Day 1 – Arrival

From 15:00 | Arrival and check-in at your hotel.

Time at leisure.

20:00 | Dinner at selected restaurant (à la carte with payment on spot).

Overnight stay.

Day 2 – Cook and discover: The Barolo Hills

Breakfast.

Short transfer to the location of the cooking class.

10:00 | Themed ‘hands-on’ cooking class with professional Chef.

◊ Possibility to prearrange the cooking classes to work on a full traditional menu or a specific focus such as starters, meat or fish mains, cocktails, etc.

13:00 | Final tasting-lunch (dishes prepared, drinks included).

Back to your hotel.

Time at leisure.

Departure for panoramic tour of the Barolo Hills.

◊ Suggested itinerary provided by Landmade based on the period/day chosen, to be carried out with own car.

Individual visit to the charming historical village of Barolo.

◊ If we tell you Barolo, you will immediately be reminded of the most famous wine from the Langhe. But Barolo is also a beautiful village, completely immersed in the Langhe hills. Many visitors, attracted by the prestigious wine, discover a very pleasant and characteristic village, formed by a succession of narrow streets overlooked by small houses and dominated by the imposing Castle of the Marquis Falletti, inside which the innovative WiMu is set up.

18:00 | Visit to a selected Barolo winery with tasting-dinner (aperitif, 4 courses, paired wines).

Back to your hotel.

Overnight stay.

Day 3 – Pasta, Truffle, Honey and Saffron: let’s cook… in the wood!

Breakfast.

09:00 | Meeting with professional Chef in reception and transfer to Montà.

10:00 | Arrival at the trifolao’s house and themed ‘hands-on’ cooking class with focus on Fresh Pasta and Truffle.

◊ The cooking class includes a session indoor based on fresh pasta and a session outdoor of truffle hunting in the wood with truffle-hunter and dog along with a thorough  explanation of the truffle and the truffle hunting life (what the truffle is, its life cycle, the varieties, truffle use, truffle, truffle hunt, history and myth, the dog, harvest calendar and marketing).

◊ It’s a rare thing to be invited into the life of a truffle hunter. Secrecy has protected their precious hunting grounds for generations, so during your private truffle hunting excursion you will experience a real sense of mystery as you are lead deep into the woods on unmarked roads. Always at the front will be the trifolao's trusty dog, the “tabui”, and we dare you to resist the thrill of the chase when the tabui picks up the scent!

13:00 | Themed lunch with the truffle-hunter (6 courses of which 3 with fresh Black Truffle, drinks included).

◊ In season, from October till January, lunch with fresh White Truffle.

◊ During your intimate lunch with the trifolao, you’ll experience the culinary pairings of food and wine that bring the best out of the truffle. Learn more about the history of the truffle, its life cycle, and the life of those who have made it their profession to bring this aromatic prize to the world.

15:00 | Educational workshop ‘honey and saffron’ with explanation of the different stages of production (visit to beehives, bee’s life in-depth analysis, extraction, processing / visit to a saffron field, bulbs picking, processing).

◊ Honey extraction and saffron picking activities can be carried out in certain period of the year only, particularly – concerning saffron – during the blooming, which is approx. from mid-September until mid-November.

Final tasting and afternoon infusion in a charming panoramic location in the heart of the wood.

17:00 | Back to your hotel. The Chef ends the service.

Time at leisure.

Dinner at leisure.

Overnight stay.

Day 4 – Day at… follow your heart!

Breakfast.

Entire day at leisure.

◊ Wide choice of food&wine/cultural/outdoor optional activities available on request (eg. further wineries; organic cured meat artisan, dairy farm, chocolate workshop, stone mill; charming villages, castles, museums; easy walks or trekking, bike/e-bike/vespa tours, etc.).

Lunch and dinner at leisure.

Overnight stay.

Day 5 – Unesco, Nuts & Barbaresco

Breakfast.

Departure for panoramic tour of Alta Langa.

◊ Suggested itinerary provided by Landmade based on the period/day chosen, to be carried out with own car.

11:00 | Visit to a selected hazelnut farm producing and processing Nocciole Piemonte IGP, including the different stages of production, from picking to shelling, and from roasting to the creation of artisan sweets.

Final tasting-lunch (4 courses based on Nocciole Piemonte IGP, drinks included).

Panoramic tour of the Barbaresco Hills.

Individual visit to the picturesque villages of Barbaresco and Neive.

◊ Barbaresco and Neive undoubtedly represent the most enchanting villages of the Langa del Barbaresco. The first, dominated by its ancient tower, is a succession of cellars symbolyc of the region's economy. Even the nineteenth-century church of San Donato, restored and adapted to the Enoteca Regionale, celebrates its history through the most prestigious labels of the area and numerous photographs that trace its history. The second, with its historical center wrapped in rings around the ancient shelter, is certainly among the most evocative of the Langhe. The medieval layout sees the houses with red roofs leaning against each other and surrounded by hills covered with vineyards. Its historic center – counted among The Most Beautiful Villages In Italy – is captivating, with the cobbled streets that rise to the vault of the Clock Tower, dating back to the thirteenth century.

16:30 | Visit to a selected Barbaresco winery with tasting.

◊ In Barbaresco we find the Queen of Wines, also from Nebbiolo grapes and while sharing many similarities with Barolo, the Barbaresco wines emerge with tannins that soften more quickly. The villages and rolling hills in this small area offer a similarly mesmerising visit to accompany your taste buds, and the subtle differences in climate and soil produce a distinct and even rarer fine wine that ripens earlier, and is well structured and aromatic.

Back to your hotel.

Time at leisure.

20:00 | Dinner at selected restaurant (à la carte with payment on spot).

Overnight stay,

Day 6 – Cook and relax

Breakfast.

Short transfer to the location of the cooking class.

10:00 | Themed ‘hands-on’ cooking class with professional Chef.

◊ Possibility to prearrange the cooking classes to work on a full traditional menu or a specific focus such as starters, meat or fish mains, cocktails, etc.

13:00 | Final tasting-lunch (dishes prepared, drinks included).

Back to your hotel.

Time at leisure.

20:00 | Dinner at selected restaurant (à la carte with payment on spot).

Overnight stay.

Day 7 – “Saturday Market Fever”

Breakfast.

10:00 | Meeting with professional Chef in reception and departure for a guided shopping tour in the lively atmosphere of the traditional weekly market.

◊ Every Saturday morning, in addition, you can visit the particular Mercato della Terra – set up by Slow Food in Piazza San Giovanni – with local products and specialties at Km 0.

◊ Alba is unquestionably the most representative city in the entire province of Cuneo and among the most important cultural and economic centers of Piedmont. It is surrounded by an enchanting landscape characterized by the presence of rolling hills and expanses of vineyards that have made it famous all over the world, thanks to the production of fine wines, above all Barolo and Barbaresco. The city is also renowned for the production of truffles, in particular the famous Alba White Truffle. The historic center still retains the ancient medieval structure, with an almost circular plan and the typical tower houses. The town also contains numerous sites of historical, architectural and cultural interest that make Alba a destination not to be missed for anyone visiting the Langhe.

12:00 | The Chef ends the service.

Lunch at leisure.

Time at leisure.

20:00 | Dinner at selected restaurant (à la carte with payment on spot).

Overnight stay.

Day 8 – Departure

Breakfast. Check-out.

Time at leisure.

Departure.