My wife and I are going to Germany in August them on to Piedmonte in Italy for 10 days. We are looking at spending 5 days in Alba after a few days in Turin. Is Alba a good place to base ourselves and is Turin worth spending more time in?
Thanks. I did check bahn.com and other sites but was wanting some firsthand experience feedback on the service. You are right of course about the DB. A great web site. My go to rail site is seat61. https://www.seat61.com/index.html (the man should be knighted!)
Thanks for the info Julia.We look forward to staying in Turin and by the sounds of it has plenty to offer. It sounds as though you don't think Alba is the place to base ourselves and that we should consider Asti instead. Also we intended to take the train from Turin to Alba but is looks like the train service might be better to Asti. Is that the case?We'll consider hiring a car in Alba/Asti for a few days although we would prefer to avoid the roads if possible. Getting around there probably needs a car though.We are prepared for some hot weather but are not too fazed by it as we live in Australia and know all about heat waves! Any tips you can give are much appreciated. Thanks again.
I know what you mean about cars in Italy! We'll look at getting one in Alba and just hoof it in Turin.Like you guys we're interested in the wine from the region and of course the food. Hope you have a great trip.
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Thanks again Julia. You've been really helpful. We hold hotel bookings in Alba but will decide what to do very soon about where to stay. :-)
Thanks. I did check bahn.com and other sites but was wanting some firsthand experience feedback on the service. You are right of course about the DB. A great web site. My go to rail site is seat61. https://www.seat61.com/index.html (the man should be knighted!)
I tend to agree. Otherwise its too difficult to get to the places you need to visit. Thanks.
Thanks for the info Julia.We look forward to staying in Turin and by the sounds of it has plenty to offer. It sounds as though you don't think Alba is the place to base ourselves and that we should consider Asti instead. Also we intended to take the train from Turin to Alba but is looks like the train service might be better to Asti. Is that the case?We'll consider hiring a car in Alba/Asti for a few days although we would prefer to avoid the roads if possible. Getting around there probably needs a car though.We are prepared for some hot weather but are not too fazed by it as we live in Australia and know all about heat waves! Any tips you can give are much appreciated. Thanks again.
I know what you mean about cars in Italy! We'll look at getting one in Alba and just hoof it in Turin.Like you guys we're interested in the wine from the region and of course the food. Hope you have a great trip.