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July 26^th and August 23^rd: evening visits to Langa manor, opening unpublished spaces usually excluded from the visit.

The castle halls where you’ll be able to hear, thanks to the guide, the fascinating stories of the manor and his defensive systems in the Middle Ages and, in addition, the most personal anecdotes of the owners, the Falletti family. But also the old cellars, the round tower stairs and the square tower interior, on the top of the castle where,  on a clear day, you can have one of the most beautiful and romantic visuals of all the Langa. It’s “The secret castle” revealing itself in Serralunga. The original castle guided tours, planned in environments normally not included in the traditional tourist route, will come back also this year. Spaces usually enclosed, full of history and mystery, rooms that normally doesn’t see the sunlight and, starting from last year, became to be open to the public for their first format visits suggested from Barolo&Castles Foundation with the cooperation of Polo Museale del Piemonte.

A visit, that also becomes adventure, across one of the most charming castles built in this area, considered by many people one of the best preserved examples of fourteenth-century noble building of Piedmont. A so “vertical” manor that, once on top of its summit, it will seem you to touch the sky with a finger while, in front of you, you will enjoy an inexhaustible view, from the UNESCO heritage hills to the alpine archway. For that occasion, each visitor will be equipped with an helmet, to make feel you as explorers.  

THE SECRET CASTLE

Next appointment with “The Secret Castle” will be on Wednesday July 26^th and Wednesday August 23^rd. The tour starts at 6.30 pm, closing time of the castle. Required reservations. Up to 18 people (children over 10 years of age).

Cost: 14 euros over the age of 25, 11 euros for guys between 18 and 25 years old and 8 euros for guys from 10 to 18 and for holders of the Torino Musei  Piemonte subscription.

Info and reservations (mandatory): info@castellodiserralunga.it or by calling the castle numbers +39 0173 613358 or the Barolo & Castles Foundation +39 0173 386697.

To find out the activities planned at the castle, please visit www.castellodiserralunga.it and www.polomusealepiemonte.beniculturali.it.

Info and reservations:
Castello di Serralunga d’Alba
Ph. +39 0173 613358
info@castellodiserralunga.it
www.castellodiserralunga.it

Barolo & Castles Foundation
Ph. +39 0173 386697
info@barolofoundation.it
www.barolofoundation.it

Our offices will be closed for holidays from August 14th to 18th. We’ll be back on Monday, August 21st.

We take this opportunity to wish you all the best holidays!

The thirteenth edition of “Cheese under the stars” tasting in Bossolasco (CN) will take place on Saturday, July 22^nd 2017 in the beautiful XX Settembre square, in front of the majestic church dedicated to St. John the Baptist and close to the “Angel of the Alta Langa” monument.

During the night a speaker will lead the dinner with tantalizing courses of local cheese coupled with four wines, three of which made available by the Strada del Barolo’s producers, to let you discover their endless  flavors and their overpowering smells.

The sax player Jacopo Albini and the soprano Selen Adamadze will entertain you with live music, alternating the speaker and the cheese and wine producers’s interventions.

There are about one hundred available seats offered, a part of these destined to the authorities and the others available through reservation at the number +39 348 6817531 or email: proloco@bossolascolanghe.it. You can also book online on www.bossolascolanghe.it site, in the “Feste ed Eventi – Formaggi sotto le stelle” page.

The romantic mood created by the music, the low light of the street lamps, the candles and a rose placed in the center of each table, the tables outfitted with dark blue tablecloths, the  porcelain plates and the crystal glasses, contribute to make perfect this demonstration, that was a great success in our previous editions.

The wines of “Strada del Barolo” producers:

Langhe Nas-cetta del Comune di Novello 2016 – San Silvestro
Dogliani “Sorì dij But” 2016 – Anna Maria Abbona
Barolo 2013 – Sordo Giovanni

Friday, July 21^st: Barolo toast, between history and tradition

Raise your wineglasses, Prosit! appointment will be back on July 21^st! A toast around the sunset hour, between history and tradition, in the medieval Serralunga d’Alba Castle with a double glass of Barolo “The King of Wines”.

The hills, nowadays World Heritage site, have traditionally been an essential component of the local economy, and the landscape, since the age of lords Falletti, who lived in this castle in 14^th century, have always been at the heart of job and everyday life. The same goes for the wine, which had a woven history with those of the manor and its owners over the centuries, until the middle of 19^th century when, under the management of “Opera Pia Barolo”, the building became an important storage for the agricultural economy of Serralunga d’Alba.

For Prosit 2017 edition! – the third Friday of each month – two tours are planned: the first at 6.30 p.m. with an Italian speaker, and the second one at 7.30 p.m. with an English speaker. The guides will accompany the participants for the unedited tour discovering the medieval castle rooms, the territory and its wines.

First of all there will be the visit to the salons, with a lot of anecdotes and curiosities about the castle history, and also about the uniqueness of wine produced here. Then, on the third and last floor – whose view ranges from the rolling hills of Langhe to the alpine archway – the participants will be able to taste the Barolo of some of best and most historic Cru of the entire production area, tasting wine of two winegrowing enterprises for each appointment. The tasting will be a true narrative with the local producers who, in addition to offering their wines, will explain and will indicate the vineyards from which they are produced.

Next two appointments are planned for Friday, August 18^th and Friday, September 15^th.

THE VISIT

You’ll start from the garden, then you’ll proceed to the tallest walkway of the highest floor, initially protected by battlements, still visible, and then covered by the roof. At the end of this visit, when the sun is still high on the horizon, you will be able to admire the entire territory of the lowest Langhe hills at 360 degrees, going to identify the Barolo production areas and the landscape with its regular and ordered vineyards.

The guide will reveal anecdotes and curiosities about the castle history and its relationship closely linked to the local farm activities, from the Middle Ages to Luigi Einaudi, a great wine lover who was interested in making the manor house bought by the state, to which it still belongs, entrusted to the Polo Museale del Piemonte.

The guided tour will end on the top floor, where participants will be able to “read the landscape” with the guide before the tasting with the producers.

The event is promoted by the Barolo & Castles Foundation in agreement with the Polo Museale del Piemonte, to which the castle, state ownership, is entrusted.

INFO AND COSTS (Visiting and tasting duration is about one hour and a half)

Full price: 13,00 €
Cut-price (between 18 and 25 years old): 10,00 €
Holders of museums card: 7,00 €

For info and reservations (max 25 people per appointment):
info@castellodiserralunga.it   
Ph. +39 0173 613358

Barolo & Castles Foundation:
Ph. +39 0173 386697
www.barolofoundation.it

Where the truffles born? Are they really black or white? What is the name of the person looking for truffles with dog? And then, do pigs really go hunting truffles? There are so many questions and curiosities that the little ones will discover at Roddi Castle on Sunday, July 30^th.

Langa manor gardens, traditionally the most suited for the story of the famous Hypogeum Mushroom – today center of Giacomo Morra Museum – the King of truffle and the Alba White Truffle International Cooking School  “tɛrra”- are open for the first time, in order to welcome the youngest, for a didactic activity related with territory history and tradition (recommended from 6 to 10 years old).

To begin there will be a walk along the truffle path that continues, with a series of explanatory panels, in the village streets. Then a team game in which the children will have to answer some questions about what they have just learned on truffles argument.  For each answer, as a prize, they will receive a piece to make a puzzle, obviously maintaining the tuber theme.

INFO AND COSTS:

The appointment will take place at 4 p.m. The activity will last about an hour, time that moms and dads will be able to employ doing a guided castle tour. For the participants in the activity who will want take part, there will be a final snack, prepared by the FoodLab Academy, which runs the Cooking School.

Cost of activity: 3 euros

Snack package: 5 euros

Entry cost for adults: 5 euros, including visit at the castle and at Giacomo Morra Museum. Free entry under 14 years old.

The activity will take place also in the event of bad weather, inside the castle.

In July and August the castle is only open on Sundays and for holidays, from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. and from 2.00 p.m.  to 6.00 p.m. In September, October and November (until  12), for the Truffle Autumn and for the International Fair in Alba, the castle will return to follow longer hours on Saturday, Sunday and during the holidays. Finally,two extraordinary openings on Sunday, November 19^th and 26^th.

For informations:

Barolo & Castles Foundation
Tel. +39 0173 386697
www.barolofoundation.it  

Castello Comunale di Roddi
www.castellodiroddi.it

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On Thursday, July 6^th  the Castle will be open for adults and children.

A long and fascinating tale in the halls of an ancient manor capable of enchanting adults and children. On Thursday, July 6^th the “Families at the Castle” are privileged guests in Serralunga d’Alba. At 6.30pm the doors will close for the public and will open exclusively for moms, dads and children, curious to discover all the secrets of the Langa Castle, unique in Italy for architectural form, history and beauty.

The visit is with an expert guide that will tell the ancient and mysterious environments of the 14^th century manor is tailor made for children (especially recommended from 6 to 12 years old) who will be able to intervene and ask questions. For example, who was Pietrino Falletti, the old owner who lived in Serralunga in 1357?

Starting from the outside to discover the hills belonging to the Unesco Heritage, they are rich in precious products such as grapes and hazelnuts. The guide will tell many anecdotes and curiosities to visitors, even pointing to some fossils of shells hidden in a Castle fireplace and animal prints that remain visible between some bricks. And then, the techniques to defend themselves against the enemies and the rain collection tank, which you will see and even try, pouring water to hear the noise.

Among the games offered by the guide to children, there is the acknowledgment of the foods (fruits and vegetables) that were actually present in the Lord’s table in 1350, in the famous Three Fireplaces Room. Or you can take photographs with helmet, shield and sword, just like the medieval knights. At the end of the tour, each family will have a small homage to take home.

The visit is also special in price, reduced compared to the standard guided accompaniment: 4 € for adults and 2 € for children. Reservations are recommended.

From May until the end of October, the castle is open every Saturday and Sunday from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm and from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm and on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm.

Info and reservations:

Castello di Serralunga d’Alba
www.castellodiserralunga.it
info@castellodiserralunga.it
Tel. +39 0173 613358

Barolo & Castles Foundation
www.barolofoundation.it
info@barolofoundation.it
Tel. +39 0173 386697

On Friday, June 30th 2017, at 7.00pm, Mari Kawamoto‘s “Open air concert for piano” (free entrance) exhibition will be held in the garden of “Real Castello” in Verduno.

And to follow… Japanese dinner with local products:

• Pottage
• Steamed rice
• Pork stew
• Acid salad
• Fruit Jellies

Price: € 40,00 (drinks included). By reservation only!

For info and reservations:
info@realcastello.com
+39 0172 470125

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