To Costigliole d’Asti the Gran Carnival opens Saturday 13 February with an important enogastronomic meeting: to 8 pm in the town saloon the Gran Dinner of Carnival offers a rich menu that foresees Piedmont appetizers, cappelletti in brodo, gran bollito misto with bagnet and budino di panettone. Booking not over Wednesday 10 February (tel. 349.6732640). The traditional disguised celebrations continue for the streets and the squares of the country Sunday 14 February from 2 pm: will be protagonists the Complesso Bandistico Costigliolese, the sbandieratori and musicians of the Gruppo Alfieri e Alfierini of Costigliole d’Asti, the majorettes New Ladies, animations and inflatable for the children. Distribution of warm chocolate and the sweet and salty chiciole with good wine.