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Why you should travel to Piemonte in autumn

What to do around Villa Perla
in September, October & November?

Even more Festivals, food, wine & ... Truffles!

During Autumn in the months September, October and November it’s actually the busiest season of the entire year in Piemonte.

It’s not the “classic tourism” as we know it in most other holiday destinations. Oh no… 😉 ! It’s much more sophisticated because of all the exclusive wine and truffle festivities. This should absolutely be on your (wine) bucket list! The landscape will amaze you as well toghether with the buzz around the vendemmia or grape harvest.

Be aware that you will need to book your accomodation and some of the popular restaurants well in advance because with all the fairs there are a lot of business people travelling as well. 

Festivals 2026

September:

  • Palio di Asti — Sunday 6 September. It’s run on the first Sunday of September, with the bareback horse race in Piazza Alfieri and a historic parade of over 1,200 costumed figures; the tradition dates to 1275. It’s in the center of the city and even has a longer history than the famous version of Siena! 
  • Festival delle Sagre Astigiane — 12–13 September, Piazza Campo del Palio. It’s the 52nd edition, and the Pro Loco villages turn the square into Italy’s largest open-air restaurant, with the big rural-life reenactment parade through the centre on Sunday morning. 
  • Douja d’Or — Asti, 11–20 September (worth a final check on doujador.it; sources vary by a few days). National Show of selected wines since 1967… or the National Wine Competition of the Asti Chamber of Commerce. In the city you will find a lot of activities related to this annual event. If you are a fan of food, wine, art and cultural trips in general you should definately consider a stay in the area aroung the second and third week of september and visit Asti.
  • Festa della Vendemmia — Canelli, 18–20 September. 
View from our garden @villa perla in autumn View from our garden @villa perla in autumn towards calosso

October:

  • Alba International White Truffle Fair — 10 October to 6 December. The 96th edition, themed “Autentiche Relazioni”, and it opens symbolically with the “Capodanno del Tartufo” on the night of 30 September–1 October. 
  • Palio degli Asini + medieval parade — Alba, Sunday 4 October. The nine city boroughs race donkeys in Piazza Cagnasso for the painted drappo, preceded by the historic parade at 2.30pm from Piazza Michele Ferrero. 
  • Neive Vino e… — early October, dates still unpublished.
  • Fiera del Tartufo, Moncalvo — Sunday 18, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October. Hundreds of exhibitors plus excursions, tastings and visits across the second half of October.
  • Fiera del Rapulè, Calosso — third weekend of October, so 16–18 October (the commune has confirmed the weekend but not yet the exact dates). Saturday is ticket-only, bookable from 1 October on fieradelrapule.it. 

 

This last event is an insider tip!!

The yearly Rapulè fair is an incredible event on the Asti autumn agenda. The village of Calosso comes alive with its food and wine journey and there are more hiden treasures to see than you would ever expect. Calosso is a 5 min drive from Villa Perla but for this event you need to park outside the village.

More info:

https://www.fieradelrapule.it/

November:

 

  • Rosso Barbera – weekend edition –  Costigliole d’Asti — The Rosso Barbera / Barbera Summer Festival 2026 took place every Wednesday through July 2026 at the Anfiteatro San Michele in Costigliole d’Asti, Italy. The upcoming major Rosso Barbera Weekend event is scheduled for October 29 to November 1, 2026, held at the Castle of Costigliole d’Asti
  • Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo + Fiera di San Martin, Canelli — Sunday 8 November. The truffle fair alongside San Martin’s 100-plus market stalls through the streets.
  • Trifola d’Ora, Murisengo — two Sundays in mid-to-late November. It became an international fair in 2025, with white and black truffle market stalls through the village plus workshops and truffle-ground excursions. 
  • Bagna Cauda Day — 20–22 and 27–29 November. Worth adding: 150+ restaurants, historic cellars, osterie and agriturismi with more than thirty thousand seats, and each venue is graded by “traffic light” — red for the classic garlic version, yellow for a milder one, green for garlic-free. Guests book directly through bagnacaudaday.it. CasalenewsViniepercorsipiemontesi

 

More events will be added along the way.

 

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in the surrounding villages

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