Holiday apartment in Alice Bel Colle: discover winemaking and culture

Winemaking in Alice Bel Colle

The wine heritage of Alice Bel Colle includes the Vecchia Cantina Sociale di Alice Bel Colle e Sessame d’Asti. At this winery, Moscato bianco is the most important grape variety cultivated and vinified, accounting for approximately 60%. This places a specific grape variety at the heart of local winemaking, together with an explicitly approximate share.

Casa Bertalero: museum and trekking route

Casa Bertalero was built at the end of the 19th century. Casa Bertalero houses the Museo del Moscato, which preserves Dutch rain filters, hand presses and other historic equipment. These technical objects give the museum a specific connection to the former work associated with Moscato. A visit to the Museo del Moscato in Casa Bertalero is possible. There is also a signposted trekking route near Casa Bertalero. This makes the site a combination of architectural history, a museum and a connection to a signposted trail.

Ruins, parish church and viewpoint

Some ruins of the ancient Castello degli Acquesana remain in Alice Bel Colle. The parish church of San Giovanni Battista was built according to a design by the architect G.B. Monticelli. For those interested in culture, the surviving castle ruins and the church building with its design by a named architect represent two specific points of interest in the town. The Sentiero della Vite is designated as a viewpoint in Alice Bel Colle. For planning your day, the distinction between the two local points of interest is specific: Casa Bertalero has a signposted trekking route, while the Sentiero della Vite is designated as a viewpoint.

Train station in Borgo Stazione

In the Borgo Stazione district, Alice Bel Colle has the Alice Bel Colle railway station. It belongs to the Bronze category and is located on the Asti–Genoa railway line, in the Asti–Acqui Terme section. This preserves both the district and the specific railway section as geographical reference points for travel planning.

Museums and castles in the surrounding area

In the area around Alice Bel Colle, the Aecheological Civic Museum is a museum. The Castello dei Paleologi is a castle there. The Castello d'Orsara Bormida is also a castle there, as is the Castello di Morsasco. The area around Alice Bel Colle therefore includes one museum and three castles, each with its own name. For those interested in culture, this extends the local area of interest to several destinations in the surrounding region.

Parks and peaks in the wider area

Parco del Castello is a park in the area around Alice Bel Colle. Terme di Acqui Terme is also a park there. The peaks of Le Ciazze and il Poggio lie in the wider regional area around Alice Bel Colle. The two parks therefore belong to the area around Alice Bel Colle, while Le Ciazze and il Poggio are assigned to the wider regional area. This spatial gradation extends from the parks in the surrounding area to the two landscape features explicitly described as peaks.

Other places for regional orientation

For further orientation, you can also explore Villanova Monferrato, Pietra Marazzi, Fabbrica Curone, Valenza, Ponzano Monferrato, Malvicino, Ciglione and Solonghello.

For the overarching travel overview: Alessandria.