{"id":8254,"date":"2016-02-02T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=8254"},"modified":"2016-02-03T06:56:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T05:56:09","slug":"piedmont-prarostino-altrove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/piedmont-prarostino-altrove\/","title":{"rendered":"B&B Altrove: charm and hospitality in Piedmont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s start this journey. We’ll discover a corner of Italy, there, near the French border. Turin<\/strong> is not far away, but here nature reigns. The bag is packed and the train ahead. Let’s find out the magic of the B&B Altrove<\/strong>!<\/p>\n


\nHere we are in the Vaudois Valley,<\/strong> there where the Chisone Valley meets Val Pellice. The town of Prarostino<\/strong> is the union of villages and hamlets that extend from the hill, 450m s.l.m, to the mountain, at a height of about 1100m. The inhabitants are a little over 1,200, and walking the streets of the village you can still here someone speak patou\u00e0<\/em>, the language of the Waldensian.<\/p>\n

Why did you choose Prarostino?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The choice of Prarostino was a real gamble, Grazia tells us.<\/p>\n

We have always lived in Turin<\/strong>, and we did not know at all Val<\/strong> Tisone<\/strong>. Then, during a year that was really hot we tried to rent a house to spend the summer. So we arrived in Prarostino<\/strong> and we love it madly. The next year we bought an old house of 700 that needed to be completely restored. We recovered following the principles of green building, bringing it back as it was before. The available space was more than we needed, we had an extra room to accommodate friends. This gave rise to the room at the B&B. The room for guests is ideal for couples, has a private bathroom and a separate entrance.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What made you fall in love with this place?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We liked the small village made up of several houses of the late eighteenth – early nineteenth century, surrounded by nature but close to the city. We are between 750 and 800 meters above sea level. 5 minutes from home we have an organic garden<\/strong> shared with a dear friend, from which we get the fresh vegetables for our menu and fruit jams (homemade) for our guests. Here it’s easy to find genuine products: there is the friend farmer who raises cows and produces delicious<\/strong> cheese<\/strong>, a big family every Saturday bakes bread made with sourdough<\/strong>, and sells a grape called special ‘Doux d’Henry’ or ‘doun of Henry’ (gift of Henry, in honor of Henry IV). This dark delicious grape comes from a native and very fine vine, which once produced a special wine.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"B&B<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The B&B Altrove<\/a><\/strong> (altrove means elsewhere in Italian) comes with its ancient stone<\/strong> facade, covered by green ivy.
\nTo welcome us there’s Grazia, while Ferruccio, his partner, is in the kitchen. He’s baking the bread and pastries<\/strong> for the organic<\/strong> breakfast<\/strong>. The rooms are cozy, tastefully decorated; the atmosphere is enveloping.
\nThe scent of wood and of freshly baked bread<\/strong>, an unusual silence<\/strong> that we are not used to hear, pictures<\/strong> and books scattered around, objects of design<\/strong>: each detail makes Altrove a place of poetry and serenity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t