Piemonte Travel and Tourism Guide

Piemonte (Piedmont) is the region of good food, good cheese and good wine.
It's an extraordinary green and fresh country, full of story, art, architecture and amazing landscapes.
It is a fertile agricultural region and is the greatest winegrowing region in Italy.
His 700 km² of vineyards are registered with DOC designations. It produces wines of renowned depth such as the famed Barbera, Barolo, Barbaresco and Moscato, as well as lesser known varieties such as Dolcetto, Freisa, Nebbiolo, Grignolino, Brachetto, Bonarda, Arneis and Pinot. The region contains major industrial centres, like Turin, home to the FIAT automobile works. Biella produces tissues and silks. Cuneo is the house of Ferrero's chocolate factories and important mechanical industries, able to built for Nasa and with Boeing. The tertiary also is flourishing: one of Italy's major banking groups, Sanpaolo, is based in Turin. In February 2006 Turin hosted the XX Olympic Winter Games. The region is the real economic engine of Italy. Piemonte is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including the Monviso, where the river Po rises, and the Monte Rosa. It borders with France, Switzerland and the Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria and Aosta Valley. The percentage of the terrority which is a protected area is almost 8%. There are 56 different national parks. Piemonte is divided into eight provinces: Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Torino (the capital), Verbania and Vercelli.