Travel: Where to Stay and Eat in Piedmont, Italy

By Anya von Bremzen

Where to Stay

Le Méridien Turin Art+Tech

This hypermodern Renzo Piano–designed hotel has minimalist guest rooms.

Villa Tiboldi

(Pictured, top right.)Perched on a hill, this dreamy nine-room inn has a terrific restaurant. (Paul Allen likes it here, too.)

Where to Eat

All’Enoteca

Playful takes on regional flavors from chef Davide Palluda, plus a fabulous wine center.

Combal.Zero

Chef Davide Scabin’s restaurant is one of the most conceptual places to eat in Italy.

Eataly

A vast store packed with Slow Food–approved artisanal foods. Inside, GuidoPerEataly–Casa Vicina serves updated Piedmontese comfort food.

Locanda Mongreno

Chef Piercarlo Bussetti offers tasting menus: Medium, Hard and Extreme.

Piazza Duomo

Chef Enrico Crippa’s elegant cross-cultural food is a tour de force.

San Tommaso 10

El Bulli’s Ferran Adrià designed some of the coffee drinks and desserts—such as the all-foam Èspesso—for this Lavazza-owned café.

Trattoria Marsupino

Food and wine insiders gather here for some of the region’s best traditional cooking.

Plus:

Piedmont: Italy’s New Food Capital

Value Wines from Italy’s Piedmont Region

Villa Tiboldi, located at the Màlvira winery just north of Alba, has nine antiques-filled guest rooms that attract visitors like Microsoft’s Paul Allen.

Villa Tiboldi, at the Màlvira winery just north of Alba, has nine antiques-filled guest rooms that attract visitors like Microsoft’s Paul Allen. © Roberto Damante