Sommelier for a day: with a professional sommelier to discover the wines of Biella and Novara!

Meeting at the Golf Club with a professional sommelier of the Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) that will accompany you throughout the day. You will discover, taste after taste, the great and amazing red and white wines of North Piedmont. Whites, as Erbaluce di Caluso, and red as Lessona, Bramaterra, Gattinara and Ghemme. You will visit a winery overlooking Viverone lake, have a lunch in a castle, discover the red wines of Biella at the Tenute Sella wineries and the red wines of Novara of Antichi Vigneti di Cantalupo (Ancient Vineyards of Cantalupo). And finally, during dinner at the restaurant of the Golf Club Le Betulle, your “personal” sommelier will recommend the best combinations of food and the wines you discovered during the day!

Included: visits and tasting as program, full day guided tour with a professional AIS sommelier, lunch.

Not included: drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”  

After breakfast transfer to Roddi, in the Langhe area. Simulation of truffle hunting. Mr. Gianni, Roddi’s expert trifulao (truffle hunter in local language), will illustrate you the history, research techniques and comparisons between the different types of truffles in the area (in case of bad weather, demonstration will be done in a site near the tasting place). Tasting / lunch break.

Visit and tasting in the winery Pier Grasso in Treiso. Possible visit and tasting in the historic winery of Barbaresco Producers and stroll around the charming village that gives its name to the famous wine. Return to hotel and dinner with truffles at the restaurant of the of Golf Club Le Betulle.

Included: truffle hunting, full day guided tour in Langhe, lunch break in Roddi, visits and tastings as program.

Not included: dinner with truffles, drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”

NOTE: price of dinner with truffles depending from the updated cost of the product and only during autumn season.

A day as Jack London: a nordic walking hike and gold panning as in the days of Klondike!: after breakfast, meeting at the Golf Club Le Betulle with the hiking guide, nordic walking instructor and expert gold panner who will take care of  you throughout the day. Walk with nordic walking sticks, from the Golf Club to the Special Nature Reserve of La Bessa, ancient gold mine in Roman times. In Victimula, base of the local Gold Panner Association, with boots, using the special gold panner pan, you will apply the techniques needed to find your personal gold leaf! Lunch at a local restaurant and return to the Golf Club after visiting the Gold Museum, the Bessa Park and the romanic church of Magnano.

Included: gold panning in Victimula center, full day guided tour with hiking guide/nordic walking instructor/gold panner , lunch in local restaurant, nordic walking sticks rental.

Not included: drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”

After breakfast, meeting at the Golf Club Le Betulle with the biking guide who will take care of  you throughout the day. Bike ride from the Golf Club to the Special Nature Reserve of La Bessa, ancient gold mine in Roman times. In Victimula, base of the local Gold Panner Association, with boots and using the special gold panner pan, you will apply the techniques needed to find your personal gold leaf! Lunch at a local restaurant and return to the Golf Club after visiting the Gold Museum, the Park of the Bessa and the Romanic church of Magnano.

Included: gold panning in Victimula center, full day guided tour with biking guide, lunch in local restaurant, e-bike rental.

Not included: drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”

Why not take advantage of the proximity of Biella for a day of shopping at the company stores of the most famous producers of wool and cashmere in the world?

Departure from the Golf Club Le Betulle, together with a tour guide and personal shopper, for a day of pure shopping at the outlets / shops near Biella, taking advantage of special discounts to the customers of the Golf Hotel Le Betulle. Biella, famous worldwide for its textile industries and its wool and cashmere fabrics, is home to companies like Cerruti, Piacenza, Ermenegildo Zegna, Loro Piana, just to name the most well know brads. Moreover, you can visit the outlets of Gucci, La Perla, Borsalino, as well as other high quality brands or more casual ones. After the morning shopping, transfer to Oasi Zegna for lunch at the restaurant of Hotel Bucaneve. Afternoon visit to Casa Zegna, the museum dedicated to the wool and to Ermenegildo Zegna, founder of the famous international brand. Back at the hotel, end of the tour.

Included: visit Casa Zegna, full day guided tour with a tour guide and personal shopper, lunch.

Not included: drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”

After breakfast, transfer to Turin and meeting with the tour guide who will accompany you throughout the day. Departure for a guided tour of the city of Turin. Morning visit to the wonderful complex of La Venaria Reale, the Italian Versailles, and its gardens. We will then move to the city where you can enjoy complete freedom to choose and eat Piedmont and Italian food specialties at Eataly (not included). In the afternoon the visit will continue walking in the city center to learn about the major attractions, squares, monuments of Turin and to taste the famous chocolate at the historic cafes of the city. Return to the hotel, end of tour.

Included: visit La Venaria Reale, full day guided tour with a tour guide, lunch, chocolate tasting in historic cafes.

Not included: lunch, drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”

After breakfast, transfer to Stresa on the shore of Maggiore Lake, meeting with the tour guide and walk to the speedboats start. With a private boat, we set off to Luino with its extraordinary and legendary market.

The market is held today in the city center and counts 374 selling stalls. Tourists arrive there from Austria, Germany, Holland and of course from Switzerland, while special boat trips are organized for visitors coming from the opposite side of the lake and from Locarno. Lunch in a typical restaurant. In the afternoon departure towards the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso: perched on an overhanging cliff facing the lake, the Santa Caterina del Sasso Hermitage is without doubt one of the most beautiful scenery of Lake Maggiore. Art and history blend beautifully into a natural framework, almost a balcony that juts out into the Borromeo Gulf, Stresa and the islands. Transfer to Orta San Giulio, on the Orta lake for a short walk. Return to the hotel, end of tour.

Included: full day private boat rental, full day guided tour with a tour guide, lunch.

Not included: drinks, transfers car/minibus with private driver, anything not indicated as “included”

After breakfast transfer to Entreves, near Courmayeur, at the foot of Mont Blanc, taking the spectacular cable car to Rifugio Torino at the Colle del Gigante (3,330 m), and then to Punta Helbronner (3,462 m), where, on a magnificent terrace, you can enjoy a spectacular view across the Alps from the summit of Mont Blanc to the Dente del Gigante (Giant's Tooth), the famous "4000" of Europe such as the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, the Grivola, Gran Paradiso. Descent by cable car and lunch. Afternoon of complete relaxation at the Terme di Pré spa: Pré Saint Didier spa are known since Roman times for the relaxing properties of their waters and for years the favorite vacation spot of the Kings of Italy, the Savoia family. The spa includes over forty spa treatments and a large garden for a bath under a snowfall in winter or a pleasant sunbathing in summer. Return to the hotel and end of tour.

Included:  lunch, entrance ticket to the Terme di Pré spa (price include the use of bathrobe, towel, flip flops, a light buffet with fruit, bread, breadsticks, yogurt, infusions and fruit juices, as well as special treatments inside the saunas and the steam bath. Guests under the age of 14 are not allowed), two way cable car ticket La Palud - Rifugio Torino.

Not included: drinks, transport car / minibus with driver. Anything not specifically mentioned in "included".