Discover Villa: Routes, Views and Buildings

Villa offers several specific ways to experience a trip: routes and viewpoints, buildings in the surrounding area, and parks. This makes it possible to get to know the area through movement and landscape as well as through architecture and regional connections. For families with different interests, this creates a setting in which active, cultural and landscape-focused ideas for the day can coexist.

Routes and viewpoints

The 13.50 km route “Dalla Villa al Bragna” begins in Isola Villa. Piazza Giuseppe Gallo in Isola Villa is a viewpoint overlooking a wide part of the area along the Tanaro River. This provides two distinct points of interest for trip planning: a clearly measured route and a viewpoint offering a far-reaching panorama.

On the “Asti-Alba via Langhe” cycle route, the churchyard of San Pietro offers views of the Tanaro Valley and Roero on the opposite bank of the river. The cycle route reaches Isola Villa via Via Campo del Frate. For cycling enthusiasts, the focus here is on a combination of route and far-reaching views.

Restored castle and palaces

Castello di Villa has been restored and preserves its original structure, with frescoed ceilings and terracotta floors. The building therefore provides a clear architectural highlight for anyone interested in buildings and preserved details while travelling.

In the immediate vicinity of Villa, Castello di Rorà is a castle. Palazzo Malabaila o Malabayla is a palace in the area around Villa. Palazzo Catena is also a palace in the area around Villa. Palazzo Gazelli di Rossana is likewise a palace in the area around Villa. Those who choose buildings as their focus can therefore distinguish between one castle and several palaces.

Parks and regional setting

The Parco Biberach Ander Riss, Parco Monte Rainero and Parco Rio Crosio parks are located around Villa. In the wider region around Villa lies Parco del Castello. These four parks broaden the range of options for trip planning with additional landscape attractions, without limiting the area to routes or buildings.

The municipality of Isola d’Asti lies in the buffer zone of Excellence Area No. 4, “Nizza Monferrato e il Barbera”.

Choose a holiday apartment in Villa based on your holiday theme

When choosing a holiday apartment in Villa, you can use your preferred holiday theme as a guide. If routes and views are the main focus, planning will be different than when the emphasis is on the castle and palaces; the parks complement this range of options. This combination makes it possible to take different daily rhythms into account for your family and choose the holiday apartment according to your own interests. Villa therefore remains a destination open to different ways of exploring.

Discover more places

If you would like to extend your trip planning beyond Villa, you can also discover Cellarengo, Nizza Monferrato, Ferrere, Stazione Cocconato, Celle Enomondo, Bubbio, Villanova d'Asti and Scurzolengo.

For the higher-level trip overview: Asti.