Piedmont articles Tag

Turin: 3 good reasons to choose this destination

e Via Roma a 700 meter long pedestrian street to reach the Palazzo Reale. With its many stores, Via Roma will delight any shopaholic. The capital of Piedmont is home to several royal residences and palaces, but the most notable of them is undoubtedly the Palazzo Reale! This unique palace incor ...

15
Feb
2022

Gran Paradiso National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary

A territory of mountains The Grand Paradiso National Park is located in Italy between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont. It covers about 70,000 hectares, in a mountain territory ranging from 800 m to 4061 m altitude at the summit of Gran Paradiso. This jewel box of preserved nature is not far from t ...

02
June
2022

Tiramisu: an easy recipe

women, but that doesn't stop all food lovers from enjoying it. The exact origin of this recipe is uncertain, as no less than four regions of Italy (Piedmont, Lombardy, Friuli, and Tuscany) claim to be the birthplace of this delicious dessert. ...

01
Aug
2007

The Vanoise National Park: a magnificent park in Savoie.

ecies protected at the national level, we can notably mention androsaces, saxifrages, alpine columbine, bicolored sedge, boreal linnéa, the Blue Thistle, and the Piedmont Primrose. Wildlife of the Park The Vanoise National Park is home to the largest French colony of Alpine ibex (approximately 2600 ...

02
Mar
2011

The laburnum: a small tree with a dazzling bloom

rnum or Laburnum vulgare described above. The Alpine laburnum (Laburnum alpinum) grows in the mountains especially in the Upper Jura, the Alps and Piedmont. Its advantage is that it comes in a weeping form: the 'Pendulum' variety, which does not exceed 2 metres in height and has hanging branch ...

13
Oct
2021

The Routo : a GR to walk in the footsteps of the shepherds

century, but also tourist interest. For hikers who leave from Arles in the Bouches-du-Rhône, this route allows them to reach Cuneo and the Italian Piedmont through 3 French departments: the Bouches-du-Rhône, the Var and the Alpes de Haute-Provence. The main communes along this new GR69 are: ...

08
June
2022

La Befana : the nice witch of the Epiphany in Italy

raisins. Other sweets named after this character include: - a kind of brioche (focaccia della Befana) - a focaccia with candied fruit in Piedmont - a panettone rich in candied fruits in Veneto... 5- What is the place of the Befana in Italian culture? As you can see, in Italy, t ...

22
Dec
2022