tematic area - Wine and honey tasting
-Becoming beekeeper for a day, discovering the magic world of bees. With a guided tasting you can learn to recognize different kinds of honey and its uses in the kitchen or for your wellness. In summertime it’s also possible to take part to the process of honey extraction visiting a honey workshop.
- Visiting a traditional winery where winemakers produce DOCG wines of Roero. Majestic underground cellars where wine accelerate its ageing in oak french barrels. Taste Roero best wines and learn how to identify fragrances and aromas held in the glass.
- Hiking autonomously trough the thematic trails immersed in vineyards and visiting the “Honey houses”, small buildings with honey production techniques along the Beekeeping path. You can rent the audioguide of the Ecomuseum to listen to all the tourist information you need while walking, with photo, audio contents and gps track.
Tours and activities
BIO PIC-NIC ON THE PATH OR IN THE
BIO PIC-NIC ON THE PATH OR IN THE
Would you like to indulge your desire of walking without considering a packed lunch? On the thematic paths of the Ecomuseum it is possible to book the Bio picnic pack ahead of time that you will carry and consume in a pleasant [...]
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WINE AND HONEY TASTING
Taste the territory with a visit in one of the winery that produce D.O.C.G Roero wines, or visit a beekeeping farm to understand the honey production process and tasting the different types of honey: acacia honey, chestnut [...]
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ACCOMPANIED EXPLORING TREKKING
The Ecomuseum is an open air museum among the Rocche, woods, vineyards, orchards and red soils. The best way to discover the most suggestive and panoramic corners is to be accompanied in a thematic trekking by a professional [...]
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COOKING LABORATORY
An expert chef will accompany you in the preparation of one of the typical courses of the Roero. The tajarin, handmade fresh pasta, the artisanal bread, the biscuits or the hazelnut cake, with the best raw materials of the [...]
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COCKTAIL WITH THE WITCH
You will visit the "crotin" of Monteu Roero, small cellars dug in the soil that evoke witches tails, and you will taste DOCG wines of Roero with appetizers and local products. But be aware of the unexpected presences! The [...]
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ICE CREAM LABORATORY
Ice-cream preparation is a real art. An ice-cream master will teach the procedures for the preparation of the artisanal ice-cream with the flavours of creams or seasonal fruits. The laboratory is followed by a tasting experience [...]
GO TO PROPOSALOn the list below all the thematic trails that cross vineyards and precious cru, and the possibility to participate to honey and wine tastings:
theme trails
Sentiero dell'Apicoltura
Sentiero dell'Apicoltura
Through the ideal habitat for beekeeping, discovering ancient methods of honey production as well as the beehive ciabòt, rural buildings unique in Europe.
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Sentiero della Pera madernassa.
An itinerary among little valleys cultivated as orchards and smooth plains which enhance the productions of highest value of Roero: the Madernassa pear and the accented varieties of local peaches.
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Sentiero del Tasso
Deep into a great variety of landscapes, from panoramic vineyards to a dense vegetation wherein there is the silent Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Boschi, passing through ValTassera known for its holes of badgers.
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Sentiero del Torion
An easy path along the plain cultivated of stream Borbore guides to the impervious slopes of the coppice wood where clinging vineyards leave the place to the Torion pine forest.
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Sentiero dell'Acino
The Path of the Grape enhances the countryside planted with vineyards and orchards of the municipalities of Guarene and Castagnito. From the vineyards of these panoramic ridges, the great wines of the region are produced: the Roero d.o.c.g. and the Roero Arneis d.o.c.g.
The Path, formed by two ring-shaped paths connected between them, can be also only half walked. This path coincides for a long part with the S3 Path, the poles of which can be followed and is particularly suitable for MTB use.
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S4 - Roero Centrale
Not well-marked trail. Get your map and GPX track.
From the hilltop of S.Vittoria d'Alba to Vezza d'Alba, passing through the villages of the central part of Roero: Monticello, Corneliano and Piobesi. A panoramic walking into wild woods, vineyards and cultivated areas in the heart of Roero looking its medieval castles.
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S3 - Roero Orientale
Not well-marked trail. Get your map and GPX track.
The trail runs through all the villages in the river Tanaro valley(Castagnito, Castellinaldo, Govone, Guarene, Magliano Alfieri, Priocca). Better to be done in two stages.
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WineTour 1 – The cru where the Arneis wine was born
WineTours are 4 new trails through the geographical indications of the Roero and Roero Arneis DOCG wines - also called “cru”- among the historical vineyards and wineries associated to the Roero Producers’ Consortium.
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WineTour 2 – The clayey crus towards the Tanaro River
WineTours are 4 new trails through the geographical indications of the Roero and Roero Arneis DOCG wines - also called “cru”- among the historical vineyards and wineries associated to the Roero Producers’ Consortium.
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WineTour 3 – The crus at the edge of the Rocche’s area.
WineTours are 4 new trails through the geographical indications of the Roero and Roero Arneis DOCG wines - also called “cru”- among the historical vineyards and wineries associated to the Roero Producers’ Consortium.
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WineTour 4 – The panoramic crus of central Roero territory
WineTours are 4 new trails through the geographical indications of the Roero and Roero Arneis DOCG wines - also called “cru”- among the historical vineyards and wineries associated to the Roero Producers’ Consortium.
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WineTour 1 – The cru where the Arneis wine was born
WineTours are 4 new trails through the geographical indications of the Roero and Roero Arneis DOCG wines - also called “cru”- among the historical vineyards and wineries associated to the Roero Producers’ Consortium.
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Sentiero dei Gelsi
A ring path that enhances the agricultural landscape of Cisterna d'Asti, dedicated to the mulberry plant, an autochthonous tree with characteristic white or purple blackberries, once fundamental in the peasant subsistence economy.
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