What is Guarene known for?

Eighteenth-century baroque castle of the Roero bankers of Asti, rebuilt from 1726, now a Relais & Châteaux hotel and museum. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's first venue, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, plus a 2019 sculpture park in the surrounding vineyards. Sandy hill country across the Tanaro from the Langhe, producing Roero Arneis and Roero DOCG Nebbiolo at 350-400 meters.

Guarene is a comune in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region of Italy, about 76 kilometers from Torino.

Piedmont · Cuneo

Guarene

A Roero hilltop villageabove the Tanaro, whose Roero family baroque castle is now a luxury hotel and contemporary art destination.

76 km / 47 mi

Nearest hub (Torino)

3,551

Population

Apr–Oct

Best time to visit

Recognised as

Why come

Guarene sitson the left bank of the Tanaro, the last hill of the Roero before the river crosses to Alba and the Langhe. The Roero family, powerful Asti bankers, took the village in 1379 and held it until the line ended with Count Alessandro in 1899. Count Carlo Giacinto Roero rebuilt the medieval fortress between 1726 and his death, turning it into a baroque summer residence; his sons completed the work and hosted the king and queen of Sardinia here in 1773. The castle is now a Relais & Châteaux hotel with a small museum. On the slope below the village, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo opened Palazzo Re Rebaudengo in 1997 as its first contemporary art space; the foundation added an open-air sculpture park in 2019 with works by Carsten Höller, Marguerite Humeau, and Paul Kneale set among pear orchards and Nebbiolo rows. The hill carries four institutional signals at once, the highest density of any Roero commune.

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Known for

Castello di Guarene
Eighteenth-century baroque castle rebuilt 1726 by Count Carlo Giacinto Roero from a medieval fortress, now a Relais & Châteaux hotel.
Palazzo Re Rebaudengo
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's first contemporary art space, opened 1997 in an eighteenth-century palazzo in the village.
Parco d'arte Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Open-air sculpture park opened 2019 with works by Carsten Höller, Marguerite Humeau, and Paul Kneale among Nebbiolo rows and pear orchards.
Chiesa parrocchiale dei SS. Pietro e Bartolomeo
Baroque parish church in the village, with eighteenth-century stuccoes and altarpieces commissioned by the Roero family.
Belvedere di Guarene
Lookout terrace at the top of the village over the Tanaro and across to Alba and the Langhe hills beyond.

When to visit

Best months · Apr–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

April through October is the season. May and June green the Roero hills and the castle gardens open. September and October bring the harvest and Arneis bottling; the Tartufo Bianco d'Alba fair in October fills the surrounding villages. July and August touch thirty degrees; the village stays warmer than the Tanaro flat below. November is foggy and the cantine taste through new wines. December through March is quiet but the castle hotel and the Sandretto art park stay open by reservation; the contemporary art sometimes works better against winter trees than in summer green.