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Jetgirly Says: This historic church is on Corso Vittorio Emmanuele II, in the city center. As you will gather from my other tips, the most popular thing to do in Alba is take a stroll through the historic center and take in the architecture.
Jetgirly Says: In Piazza Risorgamento you can see the beautiful cathedral and find City Hall. It is also home to tourist information (closed lunch time), and on Saturday mornings a large market expands from this heart of the city through the small, narrow streets and under the sidewalks...
1 Review and 79 Opinions Just renewed, comfortable, breakfast included. A three stars with a very good price/quality ratio....
Osteria Nuova: eat what you get
patriciazu Says: We were exhausted and walked in aroung 1.15p.m. But we couln't get a table, the place was packed. The owner asked us to wait about 30 mins and we would surely get a table.Well i'm glad we waited. Old wooden tables and chairs, young and very helpful staff. Toilets very...
Jetgirly Says: Vincafe is an extremely popular wine bar on the main drag of Alba. Tables are packed close together, full of customers sampling their wide array of wines, cheese and coffees. There is a large aperitivo buffet that attracts the see-and-be-seen crowd. We stopped by for a plate...
Osteria dei Sognatori: Cozy, Home-Style Restaurant
Jetgirly Says: Osteria dei Sognatori was recommended to us by a woman working in a more posh, fully booked restaurant. We went for Saturday lunch and found it to be a bustling, home-style restaurant just off one of the main roads in Alba. It had the feel of a family-run restaurant and was...
Enoteca Conte Rosso: Enoteca Conte Rosso
JLBG Says: Enoteca Conte Rosso stands in a small street, Via Pierino Belli, close to Via Vittorio Emanuele. It is a very quiet place. I will add more on our menu later (I must look in my docs !). We had raw slices of "porcini" (bolets) with white truffle and sprinkled with some olive...
Caffé Porta Garibaldi: Caffé Porta Garibaldi
JLBG Says: It is a nice place for a cheap meal but very good Farinata is dish from Piedmont. It was originally a poor's food. It is made with chickpeas floor turned into a fluid paste with water and some olive oil, seasoned with salt, pepper and rosmarin. It is cooked in the same way...
Ristorante I Castelli: Ristorante I Castelli
JLBG Says: I usually do not rely much on restaurants of hotels but on Saturday evening, the restaurant we knew in Barbareco were packed. Moreover, Ristorante I Castelli is close to a large parking lot, the card seemed fine and the restaurant quiet. We tried it and that was a good...
Jetgirly Says: Getting to Alba from Torino can be difficult. On the weekend there are no direct trains, so you must go to the Porta Nuova station and buy a ticket that transfers at either Cavallermaggiore or Bra. We went through Cavallermaggiore and found that train service was temporarily...
Selvagina, polleria Forte Ettore: Selvagina, polleria Forte Ettore
JLBG Says: The shop of Ettore Forte, at the crossing between Via Pierino Belli and Vicolo del Pozzo sells too fresh and preserved truffles. We have not checked it but it seems OK, though it seems to have less choice than Ratti.
JLBG Says: For those that like sweets, this the place to visit. They have, of course white truffles, made of white chocolate and black truffles, made of brown chocolate ! They have plenty more.sweets but as that does not interests us, I cannot tell more..
Polleria, tartufi Ratti Elio: Polleria, tartufi Ratti Elio
JLBG Says: The shop of Elio Ratti stands in Via Vittorio Emanuele. It is a small shop where they sell not only truffles but also other local foods such as home made Tajarin, a kind of Tagliatelle but narrower (1-2 mm instead of 4-5 mm) and which fir perfectly with white truffle. They...
JLBG Says: White truffle, Alba's truffle (Tuber magnatum Pico) is harvested from September to December. The epidermis is pale ochraceous. The inside is beige marbled with white. It is associated with poplars, oaks, etc… It has a penetrating, faintly garlicky aroma, with an intense...
JLBG Says: To finish with, why not to taste some of those delicious pears ? Moreover, if what you want is an alcohol, they can give "grappa di pere" (pear brandy), a marvel, that I strongly advise to drink iced, not with an added piece of ice, really iced.
JLBG Says: If you do not enlarge it, you will feel this is another photo of oranges. If you enlarge it, you will see superb "pepperoni" (peppers). In supermarket, there are often peppers that look almost alike but as they are grown under a greenhouse, in a country where no pepper would...
JLBG Says: All the fruits on display on Alba market are looking great but moreover, they taste great : most of them were locally grown (not the bananas, however !) or at least come from not far away. Thus they are fresher than those that have been collected in some central bulk market....
JLBG Says: On Piazza Savone, this strange booth looks more or less like an old locomotive trailing a small train. The second photos allows to see better that it is a booth to roast chestnuts, that are sold, together with sweets and various drinks, in the "train" part.
JLBG Says: This fancy bas-relief has certainly been done recently but it is mimicking pleasantly true and older ones. It is at the bottom of the windows of a shoe shop as can be seen on the first two photos. In order to sea better each figure, I have made a close-up on two rows of each...
JLBG Says: Though Alba is an old city, it is not a "museum" town and even the old city center is fully inhabited by citizens of every age. There are several schools and though they are in the pedestrians only zone, the road warning sign, mainly designed for cars are there, in case a...
JLBG Says: A lion's head tops the entrance of several houses of the old city of Alba. There is certainly a reason for this choice but I have been unable to find out which one. I have taken only two photos but they are much more. Each of them has a different style. On the first photo,...
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On via Vittorio Emanuele, at the corner with via Vittorio Belli, stands a building with an unusual feature, that has almost a Moorish look. It is build with red...
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Q: My friend and I are hoping to do a day trip from Milan to Alba on October 26. What is the fastest way to do this?
A: I've been trying to find you a bus service but it's a minefield so I can only advise about trains. There is a train leaving Milano Centrale at 0820 but it doesn't arrive...
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Alba is a city of 30,000 inhabitants, the second in the province of Cuneo and the first of the Langhe region. The name of Alba is so much linked to 'white truffle' (Tuber magnatum Pico) that it is...
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Standing on the right side of the Tanaro, Alba attracts and elaborates the production and the initiative of this part of Piemonte, representing the interests and interpreting its aspirations, as a...
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We went to Alba with one objective: to eat the local specialties of the area, such as the much-loved truffles and red wines. We were not disappointed, finding an adorable small town with a busy...
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Again, a short business trip and a couple of tips for you. Alba is the major town of the Langhe region, an area famous for its food and wine. And did not disappoint me.
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Wines and truffles: Langhe and Roero hill
IT's definitely impressive to travel around in the hills South of Torino, those areas locally known as Langhe, Roero and Monferrato. The low rounded hills are literally covered by wineyards and the......
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