{"id":325,"date":"2012-10-23T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belpiemonte.com\/en\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2013-07-24T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T09:35:34","slug":"alba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.belpiemonte.com\/en\/cities\/alba\/","title":{"rendered":"Alba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Town characteristic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alba<\/strong> is an elegant town with well-maintained Medieval towers<\/strong>. In the past these characteristic buildings had defensive function, nowadays have become the symbol of the city that welcome visitors from a distance. The old town<\/strong> tour can be started from piazza Savona walking through one of main streets – via Vittorio Emanule, full of fine shops (with brand-name of fashion and local specialities), then passing through piazza Risorgimento and turning left in via Cavour you will get to piazza Garibaldi. Or the other way around \u2013 it depends where you left your car or which public transport you used to get there. It\u2019s worth to deviate a little bit and \u201cget lost\u201d in less frequented corners of the city.<\/p>\n

\"Alba,<\/a>
piazza Savona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Alba you can easily find a lot of shops offering regional specialties<\/strong> like truffles (tartufo bianco di Alba<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong>\u00a0and different truffle flavored products, hazelnut sweets<\/strong> (in Piedmont there are a lot of hazelnut graves), local wines: it\u2019s enough to mention celebrated Barbaresco<\/strong> o Barolo<\/strong> – just to give an example. Wine lovers can\u2019t miss opportunity to visit vineyards<\/strong> to learn a little bit about winemaker job or to admire beautiful landscape .<\/p>\n

Alba is situated in southern part of Piedmont<\/strong>, which makes it close to both mountains and sea. Local citizens like to highlight the fact you can reach Alps or Ligurian Riviera in only one hour and a half.<\/p>\n

Interesting events:<\/strong><\/p>\n