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This blog talks a great deal about the Langhe and Piedmont—but sometimes it also tells you about me, Claudia, the founder of SlowDays. I like to describe myself as a local travel consultant and a travel artisan. Since the end of the year is traditionally a time for taking stock, I feel the need to define the boundaries of what I do. In our fast-paced world, constant input comes at us from every direction and can easily distract us. It is sometimes difficult to explain what we do and communicate our role and profession in the right way. We live in the age of new kinds of work: jobs that can no longer be summed up in a single word and are reinvented day by day. Sometimes answering “What do you do?” is fun and makes you feel part of an evolving world. At other times, doubts arise: “Am I offering something that people genuinely need?” and “How can I explain my work fully, so that nobody expects something I cannot provide?” The doubts arise because the world of tourism, which I entered about three years ago, is enormous and boundless. There are countless ways to offer travel, so you start thinking that what you do is not enough and that you could—or should—offer more, and do it differently. Perhaps you should standardise the service to reach more customers. Or expand into other regions, inevitably knowing them less thoroughly. Some days, what you have “created” and “designed” seems like very little. After all, finding a room online and booking a restaurant or a winery tasting is not particularly difficult: anyone can do it from their sofa. And the truth is that all of this is absolutely correct! Local consultant: then “certain customers” come along and say things such as, “Without

Undecided about holidays? Come to Monferrato! Relax, good food, blue skies and a lot, but a lot... green! Have you ever thought of organizing a holiday, an out-of-town trip or a weekend immersed in the beautiful territories of Monferrato? No? So, hold fast, because today I am going to talk about that! We go for a walk through the rolling hills of Monferrato, always in a slow way and observing with plenty of detail everything that lives around us. WHERE THE "MONFERRATO" IS LOCATED The Monferrato is divided into 4 parts: The Casalese Monferrato, which includes the area of Casale Monferrato and Valenza         Low Monferrato of Asti, which includes the area from Villanova d'Asti to Moncalvo         High Asti Monferrato, which includes the area of Canelli, Nizza Monferrato, and Costigliole d'Asti         High Monferrato of Acqui Terme, Ovada, and Gavi Surely in a weekend, it is impossible to visit everything, but all these territories have one thing in common! Here they are: the landscape, which you can see everywhere, offers a variety of views, including the typical vineyards, from which originate the fine wines of Piedmont, such as Moscato d'Asti, Barbera d'Asti and Monferrato or Malvasia di Casorzo, the romantic hilly expanses, which are the protagonists of the whole panorama, the shady forests, but especially the ancient villages and castles that have survived and preserved to this day! WHAT DO I RECOMMEND YOU NOT TO MISS? Asti. The capital of Monferrato is Asti, which boasts Roman origins (Hasta was the name given to it by the ancient Romans), as evidenced by the ancient walls still visible in many parts of the city. The city was also an important center of trade and banking, just in the Middle Ages, in fact, was enriched with many

Piedmont surprises us again: Savigliano and the Museum of Essences Perhaps it would be a good idea to end it with this elegant Savoy " Confidentiality "...it is certainly true, it distinguishes us, it is in our DNA and we from Piedmont are almost proud of it! We are like this and we think that those who want to know us will not stop at our reserve...true, you are right dear descendant of the Savoy. But we must also understand that in this fast world, made up of devoured images and videos, of articles that must be read in less than a minute, of distracted and pressing everyday life, we must learn a little to make ourselves beautiful. We must value the amount we have and not just keep it for ourselves: from the up there we take a bit of bravado from our compatriots! Yesterday I organized one of my "travel experiences": I don't need great destinations, you know, I really like to find the best from what we have near, I would say, a Saturday afternoon. A few weeks ago, my attention was drawn to an unusual proposal, which perhaps to be so close nobody thinks is so extraordinary. I'm talking about the Muses of Savigliano, the European Academy of Essences, a magical and suggestive place that has thrilled me! In a magnificent 17th century palace, Palazzo Taffini, the seat of representation and reception of the Dukes of Savoy, the Museum of Essences finds its ideal location. It proposes a unique journey in the world in the history of perfume and its characteristics, which has nothing to envy to the French proposal, if not the ability of our neighbors to enhance a rich and precious cultural heritage. Inside the rooms, you can enjoy an exciting journey through ancient