Tours of Piedmont

Piedmont is a land of magnificent scenery, superb food and some of the best wines in Italy. It is also little known and not always easy to explore on your own, so many of the most wonderful places in Piedmont are not in any guide book.



The solution is to take a tour of Piedmont organized by people with insider knowledge. Claudio Bisio and Patricia Thomson are two such people. Claudio is born and bred Piemontese, while Patricia is an expert on Italian food and wine.

They have put together a selection of remarkable Piedmont tours, tours that will allow you to experience all that is magical about Piedmont and to visit places that are undiscovered - even by many people in Piedmont. Absolutely exceptional and truly delightful, I have no hesitation in highly recommending their tours…

Piedmont Wine Tours

Cover two wine regions in Piedmont: the Langhe, home to majestic Barolo and Barbaresco; and Gavi, Piedmont's white wine zone. This fall tour coincides with the annual truffle festival and donkey palio held in Alba. In addition to daily winery tours & tastings, the tour also includes an outing with a truffle hunter and his dog; lunch at an artisan cheese & salumi maker; and a fun, hands-on cooking lesson at the guides' medieval townhouse near Gavi.

$2795 for 6 days/5 nightsOctober 6–11

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BAROLO & BEYOND

A wine-intensive tour wholly in the Langhe for devoted wine enthusiasts, featuring marquee names in Barolo and Barbaresco. Get to know Piedmont wine like a pro! Tour includes 2 in-depth winery tours/tastings per day, plus gourmet wine dinners and more informal tastings. Also includes a visit to the Banca del Vino in Pollenza; lunch at an artisan cheese & salumi maker; and several meals at wineries.

$2795 for 6 days/5 nightsMay 7–12

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Piedmont Food Tour

The Slow Food movement, born in Piedmont, celebrates local food traditions and biodiversity around the world. Every two years it holds a huge food fair, the Salone del Gusto, in Turin. This tour devotes to two days to the Salone del Gusto and the city of Turin, then four more to Barolo and the wines of the Langhe.

$2795 for 6 days/5 nightsOctober 20-25

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A Walking Tour of Piedmont

For the active traveler, this wine & walking tour offers the best of both worlds: hiking and wine tastings in two distinct regions. There's Piedmont, with its treasures of the forest, vine-covered hills, and world-class Barolo. And the Cinque Terre, with its fishing villages, seafood, and refreshing white wine. Walk the Langhe vineyards and Riviera seacliffs in this surf-n-turf combo. Hikes are 3-4 hours per day, intermediate level.

$2995 for 7 days/6 nightsJune 15–21 • August 31–September 6

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Cycle Tour of Piedmont

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