Great tips for Italy honeymoon
We are not known for romance for nothing!! Italian history, Italian ambiance, Italian culture, Italian language, Italian hospitality ...list goes on. Italy honeymoon is divine confirmed by Modern Bride magazine Italy voted no. 2! First being Hawaii.
There is something for everyone in Italy whether you love the sea, lakes, mountains, mineral spas or grand old cities. We are proposing here for you to consider Piedmont Italy region. We are one of the 20 regions in Italy and has plenty to offer for a romantic getaway in Italy.
What is your honeymoon style? Have you decided?
- Is it romance and candlelights all the way?
- Adventure packed - show us some surprises?
- Take it easy, stroll city streets, come what may?
- Love winter sports and ski resorts?
We recommend starting your Italy honeymoon in Turin province. It is filled with history and has some ancient castles filled with splendor you can stay in. Here are a few you may like to consider:
Soul Farm Hotel or Castello di Montaldo as it was called this is also one of the few spa we have in Piedmont Italy. It is located in Montaldo Torinese, surrounded by open countryside with lots of farms, little villages and plenty of restaurants scattered around. Many Italian weddings are held here. Italian love holding weddings in grand halls and old castles. As a guest there you have free access to the spa. For romantic stroll through Italian village, stop for caffe' at the corner bar. You will have it all here.
Castello di Pavole impressive located in the village of Pavone - the side entrance to the castle is quite an adventure depending where you park your car. You must remember it was built between 9th and 14th centuries there's a lot of history in it. Security is good. It has a little village nearby but you will need to drive down. Within the castle there's a small shopping archade for Italian fashion. The view is impressive from every room.
Castello di Razzano a little outside of Turin province just a few kilometers from Asti the region we produce our famous sparkling Asti spumante wine. This is a small hotel with only 8 suites. It produces their own wine under the Castella de Razzano label. Since this is out in the country you will have an outdoor Italy honeymoon like heading up to the mountains for a bike excursions, nature walks in the green rolling hills, explore vineyards.
Closer in the cities you may want to try Le Meridien Lingotto a boutique hotel impeccably furnished next to one of Turin's cool shopping mall Lingotto which itself has lots of history as a previous Fiat manufaturing plant and testing site. This is the place for yuppies. Next to it you will also find Eatitaly this food court sells the best Italian produce the prices are not cheap.
Italy honeymoon in Turin offers the best in tradition as well as new in modern technology. To many Christians it is best known as the repository of the shroud of Turin ( a fabric Christians believed covered the body of Christ after his crucifixion) which is housed at Duomo di San Giovanni. In modern times it best known as the home of automobile giants - Fiat, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Lamborghini. In recent times, we made our mark hosting the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The pride of Turin city is that we support contemporary arts. You will find impressive museums, art galleries and exhibitions all year round. If you love architecture you will love the many Grand Baroque buildings all over the city. Many of them were built during the 17th. and 18th. centuries by the Savoy dynasty. If you know a thing or two on famous architects you will find works by Mario Botta, Renzo Piano, Gae Aulenti, Mario Bellino and Norman Foster.
Romance with ancient history head to any of our 40 museums notable is our Egyptian Museum which is the 2nd. best in the world outside of Cairo. There are Agnelli Picture Gallery and GAM which is the home of contemporary art.
Little culture, opera in Italy on your Italy honeymoon head to Turin's Regio Theater.
Turin icon the tall tower you can see from almost every angle of the city Mole Antonelliana also known as Cinema Museum. Tall building topped by a spire.The wall up to Mole Antonelliana is sprinkled by old shops, cafe' and bars.
Piedmont Italy is the mecca for adventure holidays. You won't be disappointed choosing it for your Italy honeymoon destination.
The Gran Paradiso National Park is Italy's biggest natural reserved park. Here and in the surrounding area you will find some of the best white-water rafting, hiking and fantastic climbs.
If mountains are yours and your partner passions you have chosen the right destination! Point of interests you should head for:
- Soana Valley
- Orco Valley
- Cogne Valley - this is the most famous valley in the park region
- Rhemes Valley
For those less adventurous
Piedmont Italy offers Italy's best wine route, ancient medieval towns, castles and monasteries and ofcourse our marvelous Italian cuisines. If you take our Piedmont Italy wine tours (this is one example) which many local travel agency offers you won't regret it.
Another fascination is Piedmont Italy loves for bicycle adventure. Many tourists prefer to bike cross-regions in Italy. This could be a fun and unique holiday for you to consider on your Italy honeymoon. A few reputable biking agency offers this.
Piedmont Italy region has many medieval towns and modern cities for you to explore on your
Italy honeymoon. Within the Piedmont Italy region there are 8 provinces:
Province of Turin - capital Turin the 1st. capital of Italy. Rich in arts, architecture and museums with many beautiful parks. - Province of Alessandria - capital Alessandria. Wine growing region, magnificent landscapes with many forts and old war history. You can sample Agriturismo in many beautiful farm houses found here.
- Province of Cuneo - capital Cuneo another military town with lots of old war memories, it was once protected by a massive wall. Up on the mountains you can find spas.
- Province of Asti - capital Asti located in the center of Piedmont Italy, the hilly areas around is called Monferrato renowned for fine wines among them moscato d'Asti and spumante . Every year it holds the famous Palio race in the middle of the city in August.
- Province of Vercelli - capital Vercelli famous for agriculture especially for rice. Definitely heading to this city beckon you to stay on a farm to experience Italian farm life. In recent times it has become famous for skiing with many heading to Valsesia.
- Province of Biella - capital Biella was part of an important pilgrimage route therefore has many sancturies such as the Oropa ( a world heritage site). It is Italy's center for textile manufacturing producing some of the best cashmere in the world.
- Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola- capital Verbania
- Province of Novara - capital Novara there are a few grand palaces dating back to 19th. century, beautiful landscapes and is a very important commerical town rich in modern industry, agriculture and trading.
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Private farm house with it's own chapel |
Open countryside miles and miles of greenery |
Palio race festival in Asti |
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On weekends you will find a few street shows such as this 'Charlie Chaplin statue'. |
Along busy shopping lanes there are private stores selling hand-made crafts. |
Old history with modern cafe' to rest your feets. Sit and do some people watching. |
Everyone of these towns are ideal for honeymooners who want a change of scene. Sample true Italian culture, touch ancient Italian history. In some old cities you will find people living in the same home that their great-great-grand parents lived in without much change.
Piedmont Italy hands down has the best ski resorts in Italy in fact it is considered one of Europe's finest ski region. You cannot choose a better place for Italy honeymoon if you are looking for snow and winter sports.
Bardonecchia and Sestriere are the two best ski resorts. Saying so we would also suggest you consider Sauze d'Oulx it is small resort town with great skiing route being part of the famous Via Lattea (Milky Way) with 400 kms of ski runs, 95 ski-lifts and 75 kms of artificial slopes. As they are popular with British tourists you will find many of the shops speaks English.
Sestriere is a popular ski destination for locals. It offers more than 400 kms of ski slopes is noted for cross-country skiing if that is your passion made possible by the fact that it lies central along the Via Lattea (Milky Way). This is a town for skiing and only skiing. You will not get to enjoy the other Italian charms.
Bardonecchia is one of Piedmont Italy oldest ski resorts. They tell me that at any one time Bardonecchia can handle 23,000 skiers in an hour. Sounds awesome........The slopes here are classified as 8 pistes meaning quite difficult and six great black runs. Season skiers this is for you. It is one of the few places where you can heli-ski off-piste. There are also good restaurants for you to sample our Piedmont Alpine cuisines.
The beauty of winter in Italy lies it is charm of old traditional ski towns. You will find many of them in its original form although interior may have been refurbished with modern utilities.
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