Alberto Burzio, journalist, born in 1959, lives in Frassino, in green Valle Varaita, where since May 2006 opened the “Bed&Breakfast Barba Bertu” ("A realization of a dream", admits the writer). After getting a scientific diploma, he worked for twenty years at the Post Office of Saluzzo. At 42 he is fired, devoting himself to his passion: writing full time.

TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence attaches a housing, the attractions and restaurants that get very positive reviews from travelers steadily. In 2015, "B & B Barba Bertu" was awarded the five stars of Excellence, the highest level of positive comments made by customers who have chosen and are encouraging curious travelers. For users who love the mountains and seek alternative routes out of the busier resort.

Average Varaita Valley, in a mountain house refurbished with good taste, is the "B & B Barba Bertu". The handler is Alberto Burzio, journalist and writer for passion, love of the Valley and of the simple people (to which he devoted five books). The house is enriched with plants and flowers. In front of the "B & B Barba Bertu", there is also a small garden of high mountain flowers, created by Domenico Montevecchi, creator of the magnificent "Botanical Garden Villa Bricherasio" in Saluzzo.

The "Bed & Breakfast Barba Bertu" is in a very happy geographic position, a few kilometers from places of great interest: the high "Val Varaita", with typical houses with roofs in stone said "lose" and many opportunities for hiking, snowshoeing, bike rides, climbing, skiing at the foot of Monviso Mount; the panoramic mountain pass to France "Colle dell'Agnello, with its nice marmots in the meadows; the mountain pass 'Colle di Sampeyre' that joining in Elva, whose parish house keep magnificent frescoes by Hans Clemer; the Sanctuary of Valmala, the most important of the Diocese of Saluzzo; the castles of Manta and Lagnasco; Saluzzo, capital of the Marquis; the source of the Po 'Pian del Re'; Staffarda Abbey and the village of Pra d 'Mill, where today live 14 monks; Cuneo, the capital of the "Provincia Granda" ... Without forgetting the many festivities of the Occitan tradition!