Langhe & Monferrato · Piedmont, Italy
The Tuscany that hasn’t been discovered yet.
Vineyard hills in the morning fog, white truffles in autumn, and two of Italy’s fifteen three-star kitchens, at a fraction of Tuscan prices. Village houses, villas, farmhouses and wine estates, guided personally by Biagio Montaiuti.
43%
lower average asking price per m² in the Barolo and Barbaresco villages than in Chianti and Val d’Orcia
2 of 15
of Italy’s three-Michelin-star restaurants are in the Langhe. All of Tuscany has one.
2014
the year UNESCO inscribed the vineyard landscape of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato as World Heritage
≈ 2 h
by car to Milan Malpensa, which has nonstop flights to the United States, including Miami
Why the Langhe
Where Italians go when they want Italy to themselves.
South of Turin, the land folds into steep hills striped with Nebbiolo vines. Medieval villages and castles sit on every ridge; hazelnut groves fill the cooler slopes; the valleys hold the fog until late morning. This is the Langhe, and with the Monferrato and the Roero it makes up one of the great wine landscapes of the world.
A protected landscape
The vineyard landscape of the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014. The views you buy are, in large part, the views you keep.
One of Europe’s great tables
Barolo and Barbaresco, the white truffle of Alba, the hazelnut, and the town where Slow Food was born. The province of Cuneo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than the province of Florence.
Value that Tuscany left behind
In the Barolo and Barbaresco villages, average asking prices are about 43% below those of Chianti and the Val d’Orcia. In the Monferrato, about 66% below.
A life with four seasons
Truffle autumns, snowy Alps ninety minutes away, the Ligurian sea in under two hours, and a cost of living far below Miami or New York.
Langhe vs Tuscany
Barolo views, for less than a flat in Chianti.
Compare average asking prices per square metre across the wine villages. The Langhe’s most famous addresses still cost far less than their Tuscan equivalents, and the Monferrato is quieter and more affordable still.
- Average of La Morra, Barolo, Monforte d’Alba and Neive, per m²
- €1,483
- Average of seven Chianti and Val d’Orcia villages, per m²
- €2,603
- Average of Rocca Grimalda, Ovada and Nizza Monferrato, per m²
- €876
Entry point: village houses that need renovation are listed from around €19,000. They need real work. Restored farmhouses typically run about €1,000–1,800 per m².
See the full comparison| Town | € per m² |
|---|---|
| Monferrato | |
| Rocca GrimaldaAlto Monferrato | € 726 |
| OvadaAlto Monferrato | € 809 |
| Nizza MonferratoMonferrato | € 1,092 |
| Langhe | |
| NeiveBarbaresco hills | € 1,193 |
| Monforte d'AlbaBarolo hills | € 1,420 |
| La MorraBarolo hills | € 1,625 |
| BaroloBarolo hills | € 1,694 |
| AlbaCapital of the Langhe | € 2,345 |
| Tuscany: Chianti & Val d'Orcia | |
| MontalcinoVal d'Orcia | € 2,271 |
| Gaiole in ChiantiChianti | € 2,594 |
| Castellina in ChiantiChianti | € 2,642 |
| Greve in ChiantiChianti | € 2,784 |
| PienzaVal d'Orcia | € 2,818 |
| Radda in ChiantiChianti | € 2,972 |
Wine, truffles, stars
A land that sets the world’s finest tables.
Barolo & Barbaresco
The Barolo DOCG covers roughly 2,000 hectares across eleven municipalities; Barbaresco about 800. Owning a house here means living inside the vineyards that make two of Italy’s most celebrated wines.
The white truffle of Alba
Every autumn the International White Truffle Fair takes over Alba. Its 96th edition runs from 10 October to 6 December 2026.
Two three-star kitchens
Italy has fifteen three-Michelin-star restaurants in 2026. Two are in the Langhe: Piazza Duomo in Alba and La Rei Natura in Serralunga d’Alba. The province of Cuneo has fourteen starred restaurants in all, thirteen of them in the Langhe, Roero and around Bra.
UNESCO World Heritage
Inscribed on 22 June 2014, the site has six components, from the Langa del Barolo to the Monferrato degli Infernot, with 29 municipalities in its core zone.
Festivals & sagre
Almost every weekend, a festival.
From spring to late autumn, almost every weekend some village in the Langhe, Roero or Monferrato holds a sagra or fiera, and in the October–December truffle season several happen on the same Sunday.
In 2026 the Monferrato tourism portal alone lists 22 truffle-fair dates between early October and mid-December, often three or four on the same Sunday. monferratontour.it (opens in a new tab)
See the festival calendar
TruffleFiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d’Alba
Alba · Weekends from early or mid October to early December
WineVinum
Alba · Late April to early May, two weekends
ChestnutsCastagnata e Sapori d’autunno
Tagliolo Monferrato · Third Sunday of October
HazelnutsFiera Nazionale della Nocciola
Cortemilia · Late August, nine days
PalioPalio di Asti
Asti · First Sunday of September
A morning walk
Breakfast is whatever the season puts in your hand.
Step out of the door and you are in the vineyards. The paths run between the rows, past orchards and old farmhouses. An apple from the tree becomes a gift for the horses in the next field, and the figs, plums, grapes or hazelnuts of the season become your breakfast along the way.
Deer cross the rows at first light. From the hilltops you see one valley on one side, another valley on the other, and a castle on the crest between them.
This is the real reason people come here. A lower cost of living, yes, but above all the chance to live life to the fullest, every single day.
“Valleys on either side, a castle on the hill, fruit in your hand. It’s unbeatable.”
Access & everyday life
Remote enough to feel undiscovered. Close enough to everything.
By car from Alba
- Turin
- about 1 hour
- Cuneo airport
- about 40 minutes
- Ligurian coast (Savona)
- about 1 h 30
- Alpine skiing (Limone Piemonte)
- about 1 h 30
- Milan Malpensa, nonstop to the US
- about 2 hours
- Nice and the Riviera
- about 3 hours
Typical drive times in normal traffic.
Quality of life
Il Sole 24 Ore’s 2025 Quality of Life index ranks the province of Cuneo 27th of 107 Italian provinces, ahead of Florence (36th) and Lucca (58th).
Cost of living
From our experience on the ground: in a small Langhe or Monferrato village, with a small house, you can live comfortably on about €2,500 a month. Crowd-sourced Numbeo data point the same way: living costs including rent run about twice as high in Miami as in Cuneo.
Flights home
Milan Malpensa has nonstop flights to New York, Newark, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston and Miami. For Florida, the Miami–Malpensa route is the one to know. Schedules vary by season.
Featured properties
Our first homes are being prepared.
We are documenting a small, carefully chosen collection across the Langhe & Monferrato. Register your interest and you’ll see each property before it is published.
Register your interestBeyond the hills
In Piedmont, nothing is far away.
Within a morning’s drive, ski beneath Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, or on the slopes of Monte Rosa, Piedmont’s own 4,000-metre giant. Then come back down to Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta, to caves and waterfalls, and to the hills and wine producers you call home.
Skiing & the high Alps
Limone Piemonte · Prato Nevoso · Sestriere
The great lakes
Lago Maggiore · Lago d’Orta · Lake Como
Caves & waterfalls
Grotta di Bossea · Grotta di Rio Martino · Cascata del Toce
Wine producers
Barolo · Barbaresco · Gavi
The sea
Genoa & the Ligurian Riviera
Drive times are approximate, in normal traffic. Allow more at weekends and on mountain roads in winter.
Living near Ovada
From the vineyards around Ovada, the Ligurian sea is close: about 30–40 minutes to the beaches of Voltri, Arenzano and Varazze, and around 45 minutes to Genoa and its airport. Milan and Turin are about an hour and a half away by motorway, and Milan Malpensa is under two hours. Country life, with the Riviera and two great cities on your doorstep.
- Ligurian beaches
- ≈ 30–40 min
- Genoa
- ≈ 45 min
- Milan & Turin
- ≈ 1 h 30
- Milan Malpensa
- under 2 h
Your guide
Biagio Montaiuti
“Buying a home in another country should feel like being introduced by a friend, not processed by a portal.”
Biagio has built his career selling hospitality assets, from hotels and restaurants to commercial property, in Florida and in Italy. He knows both sides of a transatlantic purchase: what an American buyer expects, and how an Italian sale actually reaches the notary’s table.
He works in English and Italian, visits properties in person, and tells you plainly what a house will need, from the roof to the paperwork.
How a purchase works with us
A first conversation
We talk about how you want to live: village or vineyard, restoration or ready to move in, budget and timing.
A private shortlist
We visit and pre-screen homes for you, then arrange viewings in the hills, in person or by video.
Offer and preliminary contract
We negotiate on your behalf and coordinate the written offer and the compromesso, the binding preliminary contract.
The notary’s deed
A public notary checks title and registers the sale. We work alongside your notary, surveyor and, where needed, a sworn interpreter.
After the keys
Utilities, residence, renovation teams and local introductions: we stay with you after the sale.
In the press
What travel and property writers say about the region
“Italians don’t want you to know about their ‘secret Tuscany’”
The Telegraph (opens in a new tab) “Italy’s best-kept secret? Why Piedmont should be on your 2026 list”
Condé Nast Traveller, May 2026 (opens in a new tab) “International buyers, especially Americans, see the area as an alternative to Tuscany”
Engel & Völkers market report, via idealista, August 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Press coverage of the Langhe and Piedmont, not of Italian Country Estates.
Begin here
Tell us about the house you have in mind.
A farmhouse to restore in the Alta Langa, a village house in La Morra, a wine estate in the Monferrato. Share a few details and Biagio will reply personally with honest advice and, when they’re ready, the homes that fit.