Borgo Isolabella, Loazzolo, Piemonte

Ayurvedic Wellness in the Piedmont Hills

VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness is part of Borgo Isolabella — a wine estate, relais (boutique hotel), and cultural space in Loazzolo, in the hills of the Langhe. This is not a wellness centre that happens to be near vineyards. The vineyards are the context. The landscape is part of the practice.

Borgo Isolabella

Borgo Isolabella sits in Loazzolo, one of Italy's smallest wine appellations, known for its late-harvest Moscato passito and for a quality of landscape that resists being hurried. The estate produces wine, hosts guests, exhibits art, and — through VEDA — now offers something that no other wine estate in Piemonte does: a full Ayurvedic practice rooted in the same philosophy of seasonal attentiveness that the vineyard itself embodies.

The buildings are old. The cantina, where the wines rest and slowly become themselves, sits at the heart of the estate. The hospitality rooms look out over rows of vines that change character with every season. The infinity pool reflects the sky that the Nebbiolo and Moscato grapes have been reading for generations.

What happens at Borgo Isolabella — the wine, the food, the art, the practice of Ayurveda — is not a collection of separate amenities. It is the expression of a single sensibility: that attention, applied to a place and the people within it, produces something that cannot be found anywhere else.

"Here, the place is part of the practice."

Borgo Isolabella wine estate and relais nestled in the hills of Loazzolo, Piemonte — the home of VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness

Golden sunset over the infinity pool at Borgo Isolabella in Loazzolo, Piemonte — VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness retreat setting

Autumn foliage and forested hills of Loazzolo, Piemonte, surrounding VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness at Borgo Isolabella

Wisteria courtyard at Borgo Isolabella estate, location of VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness in Loazzolo, Piemonte

Driveway entrance to Borgo Isolabella estate and VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness in Loazzolo, Piemonte

Infinity pool overlooking the vineyard hills at Borgo Isolabella, Loazzolo, Piemonte — VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness retreat

Loazzolo and the Territory

Loazzolo is a comune of a few hundred inhabitants in the province of Asti, at the edge of the Langhe where the hills begin to rise toward the Ligurian Apennines. Its wine appellation — Loazzolo DOC — produces only one wine: a Passito di Moscato, made from grapes that are left on the vine well past the standard harvest to concentrate their sugars in the autumn sun.

The choice to wait — to let the fruit reach its proper fullness on its own time — is characteristic of this place. It is also, not coincidentally, one of the central principles of Ayurveda. The Sanskrit concept of pakva — ripening, arriving at completeness through the correct application of time and conditions — could have been coined in these hills.

Within an hour of Borgo Isolabella: the Barbera d'Asti vineyards to the north; the Moscato d'Asti hills to the east; and, to the south, Alba and the great Nebbiolo appellations of the Langhe, Barolo and Barbaresco. The territory is one of the richest wine landscapes in Europe, and one of the least trafficked by mass tourism. Guests who find it tend to return.

Vineyard rows at Borgo Isolabella estate in Loazzolo, Piemonte — the scenic landscape surrounding VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness

The Experience at Borgo Isolabella

Ayurvedic Wellness During Your Stay in Piedmont

Individual treatments

The full VEDA treatment menu is available to all guests — day visitors and overnight guests alike. Enjoy an Ayurvedic massage during your stay in Piedmont, with sessions running from 30 to 90 minutes. Every session begins with a brief constitutional assessment; Poonam selects the oil, technique, and sequence based on what she finds. See the full treatments page for details and pricing.

Multi-day programmes

The 2-Day, 3-Day, and 5-Day programmes are designed for guests who want to go deeper — a structured sequence of treatments that build on one another across consecutive days. These work particularly well when combined with accommodation at the relais, allowing the rhythm of the programme to extend beyond the treatment room into Ayurvedic meals, rest, and the landscape.

Featured Experience

Mezza Giornata di Equilibrio

Half a Day of Balance — The Signature Borgo Isolabella Experience

This is the experience that exists nowhere else in Europe.

A half-day that moves between two ancient practices — one from India, one from Piemonte — without a gap between them.

The morning begins with a Dosha Consultation: Poonam asks questions to know your constitution — your sleep, the season that is sitting most heavily on you right now. From that conversation, she selects the Abhyanga treatment — warm herb-infused oil, an unhurried full-body practice — that corresponds precisely to who you are and what this particular moment asks of you.

After the treatment, you move outside. A guided walk through Borgo Isolabella's vineyards, following the rows of vines that are — depending on the season — budding, flowering, heavy with fruit, or bare and patient in the winter air. The walk takes approximately 45 minutes. It is not a lecture. It is a transition — from the inward attention of the treatment to the outward attention of the landscape.

The afternoon closes in the tasting room. A curated selection of Borgo Isolabella wines. The tasting is a different kind of listening.

Dosha Consultation with Poonam Verma (30 min)
Abhyanga full-body oil treatment, personalised to your constitution (45 min)
Guided vineyard walk at Borgo Isolabella (45 min)
Guided wine tasting (45 min)
Herbal tea and seasonal light lunch or aperitivo

€230 per person

€420 per couple

~3.5 hrs duration

Available Tuesday to Sunday, morning session beginning at 9:30. Booking required at least 48 hours in advance. Group version available for groups of 4–10.

Swimming pool surrounded by lush green hills at Borgo Isolabella, Loazzolo, Piemonte — VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness estate

Getting Here

Directions to Borgo Isolabella

From Turin (Torino)

A21 motorway

A21 motorway toward Alessandria, exit Felizzano, then SP35 toward Canelli. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.

From Milan (Milano)

A7 motorway

A7 motorway toward Genova, exit Alessandria Sud, then SP35 via Nizza Monferrato toward Canelli. Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes.

From Asti

SP35 south

SP35 south via Canelli toward Loazzolo. Approximately 45 minutes.

From Genova

A26 / A21

A26 toward Alessandria, then A21 toward Asti, exit Nizza Monferrato. Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.

By Train

Trains to Asti

Trains to Asti (connections from Turin, Milan, Genova). From Asti station, taxi or private transfer to Loazzolo, approximately 40 minutes. Transfer can be arranged through Borgo Isolabella.

VEDA Ayurvedic Wellness at Borgo Isolabella

Regione Caffi 3, 14051 Loazzolo (AT), Piemonte, Italy

Private transfer from Asti, Turin, or Milan can be arranged on request.
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