{"id":1857,"date":"2012-05-30T12:11:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2014-11-07T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T15:09:02","slug":"discovering-piedmont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/2012\/05\/discovering-piedmont\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Piedmont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMMAGINE-BLOG2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1858\" title=\"Discovering_Piedmont\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMMAGINE-BLOG2.jpg\" alt=\"Discovering_Piedmont\" width=\"490\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMMAGINE-BLOG2.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMMAGINE-BLOG2-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\"><\/a>Close to foggy Lombardy, Piedmont is\u00a0a land<strong>\u00a0rich in\u00a0cultural traditions<\/strong>, where\u00a0the roots\u00a0of the\u00a0social\u00a0and\u00a0historical foundations\u00a0of Italy can be found.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discovering Piedmont<\/strong>\u00a0means not to forget art cities\u00a0such as\u00a0<em>Turin<\/em> (with its\u00a0major\u00a0museums),\u00a0which is always\u00a0at the forefront\u00a0of\u00a0cultural promotion,\u00a0and\u00a0plunge into areas\u00a0of great\u00a0natural beauty, such as the province\u00a0 of <em>Novara<\/em>\u00a0and the surroundings of\u00a0<em>Lake\u00a0Maggiore<\/em>.<br>\nAmong\u00a0worth-visiting places\u00a0there are <em>Arona<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Orta\u00a0<\/em>(we recommend an evocative pre-dinner drink\u00a0by the lake),\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Island of\u00a0San\u00a0Giulio<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0 <em>Parco\u00a0del Ticino<\/em>.\u00a0There\u00a0are many\u00a0ways to discover Piedmont,\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>cycling routes<\/strong>\u00a0to <strong>exhibitions and\u00a0museums\u00a0<\/strong>in the main cities.<br>\nThis region,\u00a0the cradle\u00a0of the <strong>Risorgimento<\/strong>, \u00a0is still a\u00a0tourist attraction\u00a0of great\u00a0importance, including\u00a0architectural and natural beauties\u00a0and cultural events which it is always interesting\u00a0to visit for\u00a0anyone who loves\u00a0beauty\u00a0and good food.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #fdb812;\">Specialties<\/span><\/strong><br>\nThere are many\u00a0specialties\u00a0of Piedmontese cuisine\u00a0that are\u00a0popular in\u00a0Italy\u00a0and abroad. \u00a0Among\u00a0these there are\u00a0undoubtedly\u00a0agnolotti with\u00a0gravy,\u00a0bagna\u00a0cauda\u00a0(a typical dish of\u00a0Turin),\u00a0and\u00a0donkey\u00a0stew,\u00a0very popular\u00a0in the\u00a0 province\u00a0of Novara. Confectionery\u00a0is famous\u00a0for\u00a0chocolate drops,\u00a0which are\u00a0a the pride of\u00a0Italian tradition.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #fdb812;\">Events<\/span><\/strong><br>\nThrough June 1o, art lovers\u00a0can\u00a0visit\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/eventi\/vercelli-i_giganti_dell_avanguardia_mir_mondrian_calder_e_le_collezioni_guggenheim-1542\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition\u00a0on\u00a0the Twentieth-century\u00a0avant-garde<\/a>,\u00a0which takes place\u00a0in Vercelli, or\u00a0again \u00a0in the field\u00a0of culture,\u00a0they can go to\u00a0Tina\u00a0(TO) for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/eventi\/tina-aperilibro-1206\" target=\"_blank\">Aperilibro<\/a>,\u00a0an\u00a0interesting series of\u00a0meetings with\u00a0Italian authors that will end on July 31st.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #fdb812;\">Offers and last minute<\/span><\/strong><br>\nIf\u00a0you are curious to discover this\u00a0region that\u00a0has really \u00a0a lot to\u00a0offer to the traveler\u00a0who moves with\u00a0an open mind,\u00a0take a look at\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/lastminute\/piedmont\" target=\"_blank\">offers and\u00a0last minute<\/a>\u00a0to stay\u00a0at a farmhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Close to foggy Lombardy, Piedmont is\u00a0a land\u00a0rich in\u00a0cultural traditions, where\u00a0the roots\u00a0of the\u00a0social\u00a0and\u00a0historical foundations\u00a0of Italy can be found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[997,998,996,442,64],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places-to-discover-and-weekend-tips","tag-farmhouses-in-piedmont","tag-holidays-piedmont","tag-offers-and-last-minute-piedmont","tag-offers-farmhouse","tag-turin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1860,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agriturismi.it\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}