Turin: elegance, engineering and understated grandeur
Attractions
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Mole Antonelliana & National Cinema Museum
Turin's soaring 19th-century landmark, home to Italy's National Museum of Cinema and a glass panoramic lift climbing to a viewing deck above the city's rooftops.
Egyptian Museum (Museo Egizio)
The oldest museum dedicated entirely to Egyptian civilisation, and after Cairo the world's most important collection of Egyptian antiquities, with over 40,000 objects spanning 5,000 years.
Royal Palace of Turin
The austere façade on Piazza Castello conceals the opulent official residence of the House of Savoy for over two centuries, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Food & Dining
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Caffè Al Bicerin
A tiny, wood-panelled café open since 1763 on Piazza della Consolata, birthplace of the layered coffee-chocolate-cream drink that gives the café its name.
Del Cambio
Turin's grandest historic restaurant, open since 1757 opposite Palazzo Carignano, where Camillo Cavour kept a reserved table while plotting Italian unification.
Caffè Fiorio
A marble-and-mirror café on Via Po open since 1780, once frequented by Cavour and visited by Nietzsche, still serving some of Turin's most acclaimed artisanal gelato.
Shop
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Guido Gobino
An award-winning artisan chocolate maker in the San Paolo district, working with single-origin cacao and reviving 19th-century Turin recipes for gianduiotto and cremino.
Stratta
An 1836 confectioner under the porticoes of Piazza San Carlo, official supplier to the royal court and to Cavour, still selling marron glacés and candied fruit from ornate glass cases.
Libreria Antiquaria Bourlot
An antiquarian bookshop trading under the porticoes of Piazza San Carlo since the 19th century, one of the oldest rare-book dealers in a city with a long tradition of them.
Top Highlights
Mole Antonelliana & National Cinema Museum
Turin's soaring 19th-century landmark, home to Italy's National Museum of Cinema and a glass panoramic lift climbing to a viewing deck above the city's rooftops.
Egyptian Museum (Museo Egizio)
The oldest museum dedicated entirely to Egyptian civilisation, and after Cairo the world's most important collection of Egyptian antiquities, with over 40,000 objects spanning 5,000 years.
Royal Palace of Turin
The austere façade on Piazza Castello conceals the opulent official residence of the House of Savoy for over two centuries, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Caffè Al Bicerin
A tiny, wood-panelled café open since 1763 on Piazza della Consolata, birthplace of the layered coffee-chocolate-cream drink that gives the café its name.
Del Cambio
Turin's grandest historic restaurant, open since 1757 opposite Palazzo Carignano, where Camillo Cavour kept a reserved table while plotting Italian unification.
Caffè Fiorio
A marble-and-mirror café on Via Po open since 1780, once frequented by Cavour and visited by Nietzsche, still serving some of Turin's most acclaimed artisanal gelato.
Guido Gobino
An award-winning artisan chocolate maker in the San Paolo district, working with single-origin cacao and reviving 19th-century Turin recipes for gianduiotto and cremino.
Stratta
An 1836 confectioner under the porticoes of Piazza San Carlo, official supplier to the royal court and to Cavour, still selling marron glacés and candied fruit from ornate glass cases.
Libreria Antiquaria Bourlot
An antiquarian bookshop trading under the porticoes of Piazza San Carlo since the 19th century, one of the oldest rare-book dealers in a city with a long tradition of them.