Hotel Le Case dei Conti Mirafiore

Molto bello il contesto e il paesaggio, buoni i servizi. Personale gentile. Camera ben arredata. Ho trovato un po' scomodo il materasso e l'aria condizionata un po' rumorosa e non ottimamente rinfrescante. Colazione buona e completa (caffetteria servita, piatti caldi dalla cucina, frutta, yogurt, succhi, ...), ma forse si potrebbe fare una proposta dolce (intesa come brioche, torte, biscotti) un po' più ricca. Bella la visita alla cantina, anche se un po' più incentrata sulla storia che sul vino (su cui avrei apprezzato maggiori dettagli). Prezzo medio/alto.

Abbiamo soggiornato nel "Hotel Case dei Conti Mirafiore" per due notti con i nostri figli di 14 anni. Colazione a buffet molto buona, le due camere ampie e spaziose con balconcino o terrazza. Hotel molto grande, diviso su più strutture e accogliente, posizione incantevole e molto funzionale come base per gli spostamenti nelle Langhe.

It’s interesting to note that Villagio Narrante at Fontanafredda Winery has three hotels on the expansive grounds…Mirafoire, Forestiere, AND Cascino Galerej. We stayed in the latter, an old farmstead on the top of a large hill among the vineyards converted into a 10 room modern hotel complete with indoor/outdoor swimming pool, beautiful grounds among the extensive vineyards, and a very nice small dining room wide open with glass to view the surrounding countryside…excellent breakfast every morning and dinner on some, but not all nights. Really friendly nice staff. The rooms were really nice and modern with new bathroom, etc. Of course, you have full run of the entire winery with Guido and Disguido restaurants down the hill. One large caveat. The road from down below is a twisting narrow road through the vineyards; and there is NO golf cart service, etc. You MUST have a car to stay here, period. And you MUST have a car to get around the hill towns and Alba. There are NO local cab services; you would have to arrange an expensive driver; and transfers to and from Milan Linate airport are very expensive. If you want to stay here, you NEED A CAR. And you will be driving to dinner even if you are eating “on premises” at Guido or Disguido. Having said that, no big deal; we did it and really enjoyed the place. The views are outstanding. Very well-kept property. Also understand you are in the middle of a very active top vineyard, and yes, you will get a few bugs in the room every day since they somehow get in under the door, or if you keep your window open for the great view…but they are slow and harmless…no big deal. We would definitely stay here again; and that would be over the Mirafoire where our friends stayed, even though that is walking distance from the winery, Disguido and Guido…the view and the pool/nice little restaurant, etc makes it special. There’s an outside hot tub too. These hotels are an easy 20 minutes to Alba, a half hour to Barbaresco, and right in the middle of Serralunga, Monforte d’Alba, Barolo, etc. So if you’re here for the wine scene, this is a great place to stay. We also did the tour/tasting at Fontanafredda Cellars, which was nice. Lovely place. It’s about a two hour drive from Milan-Linate, which has all the usal rental cars. Easy drive mostly on the autostradas (pay the 100 EU for the unlimited toll pass, and the gas included 92 EU was worth it…did all the driving around for four days on 3/4 tank of gas…into Alba for the White Truffle Festival, to Barbaresco for a day; and to Barolo another day). Driving in and around the hill towns isn’t for the white-knuckle driver though; much better to drive around during the day than at night where it gets a little testy with no lighting and few guard-rails. Which makes the Fontanafreda trio of hotels a nice play to stay because you can eat at the three restaurants and not have to go driving around at night for dinner.

The hotel and surrounding property were beautiful. It is a new hotel set in the summer home of a past Italian king with vineyards and a forest to walk through. The hotel breakfast buffet was quite large, especially by Italian standards and everything was made fresh and delicious. The restaurant hotel had excellent food and we ended up eating there two nights because we enjoyed the first one so much.

Beautiful tranquil atmosphere. Friendly efficient staff