I am getting of a cruise on Sunday morning and travelling by train via Turin back home.
I have the option to stay an extra day in Turin and see the sights.
However, I read on some pages that sunday evening and monday everything is closed.
I don't want to spent an entire day + cost of hotel if there is nothing to do.
Does anybody know about Turin and can advise?
Smaller shops will be closed on Monday morning, when you can visit some museums that will be open : the Egyptian Museum, the Cinema Museum (supposed to be the tallest museum in the world) and the Civic Museum of Ancient Art that is housed inside a middle age castle with roman foundations and a baroque facade.
Even of everything was closed, you can always walk around the city center of a baroque capital founded by the Romans 2,000 years ago.
Read the official site www.turismotorino.org
Turin is a most elegant city, if only for its 16 (!) kilometres or so of arcaded streets. A real pleasure.
The Egyptian Museum is one of the largest of its kind. It is opened on Monday mornings (but please check at their website).
It’s a wonderful city to visit and wander. The above mentioned museums are world class as is the National Automobile Museum which is also open 7 days a week. And the city is not overrun with tourists.
We were in Turin on a Sunday and Monday in 2014. To make matters worse, from the tourist perspective, it was Easter Sunday and Monday. Even with that said, I loved our time there. We strolled under the arcades and window-shopped, and eventually found a place to eat Sunday night. On Monday we walked to the Palazzo Reale. It was spectacular and relatively uncrowded. The attached armory collection is one the best I've ever seen. The Shroud of Turin is in a church next to the Palazzo Reale, so we checked out that as well. I would have liked to visit the Palazzo Madama (on the same square), but we were headed to Florence the next day, and wanted to pace ourselves.
I don't know why Turin isn't more popular with Americans. I think you could have a really great time there just walking around and enjoying the Piedmont cuisine and wine.
