high hampton inn 1/01/2010Italy. PiedmontPiedmont ( "Foothill"), whose name derives from the

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Italy. Piedmont

Piedmont ( "Foothill"), whose name derives from the geographical region, stretching from the foothills, is one of the largest regions in Italy: an area of more than 25 000 square kilometers and is home to some 4.5 million people . This region extends almost throughout the northwestern part of Italy from the Alps, separating him from France and Switzerland, the Apennines to the south, serving the natural border with Liguria and Lake Maggiore and Ticino river is bordered by Piedmont Lombardy. The proximity of the three international airports --

Milano Malpensa,

Turin Caselle (Turin is the administrative center of the region) and Genoa (one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean Sea) - makes it easy relationship with the region.

Piedmont Region unites 8 provinces: Torino, Cuneo, Asti, Alessandria, Novara, Vercelli, Biella, Verbano-Kuzio-Ossola.

Located in the heart of Europe, Piedmont is truly a special region that can provide a wide range of possibilities as to tourists who came just for the weekend and visitors alike, accompanied by a holiday in order to get acquainted with the unique in possession of their natural and cultural historic resources. Piedmont fascinates with its ancient and pleasantly surprised by the innovations of modern times. Piedmont is open to visitors of all ages and affordable for any tourist, everyone here will find a perfect place and pastime: sportsmen and historians, nature lovers and outdoor recreation, fashionable young people and families with children, with the gourmets of the most exquisite taste and experts o0rodnyh traditions ...

Piedmont is called paradise. When the first snow is always like a miracle, life begins winter page Piedmont. Everyone who comes here, wrote his impressions on white paper snow vertical mountains. And Piedmont remains in the memory of snow boundless happiness.

This area, despite its glorious history and reputation, tourists come to love recently. But we can assume for sure - the feeling will last forever. Because it happened not only because of Turin, which glorified the XX Olympic Winter Games. Just the word "most" is particularly relevant to the Piedmont: Here are some of the highest mountains in Europe

Gran Paradiso (4061 m) and Monte Rosa (4637 m), the second after the Mont Blanc Alpine peak. Adorns the Piedmont region and the beautiful mountain Monvizo. It also starts the river Po, the longest river in Italy (652 km).

Ski resorts Piedmont climate, natural conditions and style of the hotel reminiscent of the French Alps resorts. But, of course, also need to recognize that the Winter Olympics gave Piedmont a new life: there are new lifts, improve communication between the zones skating Italy and France, have opened new hotels, rental, shops, restaurants, ski schools. Today Piemonte ski resorts are well equipped, which allows for this major sporting events. Lovers of winter sports draws a wide choice of decent hotels - from luxury to democratic, diverse tracks and an extensive network of lifts, bringing together various parts of skating.

The most famous and certainly an interesting area of skiing is the area of Val di Susa, which consists of 5 resorts - Sestriere (Sestriere), Cesana (Cesana), Susa-d `Ulks (Sauze d` Oulx), San Ciskariyu (Sansicario), Clavire (Claviere), as well as French Montgenevre. Thus, for skiers equipped with 400 km of slopes at altitudes from 1250 to 2823 m, for which a single subscription to a network of ski lifts and 78 ski lifts.

Piedmont - a work of art, hungering for the opening. In every corner of the region some kind of hidden jewel of Romanesque era or the Middle Ages, a work of baroque, neo-classical or modern art, which indicate the century of history and of the living creation.

Routes of religious and spiritual sites also lead to the monuments of art and architecture that enables communication between a love for beauty and his own spiritual feelings, while the Piedmontese folk festivals reveal the charm of ancient cultural traditions of local people, religious minorities and ethnic groups.

Well, if we talk about art, you can not forget Piedmont Design, who made a valuable contribution to the creation of world-renowned Italian style.

Who says Piedmont, involves exquisite cuisine and wonderful wines: a symphony of tastes and aromas, sole and unique culinary heritage, rooted deep in the past. The rich variety of traditional cooking nice complement your holiday: the white truffle of Alba, King of Piedmontese gastronomy, to various dishes, from roasted Piedmontese assortment to "Banias kaoda, the original local dishes to exquisite dessert - is a fascinating parade of gustatory senses. And to accompany these delicacies famous wines, which brought worldwide fame Piedmont region: among the many wines 45 titles with a guarantee mark DOC and 9 to mark DOCG, among which the majestic Barolo, Barbaresco and Moscato.

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