Relais Al Bel San Domenico

"He had always thought of them, the hills, as the natural theater for his love. But he had to do the last thing he could imagine there: war."

This is one of the memorable passages of A Private Affair - the most beautiful novel by Beppe Fenoglio - focused on a story of love and war between Milton and Fulvia.

Well, Fulvia lived here! She was, in fact, modeled on Benedetta Ferrero, Italo’s sister; actually called aunt Mimma by everyone in her family.

Here you can really smell the 40s air, by the soft light of the face-powder coloured tents, the original furniture, the pictures of Benedetta as a young girl, the petineuse and especially the radio forever freezed on Over The Rainbow.