CASCINA GILLI, PIEDMONT

Cascina Gilli is located in Castelnuovo Don Bosco, in the Monferrato, on a spine of hilltops of  white soil completely grown by vineyard.

Gianni Vergano has bottled his first Freisa in 1985 and since then, going trough his patience and passionate effort, worked for the preservation and requalification of grapes that were almost extinguished elsewhere: Freisa, Bonarda Piemonte and Malvasia di Schierano.

Is particularly because of the  Freisa that Cascina Gilli stands as one of Asti´s most influential wineries.  We are so well known for Malvasia Gilli, a dessert sweet wine that is characterized by his intriguing aroma and freshness.  

Our engage and competence in wine production, including an excellent Barbera d´Asti, has been confirmed both by many and loyal costumers and gratifying judgments from the most well-established wine guides, with the result that Cascina Gilli stands as one of Asti´s most prestigious wineries.

The winery, completely surrounded by vineyards, is structured by a modern but well concealed from the outside wine-cellar and by the eighteenth-century Villa that has been just restructured.

In here are located two spacious rooms where we offer our wine tasting to our guests.

The measures took to restore the Villa have fully respected the original configuration in order to lessen its impact on the landscape and the surrounding area.

The farmhouse is always ready to welcome the numerous tourists which want to discover this beautiful spot in the Monferrato that offers at the same time examples of Romanesque art and together sits in the deep untouched nature. 

Near Cascina Gilli you can find Vezzolano Abbey a beautiful treasure of Romanesque Art. 

Accommodations for short time are also possible in the farmhouse, enjoying the magnificent quiet surrounded by vineyards.  

DUE RUOTE NEL VENTO, PIEDMONT

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We are a tour operator and an organization specialized in routes and trips with bicycle. We started in the 80’s and during these years we have developed a great experience linked, also, to the “Italian Federation Friends of Bicycle” (FIAB), an association which works in the field of the environmental volunteering. 

Our "mission" is to promote the sustainable and ecological tourism.

Since 1998, we organize trips with bicycle, ski tours, and outdoor activities as hiking and tours with roller skates. We rent bicycles and we have more than 250 tours for 26 different countries in our catalogue.

Our tours are suitable for everybody, without any age’s limit and even for families with children; the selection of the tours arises from a careful research of safe routes - surrounded by beautiful and natural landscapes and ennobled by little or great historical and artistic treasures-, with the possibility to rent bikes for tourism, to stay in quality hotels, with the maximum of security, the luggage’s transport and the travel’s assistance.

Our offer ranges from an half day or entire day short trips, to one-week tour, from individual journey in total freedom to trips organized with the guide, as well as from tours organized in the charming northern Europe to the warm Mediterranean, including Italy that, seen from the bicycle’s saddle, will surely appear as completely new and unusual. 

We also offer bike + boat trips, bike + ship + wellness journey, gastronomic tours and personal, tailor-made trips; least but not last, we promote programs for schools which include cultural excursions in the local territory and mobility’s courses.

Travelling with bicycle, by riding with slow rhythms and by following easy pathways, which in most cases do not exceed 50-60 km per day, means to avoiding the dethatched, rushed and often superficial travelling by bus or car. It means, in addition, to recreate a more real dimension, close to the nature, and to perceive smells and sounds, to feel fresh air on the face and to exchange a glances with the other people.

Those who have tried these feelings are no longer able to renounce.

LA LOCANDA DEGLI ELFI, PIEDMONT

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The Locanda Degli Elfi originally started life as a B&B, but it has grown in time, as has our commitment to this beautiful area, which I have known since I was a child, and to which I have come back permanently as an adult to establish my Locanda, now a beautiful hotel, as an oasis of peace and tranquility in this untouched valley in Piedmont.

We have restructured the building to the highest of standards but keeping it with local architectural tradition avoiding the use of cement and our water comes directly from the local spring.

We only use locally sourced organic produce in our restaurant and I personally do all the cooking myself, with a little help from my grandmother's old recipes (she was herself a renowned cook), revisiting local Piedmont traditional dishes.

As well as a friendly, family run atmosphere, we offer a huge variety of equipment and activities: such as a Solarium, Sauna and Hydro massage; short language courses; guided walks and visits to local artisans; traditional dance lessons; ski tourism in the winter and alpine tours in the summer.

We are an integral part of the well being of our region, by employing local farmers and working with our community, and we convey our passion to our guests, some who keep on coming back every year, and the new ones who come by word of mouth - growing at a rate of 20% annually -proving that there is potential for further growth: we are presently looking for potential investors and partners with a view to start integrating some of the local "baite" (small stone buildings) and expand, ready to make our legacy somebody else's business opportunity.