Castello di Serralunga d'Alba, in the Barolo hills of Piedmont, is available for private events for a small number of guests. The castle offers a vaulted cellar room for business meetings and tastings, a first-floor hall with a coffered ceiling, a garden and a hanging tower for ceremonies. The site gives no seating figures, so capacity has to be agreed with the office.
Seminars and company events
The official events page lists meetings, seminars, get-togethers, team building and award ceremonies. The vaulted cellar room is described as suited to business meetings, and producers can use it to host wine tastings. Three guided formats are sold to company groups. Castle Angels, a legend-hunting game, takes up to 8 people and is suggested for team building. Il castello segreto takes up to 18 people and is suggested for corporate groups. Prosit adds a guided tasting of a Barolo wine and is also aimed at companies. These maximums apply to the activities, not to the rooms.
Weddings and receptions
The castle hosts ceremonies for a small number of guests: civil unions, exchanges of vows and symbolic rites. Possible settings are the garden, the fireplace in the Sala dei Valvassori or the hanging tower on the third floor. The garden is also offered for toasts and exclusive aperitifs. Photo sessions at the castle are available too. A large reception is not described, so couples planning a long dinner should ask which room and which caterer would be possible.
Rooms and capacities
The Giardino has a box hedge and pomegranate plantings and views, and is presented as a setting for an intimate ceremony. The locale cantinato is a vaulted room under the castle. The Sala dei Valvassori, on the first floor, has an antique coffered ceiling and a small frescoed chapel. The site gives no capacity for any of the three. Private events can be held on days and at times when the castle is closed to the public.
Accommodation
The castle does not offer rooms. Guests sleep in the village or in the surrounding Langhe towns, and the office can be asked for suggestions.
Catering
The events page does not describe catering or menus. The only food and drink on the page is the wine tasting in the cellar room and the Barolo tasting that comes with the Prosit experience. Ask the office whether an outside caterer may work in the castle.
History and setting
The castle belongs to the Barolo & Castles Foundation and is protected as Italian national heritage. In the current season it opens to visitors on Thursday afternoons, from Friday to Monday and, in December, on weekends and holidays, which leaves the remaining time for private bookings. Children's birthday formats, such as a treasure hunt for ages 8 to 12, show that the castle also takes family parties.
Getting there
The castle stands in Serralunga d'Alba, in the province of Cuneo. The site gives the address as Viale Castello 1, 12050 Serralunga d'Alba. For availability, contact the office on +39 0173 61 33 58 or by email.
