Info

Cheese 2009
September 18-21 in Bra, Province of Cuneo, Italy

Opening Hours
Friday 18: 11 am – 11 pm (Great Hall and Enoteca: 12.30 pm – 11 pm)
Saturday 19 and Sunday 20: 10 am to 11 pm
Monday 21: 10 am to 8 pm

How to Book Cheese Events

(Taste Workshops, Dinner Dates and Master of Food) Visit the “Bookable events” section of the website.
Bookings close on September 7.
Any remaining places will be available from the Workshop Reception during the event.

For Slow Food members:

• € 5 discount on Taste Workshops, Dinner Dates and Master of Food
• 50% discount on entrance to the Great Hall
  
  

How to Get to Cheese

By train (best option)
The Bra train station is just a few minutes walk from the Cheese venues!

By car
From the Turin-Savona A6: exit at Marene Cherasco and follow the signs for Bra
From the Turin-Piacenza A21: exit at Asti Est, join the Asti-Cuneo A33 towards Alba,then follow the signs for Bra.

By plane
Cuneo Levaldigi airport: 30 km from Bra.
Turin Caselle airport: 75 km from Bra.

Shuttle bus
There will be a shuttle bus service every day between Bra and Pollenzo.

Parking at Cheese

Shuttles linking parking spaces and Bra town center

The City of Bra and Slow Food, organizers of Cheese, A Thousand Ways With Milk, September 18 – 21 in Bra, provide solutions for parking with shuttles constantly linking parking areas and Bra historical center from 10 am to 11 pm. There are two main parking areas, one in Viale Nogaris for visitors coming from Milano, Asti and Alba and the second one, for visitors coming from Turin and Cuneo, is near Viale Monviso, along the ring road. The shuttles will link the two parking zones with the event areas, leaving when their capacity is reached. The cost of transport is of 1 euro and will be given to the Slow Food Biodiversity Foundation.

Extra-urban buses with terminus at the Movicentro

The city conurbation bus lines (orange buses) will be modified during Cheese. The terminus for city buses will be Piazza Roma and the only stops: via Vittorio Veneto, corso Trento e Trieste and via G. B. Gandino. The terminus for extra-urban lines (blu buses) will be in piazza Carabinieri caduti a Nassirya and not at the usual Piazza Roma gardens. These changes will become permanent from Monday September 21 for all extra-urban buses and school buses.


info: Città di Bra – Ufficio Manifestazioni (Events Office)
tel. 0172.430185 – turismo@comune.bra.cn.it