What to see and where to eat in Asti: our guide
Alongside the house instructions, we leave our guests a guide to the area: 65 pages, in five languages.
This part covers Asti and its food; wineries, villages and day trips are in part two.
Part two: the surroundings
For our guests
Our concierge, every weekend
Before each weekend, we pick food festivals, fairs, harvest festivals and village folklore from the official programmes.
We send them to you on WhatsApp:
- translated into your language
- with their location on Google Maps
- with the times and a link to the official programme
- If you like, we’ll book you a table at a restaurant.
- For anything else: just ask, we always have a tip ready
Medieval Asti
Of the hundred towers, the one to visit is the Torre Troyana.
- Palazzo Mazzetti: a noble residence, now the civic art gallery and an exhibition venue
- Palazzo Alfieri and the Museo Alfieriano, in the house where the playwright Vittorio Alfieri was born
- The crypt and museum of Sant’Anastasio, the Domus Romana and the Museo Paleontologico
- The Arazzeria Scassa: founded in 1957 by Ugo Scassa, one of the world’s leading tapestry workshops
- The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, in piazza Cattedrale
- The streets: corso Vittorio Alfieri and via Cavour. The squares: Medici, San Martino, Statuto, San Secondo and Alfieri.
- The Imagine boutique, via Cavour 96
- Daniella, artisan pastry maker, via Brofferio 159
- I presepi di San Martino (nativity scenes), piazza Statuto 21
- Historic venues: the Antico Caffè Cocchi, Torrone Barbero (nougat) and the Torrefazione Ponchione (coffee roaster), corso Vittorio Alfieri 151
- To taste: vitello tonnato, battuta di carne (hand-chopped raw beef), agnolotti del plin, bagna cauda (a warm garlic and anchovy dip) and tajarin with truffle
- To finish: bonet (a chocolate and amaretti pudding), torrone and hazelnuts
The restaurants we recommend in town:
- Volli, via XX Settembre 66
- L’Angolo del Beato, vicolo Giuseppe Cavalieri 2
- Vicolo Battisti, award-winning pizza, via Cesare Battisti 16
- Casa Dirce, via Guttuari 12
- Le due scimmie, via Verdi
- I Bùgianèn, strada Valmorone 40
- Pizzeria Tre Re, corso Alfieri 378
- Becheri, via Incisa 9
- Il Podestà, via dei Capelli 5
- Viotti Ristorante & Burger House, via Cavour 68
- Cantina del Ponte and Cantina Nicola, out of town, in Cocconato
- Le Cattedrali di Asti, chef Cannavacciuolo’s restaurant in Monferrato
- Ca’ Vittoria, one Michelin star, in Tigliole d’Asti
- Madama Vigna, Piedmontese cooking in the Michelin Guide, in Baldichieri d’Asti
In the Michelin Guide, around Canelli:
- Enoteca di Canelli – Casa Crippa and San Marco, in Canelli
- Violetta, in Calamandrana
- Del Belbo – Da Bardon, in San Marzano Oliveto
- Borgo Affinatori, a shop for cured meats and cheese, with tastings, in Castello di Annone, frazione Monfallito Franzosa 37/3
- Radici, via Ottolenghi 10: aperitifs, music nights and late evenings
- Via Garetti, the street for going out
For an aperitif:
- Caffetteria Mazzetti, corso Alfieri 357
- Caffè Carducci, via Giosuè Carducci 44
- Il Caffè degli Artisti, via Teatro Alfieri 1
- For wine: the La Cantina wine shop, via Gobetti 7
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