 Introduction
Arrival Plane
The Città di Torino Airport (Sandro Pertini), open to commercial and international traffic, is 16 kilometres north north west of the town centre and is connected to the motor-way system via the North ring road. The “Città di Torino - Sandro Pertini” Airport is the natural arrival point for international tourism, especially during the winter season, for connection with the splendid mountain resorts of Piedmont and the Valley of Aosta.
A continuous coach service operates at the airport for Turin and vice versa.
Bus service between downtown Turin and Turin Airport with several stops enroute including, Porta Nuova main railway station, Porta Susa railway station. A new railway links the airport to Turin (GTT Dora Railway Station). Departures every 30 minutes to the airport from 5:13am to 7:43pm and to Turin from 6:49am to 9:19pm.
Train
Turin is a nationally and internationally important railway junction. The main train station has daily connections with Milan, Venice, Genoa and Rome, and is situated at the Piazza Carlo Felice. The main railway stations in Turin are Porta Nuova (corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 53), Porta Susa (piazza XXVIII Dicembre, 8), Lingotto (via Pannunzio, 1), Stazione Dora (piazza Baldissera).
Car
An excellent road network connects Turin to the main national and European communication routes. Turin can be reached not only through motorways but also through the main tunnels and passes connecting Italy, France and Switzerland. The A6 motorway connects Turin to Nice, while the A4 goes to Milan and Venice. The A5 runs north to Geneva and Lausanne.
Bus
The main coach operators are Eurolines and Sadem . Destinations include Milan, Palermo and the Aosta valley and services depart from the Terminal Bus Station on Corso Vittorio Emanuele 11, 131, near Porta Susa station.
History and Culture
Turin adapted quickly to its loss of political significance, becoming first a centre for industrial production during the WWI years and later a hive of trade-union activity. Today, Turin is Italy's second-largest industrial city after Milan. The city has since looked forward to welcoming the international spotlight for all the right reasons, having hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Churches and Museums
Built between 1491 and 1498 on the site of three 14th-century basilicas, Turin's cathedral is the city's only remaining example of Renaissance architecture. It also happens to be home to Christendom's most controversial cloth - the Holy Shroud of Turin, a copy of which is on permanent display in front of the cathedral altar. The Cappella della Santa Sindone (1668-94), the rightful home of the shroud since 1694, has been closed for restoration since 1997 when it was severely damaged by fire.
Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio
This church was built between 1818 and 1831 to commemorate the return of Vittorio Emanuele I from exile. The steps leading up to the church were the ones Michael Caine famously careered down in the cult film, The Italian Job.
Museo dell'Automobile
The Motor Museum opened in 1960, provides a comprehensive survey of the development of the motor car, with many veteran and vintage cars. Among its 400 masterpieces are one of the first FIATs and the Isotta Franchini driven by Gloria Swanson in the film Sunset Boulevard.
Galleria Sabauda
This art gallery, housed in the same building as the Egyptian Museum, contains a fine collection of Italian paintings from the 14th to 18th-century, as well as works by artists such as Van Dyke.
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
The National Museum of Cinema is located inside the Mole Antonelliana which used to be the highest masonary structure in Europe at over 500 feet. Inside there are five floors of movie memorabilia, continuously playing movies you can watch from specially designed lounge chairs with sound built into the headrests.
Museo Egizio
Museo Egizio is home to what is regarded as the second largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world (the first being the Egyptian Museum in Cairo). The collection dates back to the year 1753, when botanist Vitaliano Donati first brought in Italy the statues (300 pieces) recovered from Karnak and Coptos. In 1824, King Carlo Felice acquired the material from the Drovetti collection (3007 pieces), that the French General Consul, Bernardino Drovetti, had built during his stay in Egypt. In 1833, the collection of Piedmontese Giuseppe Sossio (over 1200 pieces) was added to the Egyptian Museum.
Historical buildings and monuments
Originally intended as a synagogue in the 19th-century, this striking brick building topped by an aluminium spire; now houses Italy’s Museo Nazionale del Cinema (National Museum of Cinema) while the tower (reached by lift) has a viewing platform offering panoramic views of the city and the Alps.
Piazza Castello
Piazza Castello is the hotspot of tourist Turin, home to grand palaces such as Palazzo Reale, the royal palace of the Savoy dynasty, and Palazzo Madama, previously a castle, prison, barracks, senate house, and now a museum (under restoration). The piazza is an attractive central spot, and are lots of benches around the square, making it a good place to rest from the sightseeing.
Palazzo Reale
The palace is gilded and grand memento of the Savoy family who, having ruled this area for generations, rose to become monarchs of the united Italy. After the Second World War they were exiled from the country, and have only recently been permitted to return. Their former home is well worth a visit.
Places of Interest
For a pleasant stroll from the city centre, visitors can cross the Po and ascend the little hill of Monte dei Cappuccini. This was once the site of a fort, later becoming a monastery and later still the home of the Club Alpino Italiano, who set up a Museum of the Mountains here. Fittingly, there is a great view over the city to the snow-capped Alps. You can visit the monastery's church, scene of vicious fighting in the seventeenth century, or simply sit and enjoy the view in a peaceful break from the city.
Parco del Valentino
Southwest of the Monte dei Cappuccini, beyond the Ponte Umberto I, is the large Parco del Valentino on the left bank of the Po, together with the Botanic Gardens (established 1729) and the fine Renaissance Castello del Valentino (1630-60). Towards the south end of the park stands the impressive equestrian statue of Duke Amadeo of Aosta (king of Spain 1870-73), erected in 1902.
Events
Every year the town organizes cioccolato, a two week chocolate festival with the main piedmontese chocolate factories and producers and some international ones like Lindt with tastings, sculpture competitions and numerous stalls selling sweet treats around the city centre.
The biennial Salone Internazionale del Gusto
An international five-day festival of food and wine, with traditional producers from around the world showcasing and selling their wares in a huge street market.
Festival Internazionale di Film con Tematiche Omosessuali - April
Is a five-day international gay and lesbian film festival held in April.
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