Tag: Roero

3 good reasons why it is worth living in the Granda Hello, all my Slowdays friends! We are on the verge, a few hours and we will say goodbye to the old 2019 to welcome the new year, 2020. We want to close the year with a special article, a few weeks ago the Province of Cuneo appeared in 21st place on the quality of life of Sole24Ore, qualified as a city where you live better than the whole Piedmont. We at Slowdays can only be happy with this wonderful result and we would like to give you 3 good reasons why the Granda is worth visiting. 1. Art and culture The Province of Cuneo, in 2018, won the 47th place in the ranking concerning culture and leisure in Italy. Cuneo is one of the richest areas if we talk about history and art, there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites scattered around the Granda; there are 153 cultural institutes, museums, museum-houses, picture galleries, castles, naturalistic, archaeological and feudal sites, palaces and villas, ecomuseums, churches, chapels and abbeys. Every single city is a bearer of history and art, imaginative legends and amusing anecdotes. In Granda you never stop learning! 2. Wine & Food Hundreds are the wine cellars and wineries scattered around the Granda, important names can be found between Langhe and Roero: Ceretto, Borgogno, Fontanafredda and many others. The territory of the Granda gives the producers high quality wines, such as the Great Barolo and Barbaresco. There are many events related to the wine world that the Granda hosts during the year, the most renowned is certainly Vinum. Depending on the seasonality, however, every town and city organizes fairs and festivals. One of the most important fairs on a national level is the truffle fair, which is held annually