Piedmont beyond Turin and the great wineries: mountain villages in the Occitan and Walser valleys, towns of the lesser-known Langhe, secluded lakes and ancient paths through woods and vineyards. A land where mass tourism never arrives, made of village taverns, silent castles and living traditions to discover on foot, far from the crowds and the well-trodden circuits.
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Discover what to see in Stresa in 2 days: Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori, Isola Madre, Mottarone, lakefront and gardens on Lake Maggiore in Piedmont.
Jul 12, 2026
70 km from Santhià to the Sanctuary of Oropa, from the Piedmontese plain to 1,160 metres in the Pre-Alps: a walk of faith and landscape without crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
Above Alagna, at the foot of Monte Rosa, glacial lakes and the gorges of the Val d'Otro cross one of the most authentic Walser valleys in Piedmont.
Jun 23, 2026
On Monte Pirchiriano, the Sacra di San Michele is reached by the Stairway of the Dead: a thousand-year-old abbey, symbol of Piedmont, in the Val di Susa.
Jun 23, 2026
Near Biella, the Ricetto di Candelo is a maze of alleys and two hundred stone houses where medieval peasants safeguarded their harvest.
Jun 23, 2026
Behind the gates of the Quadrilatero Romano, in Turin, silent courtyards and Baroque staircases open up a stone's throw from the Mole.
Jun 23, 2026
Just steps from Piazza Castello, Turin's Cavallerizza Reale preserves the Baroque eighteenth-century stables in the silence of its courtyard.
Jun 21, 2026
The largest wilderness area in the Alps is in Piedmont, an hour from the crowded Lake Maggiore. And almost no one goes there.
Jun 20, 2026
Born in 1922 from a royal hunting reserve, Gran Paradiso is Italy's oldest national park: untouched valleys, glaciers, and ibex that have lost their fear of humans.
Jul 29, 2026