Planning a trip to Northern Italy in late May. What did you like about Turin? We are art and history buffs, so that is where we focus our attention. Thanks
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San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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You can start from the Province of Turin official tourism website.
https://www.turismotorino.org/en
or also here
https://www.visitaretorino.it/visit-turin/index.php
https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/turin-i-pi-tu.htm
Posted by
Huntsville, AL, USA
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Someone mentioned Turin as a destination thinking that it was a little off the beaten path for travelers. A surprising number of travelers have included it in their itineraries and really enjoyed it. It's really a short distance from Switzerland, and Lake Como is just 2 1/2 hours away by car. See Wikipedia.
Posted by
Paris
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Just a little nitpick - the spelling is Eataly
Posted by
Freedonia
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Sadly, many people following RS skip Turin because Rick doesn't mention it in his guidebooks.
Turin is an interesting place full of history and art, technology and good food. A short walk from Eataly is the National Auto Museum. Not surprising as Turin is the home of Fiat. One of the best auto museums I have visited. Well laid out and mostly in chronological order from the early vehicles to those of today.
While there try the local drink specialty....Bicerin
Posted by
Idaho, USA
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We enjoyed a couple of days in Torino on our Italy/France itinerary.
Since you like art & history, I’ll recommend going through the royal palace museum. I especially enjoyed their armor section with the room of colorful displays. Next door, the Palazzo Madama would have been on our list, but it was closed the day we were available.
We also took a city bus & then the ground funicular up to see the Superga.
Posted by
Southeast of Seattle
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Following for our Torino visit spring 2024.
pollocktoni (OP)-if you like chocolate and espresso the Bicerin looks like it could be addicting! I can hardly wait.
Posted by
Boston
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Thank you for this post and all the great info. We will be in Turin (Piedmont wine tour) in early May and are very excited to go. It definitely seems overlooked, so I’m glad to hear first hand experiences.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
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“Sadly many people following RS skip….because Rick doesn’t mention it in his guidebooks”.
That is a good thing.
I wish he had never mentioned the Cinque Terre or Montepulciano either. I remember both places in the 1970s and early 1980s. Few or no tourists and very low prices.