Greetings! I am considering renting a car in Turin to see the countryside of Piedmont and am looking for suggestions, advice, and anything to help me decide if this is a viable option. I am looking for a boots-on-the-ground experience, not travel guide advice which I have already read. Thank you!
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Ottawa, Canada
221 posts
Last June I picked up a rental car a short walk from the Milan Central railway station, and drove to Aosta. I used Aosta as a base for day trips to some of the castles, towns and hikes in the region. The area is breathtakingly beautiful and, at least in early June, crowd-free. Roads were very good to excellent. One shock was the very expensive tolls on the autoroute- about €40 for the trip from Milan to Aosta. However, once we were in Aosta, we stuck mostly to the toll-free local roads and found they provided a more interesting experience. We dropped the car off at the Turin airport and took an express bus from there to Turin, as I didn’t want to drive into the city. That worked well, and once in town I was glad I avoided Turin traffic. Favourite stops were the town of Courmayeur, the Fenis and Issogne castles, hiking in the Lillaz valley, and the Sacra di San Michele close to Turin.
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Tacoma, WA, USA
613 posts
We rented a car near the Turin rail station in 2019. About 3/4 mile away. We found the roads easy to navigate. I would rent the smallest car that can accommodate you as parking is minimal and streets are narrow in villages. Our home base for five days was Barolo.