a number of wineries (Fratelli Revello, Renato Ratti etc.) and a couple of great restaurants within walking distance of the hotel. Definitely a good base for a great wine tour in the region.

Cheers.

Nick

Thanks Redwine, will check it out.

Cheers

Mal

Mal
We recently visited Alba (1st time) and Turin (3rd visit). We stayed in Corneliano D'Alba at a very good B&B style place (that nonetheless had kitchen & cooking facilities). We booked it through the ATL site (1st link below) and I think it was Antica something (sorry for the lack of memory). Somewhere within Barolo, Barbaresco, Langhe might be preferable over this place (in the Roero) for a wine nut, but it's only a few minutes away.
I'd recommend the walks around Barbaresco (as long as dogs don't make you nervous).

The food of the region is excellent, even out of truffle season.

The wines are great - but I guess that's the way you see them already if you're visiting

For 3 weeks, consider spending some time in Turin, as it's still relatively undiscovered (that is changing every year though). I've got some travel notes I can post if it would help.

For the wineries, it's often necessary to book and a few don't take visitors.

Try this tourist office for info, as it has very good listings.
http://www.langheroero.it/default.asp?language=UK

For Turin accomodation, we stayed at Hotel Residence du Parc, which was great value (massive apartment for less than the previous distinctly average hotel we'd stayed in). However this one sounded better, but was fully booked when we wanted:
http://www.reoasi.com/
(the web site is a tad confusing though)

Hope you have a great trip

regards

Ian

Thanks Ian for the travel tips, will check out the links, would love you to PM me the travel notes if not to much trouble.

Am looking forward to the trip should be great.

Thanks again
Mal

Mal
PM sent
regards
Ian