Hotel Savona (from 67 euros) is steps from the Mercato del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba, a market with hundreds of kilos of truffles under one tent. Bargain room rates and proximity to the main drag, Via Vittorio Emanuelle, offset the cheesy interiors.
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The view from Casa Pavese Hotel.
(Photo: Courtesy of Casa Pavese Hotel) |
Two friendly sisters run the B&B-ish Casa Pavese Hotel (from 140 euros), near the Grinzane Cavour castle. (Visit the enoteca there.) Request a room with a whirlpool and vineyard views.
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Relais San Maurizio overlooks a centuries-old park of olive and beech trees.
(Photo: Courtesy of Relais San Maurizio) |
The Hotel Le Torri (from 84 euros) has eight rooms, six of which offer views of the surrounding hills. Down the road is the Ceretto Winery — home of a controversial glass box structure that is a monument to Barolo and the founding brothers' answer to I.M. Pei's pyramid at the Louvre.
What was once a seventeenth-century monastery is now the Relais San Maurizio (from 160 euros); you'll stay in a repurposed cell. Most suites have open fireplaces, and the pool overlooks vineyards. In the Vinothérapie Spa, get a rubdown with grape extracts and red-vine oils.
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