Gattinara

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Gattinara

A producer of excellent wines, Gattinara is an ancient town surrounded by rolling hills that offer amazing views of the Vercelli plain and Mount Rosa.

THE TOWN OF GATTINARA

Gattinara is an ancient village, known in Italy and around the world for the namesake fine wine produced here – Gattinara DOCG.

In the old town centre, which has retained its ancient Roman urban layout, there are charming arcades, old shops and elegant 19th century villas. The imposing 15th century Parish Church of St Peter, with its Lombard-Gothic façade, is of particular interest.

To enjoy the unique landscape of the town of Gattinara and the surrounding vineyards, you can reach the hilltop behind the village, the enchanting Castelle Tower with its adjacent Giant Red Bench, the pretty Chapel of Our Lady of the Snow and the ruins of the Castle of St. Lawrence, located at 540 m, at the top of one of the highest hills north of Gattinara.

**The Alps and the parish Church of St Peter**

THE REGIONAL WINE SHOP OF GATTINARA

The Regional Wine Shop of Gattinara was established in 1999 to relaunch and protect local wines. It also promotes numerous initiatives to raise awareness of viticulture and the Nebbiolo lands of northern Piedmont. The venue is Villa Paolotti, a 19th century manor house and once the historic wine shop in Gattinara, an ideal place to learn about excellent wines, taste and purchase them. At the villa you can visit the Gattinara Ecomuseum, which collects some interesting objects and tools of rural life in the past.

THE ROUTES OF THE GATTINARA HILLS

Gattinara has a number of beautiful routes immersed in nature that can be enjoyed on foot or by bicycle, and which are suitable for all ages

Do not miss: the Wine Routes, a path through art and excellent wines, which develops at various points in Gattinara and the neighbouring towns, and the “Big Bench”, the giant red bench, positioned near the Castelle Tower in a suggestive and scenic spot above the town.

Mountain bike enthusiasts will find the Wine Routes extremely interesting, an enchanting trail that makes its way through the wine villages of High Piedmont, and the “Sentieri dei Gatti”, a series of different paths leading to the nearby villages of Lozzolo and Serravalle Sesia.