Rovegno Potato Festival

The Rovegno Potato

The Potato Festival is the autumn event in Rovegno, a municipality in the Alta Val Trebbia in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, on the border with Emilia and Piedmont. The star is the high-altitude potato, which thanks to the climate and soil of the valley has a firm texture, delicate flavour and excellent cooking results.

Over fifty years of tradition

With over fifty years of history, the festival is one of the most deeply rooted peasant festivals in the Ligurian Apennines and is included in the calendar of Authentic Ligurian Events of the Liguria Region.

At the table

The heart of the festival is the food: handmade gnocchi with flavourful sauces, roast and fried potatoes, savoury pies, soups and the famous mountain brandacujun, the local version of the dish made with potatoes and stockfish. Alongside the flavours, the festival offers:

• Agricultural market with products from the valley;
• Folk music and popular dances;
• Workshops for children;
• walks through the villages and woods of the Val Trebbia.

The Alta Val Trebbia

Rovegno is one of the pearls of the Alta Val Trebbia, the valley that the poet Ezra Pound called 'the most beautiful in the world': a land of crystal-clear waters, woods and ancient mills, ideal for an autumn trip to discover the flavours and landscapes of the Ligurian Apennines.