La Fertè — Hotel in Asti

We discovered this gem by browsing to the websites of all the hotels in Asti and we were glad we did so. The hotel is located just outside of Asti in a beautifully renovated villa. The hotel amenities are very modern and also the rooms are well equiped: clean bathroom, tv, free wifi, comfortable bed (!), air conditioning, minibar, ... We found it very pleasant to stay in our room after dinner.||||Most of the time we chose to have dinner at the hotel because the hotel restaurant turned out to be serving splendid local dishes: one even had the choice between pizzas and normal italian food. We were glad we could eat here and be sure of the quality of our food and not needing to look every night for a restaurant. Although in Piedmont you do not encounter many tourist trap restaurants, we found this very easy. We stayed there one week and found every night something else on the menu card. (Actually all dishes are very good.) This also had the benefit that we could finish the bottle of wine we opened in the restaurant in our room while watching tv or checking our mail. Their wine list is also very good (and not very pricy), in my opinion.||||The breakfast is Italian style (cookies), but they did their effort to offer a broader selection: cereals and fresh croissants. Being Belgian, we usually take a more extended type of breakfast, but we were prepared to having an Italian breakfast and did not find it disturbing. We surely never started the day with hunger.||||The only down side is maybe that it is just too far from the city centre to walk. If it were closer, we would probably had dinner some night in the city. But maybe the quality of our dinner would then have been worse, so we are not complaining. :)||||We took this location as basis to discover Piedmont (and Genova) because its strategic location near the highway. This turned out a very good choice. All destinations were within a fair...

This small hotel is very odd but fine for a stopover en route to France/Italy. It is set in the countryside so very quiet and parking in grounds. Good welcome with a cup of tea on arrival. The room No 2) is a good size with desk, tv, small fridge. There are bedside tables and good lighting. Bed comfortable. Bathroom nicely tiled with walk in shower. Spotlessly clean.||||Food in the restaurant was average but they make pizzas which might be wise to keep to. Very popular with locals and families.. Outside terrace with very odd...

Abbiamo prenotato la cena per il compleanno con the fork, confermata poco dopo. Per pura combinazione abbiamo saputo che era una serata "apericena * quindi dopo gli inviti, eravamo in 6 ci siamo trovati costretti a chiamare per capire cosa stesse succedendo visto che noi avevamo prenotato per una cena e come the fork non ci avesse infornati(non devono farlo loro...). Quindi ci siamo trovati per una questione di tempo ad accettare. Noi siamo di Cuneo. Il bello deve ancora venire! Arrivati abbiamo subito notato il posto molto carino,ma con tavolate non proprio ben apparecchiate esteticamente. Coda per pagare l'apericena che costava 30€ alcolico e 25€ analcolico, quindi visti i prezzi grandi aspettative!!. Dopo più di 20 minuti dall'arrivo dei cocktail, è arrivato anche il cibo. Pomodori conditi in due modi, ceci conditi, qualche fettina di affettato e formaggio, una pasta scotta fredda e tutta rotta con pesce improbabile (per niente buona) pane per bruschetta non commestibile, pizza. Esatto singolare per 6 persone una pizza margherita. Tutto questo ben di Dio per 30 miseri € a testa 😱😱🙁😩 Logicamente ci siamo lamentati e abbiamo richiesto un'altra pizza che è arrivata. Musica carina, location con grande spazio esterno, abbiamo ballato ed è stata l'unica cosa positiva della serata. Gran potenziale ma nessuna idea e organizzazione...