Carta Regalo
Una sera in dono
An evening here can be given: a card for any of the menus, a cell for the night, or the whole liturgy from aperitivo to congedo. Handwritten, posted in an envelope that smells faintly of beeswax, valid a year.
Contatti · La strada
Scrivere alla casa
One address, one telephone, one road up. Agnese answers the first two personally, within the day; the third answers for itself, especially above the fog line.
Reaching the house
Dove
Antica Certosa di Pieve d’AltoVia del Monastero 3
12060 Pieve d’Alto CN — Alta Langa, Piemonte
44°31′ N · 8°01′ E · 780 m
Quando
Dinner Wednesday – Sunday, arrival 18:30 – 19:15
Sunday lunch, arrival 12:00 – 12:30
Closed Monday & Tuesday · annual rest 7 January – 6 February
Come
+39 0173 616 342 — from 10:00
riservazioni@vespro.restaurant
For the press: the same address, subject “Stampa”.
La salita
From Alba, 55 minutes by the SP 32; from Torino, 1 h 50. The last four kilometres climb through eleven bends — the road is lit from the valley floor, and on fog evenings you will break above the cloud at the ninth bend. Allow the extra ten minutes the view will take.
Parking inside the walls, with charging for electric cars. Transfer from Alba by arrangement when you reserve.
Le dieci domande
What guests ask, answered plainly
Is there a dress code?
Come as the evening asks. The sala is candlelit stone and most guests dress softly up — but the only rule of the house is comfort that respects the room.
Are children welcome?
Welcome, truly — with a shorter office of hours on request. The room holds one rhythm, so Sunday lunch is the easiest hour for the smallest guests.
Vegetarian or vegan?
L’ORTO is the garden’s own menu, vegetal by birth and priced as an equal. Fully plant-based needs 72 hours’ notice, so the kitchen can rewrite without seams.
Allergies and intolerances?
All fourteen declared allergens are handled in this kitchen. Tell us when you book; the menus are rewritten quietly and never announced at the table.
How far ahead should we book?
The book opens on the first of each month, ninety days ahead. Saturdays and the cells go first; Wednesdays keep a little slack for the spontaneous.
Deposit and cancellation?
€150 per guest with the confirmation, released on arrival. Cancellation is free to 72 hours; after that the deposit becomes a Carta Regalo — evenings are never lost, only moved.
May we bring the dog?
Small dogs are at home in the chiostro and the celle. The sala belongs to the room — and to the thirteen tolls.
What about the fog?
The road is lit from the valley floor and the climb is short. You will likely break above the cloud at the ninth bend — that moment is half the reason to come in autumn.
Can we visit the crypt?
Six guests an evening descend with Pietro, by candle — before dinner, or between the eleventh and twelfth toll. Ask when you reserve.
Do you serve lunch?
Sunday only. The same menus, the valley usually white below until the coffee — a different liturgy, the same bell.