Monferrato is an area of the region in Piedmont, characterized by gentle, rolling hills and plains, blanketed by a rich patchwork of vineyards, hazel groves, orchards, and forests. Churches and bell towers crown the villages that elegantly grace the hilltops. It is an area of great beauty that’s recognized by UNESCO, which declared the landscapes of Monferrato a World Heritage site in 2014.

Since the eighteenth century, and for the following centuries, Lake Maggiore has been the favorite place for the holidays of the great families of the Lombard nobility, in particular the Borromeo and the Visconti, who came here to spend their holidays and who for this reason have built sumptuous residences. It was the Borromeo, a prestigious family originally from Florence, who started their transformation, building villas with elaborate gardens when they became owners in the fourteenth century.

Langhe is a territory located in lower Piedmont, in an area between the Po River and the Ligurian Apennines, divided between the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, and Cuneo. The magnificent scenery of the Langhe is where the great Italian Piedmontese wines, Barolo and Barbaresco, are produced. This jewel of Piedmont with its seductive views has become part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

Lake Orta is one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy, rich in traditional villages on its shores. It is home to the Island of San Giulio, an oasis of tranquillity known as “the island of silence”. One of the most popular villages is Orta San Giulio, with its completely pedestrianized center and the main square, a popular social space by the lake.

Immersed in the wonderful and evocative waters of Lake Maggiore, the Borromean Islands have fascinated their visitors for centuries. Loved by Ernest Hemingway and a favorite destination of the royals of England, the archipelago is formed by the monumental Isola Bella which houses the seventeenth-century Borromeo palace and its scenic gardens, the picturesque Isola dei Pescatori, Isola Madre, known for its botanical garden full of rare plants.

The territory of the Gran Paradiso National Park extends around the massif of the same name and in the past was densely populated. The architecture of the villages is based on the idea of an alpine house, on the Piedmontese side with buildings made entirely of wood. Today this mountain Eden, divided into five valleys in which rocky environments, prairies, woods, and their edges alternate, is truly within everyone's reach.