Chef reads the best lists and what reviewers say, and tells you how far each hotel is from dinner.
‹ Every part of AlbaVineyards and hazelnut groves 6 to 12 km from Alba. Quiet at night, with views to the Monviso. You need a car or taxi to get into town.
The food: Locanda del Pilone's starred menus, Visione in Barbaresco (new star, Nov 2026), La Ciau del Tornavento in Treiso, and Casa Scaparone's farm kitchen.
Checking live prices...
A 17th-century farmhouse about 6 km from Alba, with a pool, sunset views and Federico Gallo's one-star kitchen. The family also makes Barolo.
Eleven bright rooms in a 1650 farmhouse on the ridge of Monte Aribaldo, 10 minutes from Alba, with an infinity pool and the family's Martinenga Barbaresco to taste.
Chef looks for hotels in Hills above Alba: Madonna di Como, Treiso and Barbaresco first. Chef picks hotels the way he picks restaurants: from the best lists, and what reviewers say.
Chef's Alba guide is still short on Hills above Alba: Madonna di Como, Treiso and Barbaresco. Ask the food concierge for a list built for your dates, or see everything Chef keeps in Alba.
Sources: Gambero Rosso, Jul 2026, Gazzetta d'Alba, Nov 2026
Chef checks your hotel's rate every morning until free cancellation ends and emails you if it drops.
Chef Amazing remembers every place you ate, keeps the lists friends send you, and helps you cook it at home.
Researched and published by Chef Amazing, from our own stories, this year’s critics and food press, and a check that each place is open. Nobody pays to be on our lists: how we pick. Spot something wrong? Tell us and we fix it.