SLOW TOURISM IN PIEDMONT
What would you like to do in the heart of Piedmont?
I'm sure that when you see the long list of activities and events to participate in you will be amazed!
Choose between: Excursions, Workshops, Guided Tours, Traditional Festivals and Festivals, Events and Sports.
We at AMY B&B recommend that you immerse yourself in the culture, history and flavors of this fascinating region. In addition to our comfortable refuge there is a vibrant world of activities and experiences waiting to be discovered: Visits to the Vercelli rice fields, Piedmont wine tasting, walks through the Monferrato vineyards, meditation events.
The best time to visit us is from May to October: the rice fields offer incredible views with their colors and also in the months of September and October you can participate in many village festivals and celebrations dedicated to wine, truffles and food and wine products of our region.
The surrounding nature invites you to walk, to discover the cultivation of rice or to have a picnic on the shore of the wonderful lake just a few minutes from our Casetta di Charme.
From here you can easily reach all the most famous tourist centers such as Milan, Turin, Genoa, the large lakes (Lake Maggiore, Lake Como and Iseo), Asti and the Langhe, without forgetting the beauty of even the smallest villages such as those in Monferrato or the beauty of the parks of Biella.​​
Piedmont and its beauties
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A trip to the heart of Piedmont is truly for everyone: perfect for a romantic weekend, for the family looking for fun and relaxation, for the curious traveler who wants to discover a new flat area but with Monterosa in the background.
Here the still intact nature of the rice fields offers a showcase of unmistakable landscapes, where the gaze starts from the mountains, glimpses the hills and ends up on the wonderful views of the plain.
In our village life still flows slowly, even if it is a few kilometers from the city.
Walking through the streets you will find the shops, you will meet the farmers, you will taste the typical traditional flavors and you will rest in a very sweet regenerating silence.
History and Ancient Traditions
AMY B&B is located in the historic center of Asigliano, a small historic town in the lower Vercelli area, famous for its very old and traditional Ox Race.
A vow that is dissolved every year, every second Sunday of May, in honor of the Patron Saint, San Vittore.
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The popular rumor says that a local plague in 1436 brought death and desolation in the town; its desperate inhabitants asked the patron Saint Vittore for mercy with the promise to make the slowest animals, the oxen, run as a sign of joy and gratitude.
The Saint answered the prayers and the plague ceased. Since then every year on the second Sunday of May,four pairs of oxen, led by young charioteers, run along a stretch (about 300 meters) of viale Garibaldi.
