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Christmas markets in Piedmont: which December weekend to book first and how to combine Turin, Govone, Asti and Alba. 2026 dates and drive times.

Where to book bagna cauda on 20–22 and 27–29 November: a map of 76 places around Turin, Asti and the Langhe, plus which weekend to pick and how to book.

Checked out but leaving by evening train? Store your bags 3 minutes from Porta Nuova and enjoy Turin: hours, prices and a walking route.

Rosso Barbera at Costigliole Castle, Langhe e Roero in Piazza in Alba and a steam heritage train to Canelli: times, prices and two itineraries for 31 October – 1 November 2026.

When Turin books out in November and how to plan around it: ATP Finals tennis, Bagna Cauda Day dinners, two T. rex at the Mole and the best exhibitions.

Pooh, Laura Pausini, Brunori Sas, a Hans Zimmer tribute and more: every October 2026 concert in Turin, with venues, dates and tips on where to stay.

A free medieval street feast in Alba, Buonissima's star chefs and the Artissima and C2C weekend in Turin: how to fit late October 2026 together, and when to book.

By Walter Perlo Before a painting ends up behind glass in a museum, it is born in a messy room. There are canvases stacked against the wall, jars of pigment, and a window that lets in the right light only at certain hours. That room, the artist's studio, is the starting point of this autumn's major exhibition at the Reggia di Venaria, the vast Savoy royal palace just outside Turin. Atelier dei Moderni. Matisse, Braque, Picasso, Bacon opens on 2 October 2026 and runs until 14

For two Sundays at the end of September, the old centre of Alba stops being a town and turns into a wine street. Piazza Risorgimento, Piazza Duomo, Via Vittorio Emanuele, Via Cavour: from eleven in the morning, tasting tables replace the traffic, and for eight hours you walk around with a glass in a pouch around your neck, stopping to talk to the people who actually made the wine in it. Sunday 20 and Sunday 27 September 2026, 11am to 7pm, both days. This is the 28th edition o

There's a misunderstanding we end up correcting almost every autumn, when someone writes to us about a Piedmont trip: the idea that October belongs to the Langhe and nowhere else. Truffles, vineyards turning copper, the Alba fair — and Turin demoted to a transit stop, a historic centre to cross in a hurry between two trains. Which is a shame, because October is precisely when Turin plays its strongest hand. Within three weeks the city opens its most important exhibition seaso

While the Langhe are getting ready for the grape harvest and the first morning mists start to soften the hills of Monferrato, an hour's drive away Turin is living its own kind of autumn: in the quiet rooms of a museum, in front of a two-hundred-year-old Japanese print, or in the dark of a theatre, waiting for the curtain to rise on something never seen before in Italy. It's the side of this region that gets talked about less, but is no less compelling — a reminder that Piedmo

Author: Walter Perlo September around here is never just another month. It's when the vineyards fill with people at work, village squares come alive with flags and historic parades, and Turin lights up its theatres and festivals after the summer lull. Over just a few weeks, the area spanning Langhe, Roero, Monferrato and the Piedmontese capital turns into a non-stop sequence of grape harvests, fairs, food festivals and cultural events — too many for one single weekend, but pe

What it's really like inside Alba's World Truffle Market: scents, truffle hunters, and practical tips for the 2026 Fair.

Author: Walter Perlo Every year, between October and December, the first-time visitors arrive in Alba looking a little stunned: "wait, there's no parking right in front of the old town?" No, there isn't — and anyone who knows the White Truffle Fair knows the real challenge isn't finding things to do in town, it's figuring out where to leave the car without getting stuck for half an hour in a one-way alley. Here's what you need to know before you set off, kept simple and to th

I'm not a sommelier, and I'm not going to pretend to be one here. I'm telling you about Barolo the way an enthusiast would — someone who's simply learned, over time, to recognise when a glass really speaks to him. And Barolo, when it's the right one, speaks to me through that intense, tannic character it leaves behind. It's not an easy wine, not a light one — and maybe that's exactly why I love it so much. Barolo changes a lot with age, and I've noticed that every stage of it

Writer: Walter Perlo There is a way to look at the province of Turin that most visitors miss. Not from a crowded city square, not from the window of a highway drive, but from two metres up, sitting on an oversized bench with your legs dangling like a child’s, while the Alpine arc meets the rolling hills surrounding the Savoy capital. The Big Benches — the giant bench project created by designer Chris Bangle — have long expanded past the vineyards of the Langhe, finding a natu

The hills of the Langhe, a UNESCO World Heritage site, are not just a breathtaking landscape of rolling vineyards and historic villages, but the birthplace of one of the world's most prestigious winemaking traditions. Among these vineyards originates an extraordinary wine crafted from the Nebbiolo grape—elegant, complex, and deeply rooted in Piedmontese history. With its ruby-red color evolving into garnet and its delicate aromas of violet, spices, and red berries, this wine

There is a way to look at the Monferrato that most visitors miss. Not from a car window, not from a hilltop restaurant terrace. But from two metres up, sitting on a bench built for giants, with rows of Barbera and Grignolino running down to the horizon in every direction. The Big Benches — the giant bench project created by designer Chris Bangle — have spread well beyond the Langhe, and the Monferrato now counts them almost by the dozen. The hills here are gentler and wider t

The year 2027 will mark a historic milestone for the Langhe, Roero, and the entire Piedmont region. Alba has been officially designated by the Ministry of Culture as Italy’s second Capital of Contemporary Art, succeeding Gibellina. For 365 days, our hills—world-renowned for white truffles, Barolo, and Nebbiolo—will turn into the stage for a contemporary art movement of international scale. The official announcement, available on the Ministry of Culture portal dedicated to Alb

There is a bank of the Tanaro that tourists cross without stopping. Roero has the same light as the Langhe — rolling hills, vineyards, the Alps on the horizon — but with fewer crowds and more silence. Four giant benches are waiting among the vines.