Asti, well known for its quality wines is located at a distance of 55 km of Turin. It is situated in the valley of Tarano and hence has the best grape yards of the country. It is the renowned wine production center of Italy, where you can also enjoy famous tourist attractions like museums, monuments, and cathedrals. Apart from this there are many famous festivals to keep you bound to this place round the year.
History has witnessed this town to be ruled by the Spanish, French, and the Austrian and after unification it has become a symbol on its own. During 13th century, teher were aroung 150 twoers in the region showing the richness of this place. Presently only 12 of them exist among which you may visit Torre Troyana dell' Orologio. The townscape of the city is lovely due to its marvelous palaces, towers, and churches.
Asti has been famous in the whole world as wine producing cityand once you taste the wine here, you would surely think of staying back in this place in the lovely city. The climate here enchants people more just the way they allow the best grapes to be grown in the region. The wine at Asti has very low alcohol content around 8% and is and is made from moscato bianco white muscat grape. Various companies have made these wines famous worldwide.
After redaing this if you are feeling to visit this place, then connectivity would not be an issue. Just fly either to Turin Caselle, or Milan Malpensa or Genoa Cristoforo, or through Linate and then take cab to reach Asti. Even the railway services can also let you visit Asti.
When you are planning to visit Asti, remember to visit the various attractions out there that include Rotonda di San Pietro, the religious place of Asti. Here you can see the Romanesque Baptistery of San Pietro along with the church of San Pietro in Consavia around the abbey. San secondo is another attraction that would remind you of the patron Saint whose imprisonment was held in Torre Rossa.
Apart from this the tower houses of the medieval ages would remind you of the richness of this land and you may visit the medieval palaces too. Do not forget to explore the museum of Palazzo Mazzetti that would let you see the most fascinating contemporary artwork of those times. Also visit Teatro Alfieri, a famous theater built in the year 1860.
If all this makes you fall in love with this place and you want that you would stay back here for long, and then there are many choices that can be opted by you. Either you want to rent a farm house beside any grape yard or stay in apartments; you would get choices for every kind of accommodation. If you want to stay here for short time then there are arrays of hotels that would give you accommodation ranging from budget to luxury style.
For eating and drinking, the choice is immense. Not to mention the famous wine of this place, you can also get the taste of the finest Italian cuisine served in the best restaurants of the region. You can let your taste bud enjoy the flavors of pasta, truffle, risotto, and obviously world class wine. There are many places of entertainment and you would not miss any of them if you want to enjoy the nightlife of the city.
In one word if you want culture and nature together, Asti is your destination.
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