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Turin
City in Piedmont, Italy

Turin

Turin is a city and a business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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It is the capital and largest city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin. From 1861 to 1865, it was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The city is mainly on the western bank of the River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 855,654 as of 2026, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.

Get in

Getting to Turin

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    Turin Airport
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    Porta Susa is Turin's

    Generally, all trains destined for Porta Nuova will stop at Porta Susa.

See

Worth seeing

Turin's main attractions include important baroque palaces and churches, an attractive arcade-lined street grid, an extensive network of arcades, famous coffee shops and several renowned museums. Five palaces in Turin and nine more in the region served as residences for the Savoy royalty and are now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

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    Palazzo Reale

    The Palace was built in the 16th century, modernised in the 17th and converted to a museum in 1946.

  2. 02
    CAMERA – Italian Centre for Photography

    Impressive quality photography, with 3 or 4 exhibitions a year.

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    Museo Egizio
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    Risorgimento Museum
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    Galleria

    Galleria d'Italia is a museum chain to show off the art owned by Intesa Sanpaolo bank, the modern nobility.

  6. 06
    Foundation Accorsi-Ometto
Do

Things to do

Parks: closest to the centre is Parco Valentino, ranged around Castello Valentino (above) on the riverside.

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    Parco Pietro Colletta
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    Teatro Carignano

    The city's oldest and premier theatre, opened in 1753.

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    Teatro Colosseo

    Other theatres include the Alfieri, Stabile, Astra, Tedaca, Gioiello and Erba; Teatro Araldo has closed down.

  4. 04
    Juventus FC

    Allianz Stadium, Corso Gaetano Scirea (Trains towards airport stop at Rigola Stadio).

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    Torino FC

    Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Via Filadelfia (Bus or tram to Sebastapoli).

Eat

Where to eat

Turin has good public water, surging out of the nearby mountains. You'll see public drinking fountains everywhere, usually in the shape of a green bull, locally called Turet. Restaurants will happily serve you a carafe of tap water and not hassle you to buy bottled. Many restaurants serve Piedmontese dishes, obviously, but the other regional Italian cuisines are also well represented.

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    Piola Cianci

    Popular place for fast inexpensive antipasti and main meals.

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    Focacceria Lagrange

    Nice place to eat light and crispy focaccia.

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    Gofreria Piemontèisa

    Gofri are waffles Piedmont style, thin with sweet or savoury fillings.

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    La Stuzzicheria

    Good local good pizza and excellent farinata.

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    Pizzeria Ristorante Gonzales Torino

    Simple local pizzeria, can feel crowded and grubby.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.