Touring - Piemonte Feel

A region can be described through the superiority of its flavors, its many gastronomic itineraries, and events that exalt the quality of its products. Events and gastronomic initiatives are among the stars of tourism development in Piemonte, which attract the attention of the international public every year.

• Trips through flavor

Going out on a discovery of Piemonte flavors and gastronomic traditions means not missing out on several events which are known and appreciated on an international level. One at the top of the list is the Salone del Gusto di Torino, a biennial fair event organized by Slow Food and aimed principally at artisan production, small-scale production, and productions that safeguard traditions. Thanks to the commitment of Slow Food, Presidi (Presidios) have been created which support excellent, small productions that risk disappearing, increase territories, recuperate trades and techniques that use traditional methods, and save indigenous breeds and ancient varietals of fruit and vegetables from extinction.

Several Piemonte products have obtained this protection: Agnello Sambucano, Bella di Garbagna (classical ciresa – cherries – for liquors), Cappone di Morozzo, Cardo Gobbo di Nizza Monferrato, Cevrin di Coazze (a cheese produced for centuries in a small, mountain hamlet of Coazze, in Val Sangone), Coniglio Grigio di Carmagnola, Fragola di Tortona, Gallina Bianca di Saluzzo and Bionda Piemontese, Macagn (a cheese from the Biella and Valsesia Valleys), Montebore (a cheese produced in Montebore, located in Dernice in Alessandria), Mortadella della Val d’Ossola, Mustardela delle Valli Valdesi (typical salami), Paletta di Coggiola (traditional salami), Pasta di meliga del Monregalese, Peperone Corno di Bue di Carmagnola, Rapa di Caprauna, Robiola di Roccaverano classica, Saras del fen (aged ricotta typical of the Valdesi Valleys), Salame delle Valli Tortonesi Testa in cassetta di Gavi (salami made from the “head” of pigs), Tinca gobba dorata del Pianalto di Poirono (a fish from Pianalto di Poirino), Tuma di pecora delle Langhe, ancient varieties of Piemonte apples (Grigia di Torriana, Carla, Runse, Dominici, Magnana, Cavilla Bianca, Buras, Gamba fina) cultivated in an area that includes several border communities in Bibiana and in the Cuneo province.