{"id":32909,"date":"2021-10-01T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/?post_type=destination&p=32909"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:55:38","slug":"montferrat","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/en\/destination\/piedmont\/montferrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Montferrat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Montferrat<\/strong> (Monferrato<\/em> in Italian) is divided into several regions, with the Lower Montferrat<\/strong> to the north of the provinces of Asti and Alessandria, the Montferrat of Asti<\/strong> to the west, the Casalese Monferrat on the plain of Casale Monferrato, and the Upper Montferrat<\/strong> in the foothills of the Ligurian Alps to the south.<\/p>\n

We focus here on the Montferrat of Asti and the Lower Montferrat, a charming wine-growing region of verdant hills, which deserves to be better known, although its tranquillity and authenticity preserved from mass tourism are also appreciated.
One sees many charming brick villages on the tops of small hills surrounded by vineyards, many beautiful isolated Romanesque churches and a fairly considerable number of castles. Very easily accessible and uncrowded, the region can for example be discovered by cycling along the “panoramic route”, but also by discovering its delicate wines (Barbera, Dolcetto or Ruch\u00e8 for the reds, Cortese di Gavi for the white, Monferrato Ciaret for the ros\u00e9, etc.), the local white truffles, and even grappa, whose nerve centre of production is Altavilla Monferrato.
Its capital is Casale Monferrato<\/strong>, at the northern foot of the hills along the Po, a superb little town<\/p>\n\n\n

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Casale Monferrato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Montiglio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Saint-Second<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Near Saints Nazaire-et-Celse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Belvedere of Castell’Alfero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Montemagno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sacred Mount of Crea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Montiglio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Saints Nazaire-et-Celse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n

Winemaking is reputedly of high quality, where the wine is kept in the historic infernot<\/em><\/strong>, old cellars that were dug into the tuff beneath the dwellings, which more generally served as refrigeration for provisions. This rock full of marine fossils attests that millions of years ago the Lower Montferrat was a seabed. It is one of its features that allowed the region to be inscribed, along with the neighbouring Langhe and Roero, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n

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