DISCOVER ITALY FROM EXPO MILANO 2015 CITIES The charm of Turin and much more NATURE Fairy-tale panoramas and mythical summits THE FASCINATION OF THE ROYAL Ideas for the discovery of REGION a unique region, protagonist of history. And of the future. CULTURE Between museums, royal palaces and legends The Royal Palace of Turin SHOPPING When the purchase 40 becomes discovery Historic shops 42 EXCELLENCE IN CRAFTSMANSHIP Outlets and factory shops 43 UNEXPECTED BARGAINS 34 A CONTENTS CULTURE LAKES SPAS In Piedmont, 8 Mirrors of beauty 20 To each his own wellness 30 culture is enchantment Lago d’Orta and Island of San Giulio 20 THE PLEASURE OF REGENERATION 31 The Royal Palace of Venaria 9 OASIS OF SILENCE AND OF POETRY 42 45 INVITATION TO THE COURT Lago Maggiore and the Borromeo Islands 22 FOOD Museum of Contemporary Art at Rivoli Castle 10 SUSPENDED BETWEEN ADMIRATION AND WONDER THE PAST HOUSES THE FUTURE Delicious itineraries of taste 32 B Turin’s Museum of Cinema 10 MOUNTAINS IN WINTER THE MAGIC OF THE SEVENTH ART A legend in white 24 White truffle 33 DESTINATIONS IN TURIn’s MUSEUM OF CINEMA LET THE AROMA INEBRIATE YOU IN PISTE, AMONG THE MOST STUNNING PEAKS OF ITALY 25 Here every city has a story 44 Egyptian Museum of Turin 11 Chocolate 34 INDIANA JONES FOR A DAY THE MOUTH-WATERING PASSION Turin 45 THE FASciNATING ELEGANCE OF HISTORY Turin, Saluzzo and Mondovì 12 Cheeses and cold cuts 34 BAROQUE SEDUCTION 27 GOOD BY TRADITION Alessandria 47 Holy Shroud of Turin 13 THE ciTY OF THE BORSALINO AND MARENGO Rice 35 THE MYSTERY OF A FACE CHOICE VARIETIES Asti 48 Sacred Mountains 13 BETWEEN THE PALIO AND SPUMANTE TOWARDS JERUSAlem… BUT IN PIEDMONT WINE Biella 49 Sacra di San Michele 14 THE ANTIQUE WISDOM OF WOOL BREATH-TAKING IMPRESSIVENESS Masterpieces to drink 36 Cuneo 50 Bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco 15 Barolo 37 12 AN ASTONISHING PIAZZA The young people’s saINT THE KING OF WINES, THE WINE OF KINGS SPORT Novara 51 Spumante, Moscato and Brachetto 38 THE HEIGHTS OF EMOTION NATURE On the grass, on the water, 26 CHOOSE SWEETNESS among the trees Verbania 52 Splendours of nature 16 Vermouth 38 IN THE FLOWERS, IN THE GREENERY AND IN THE BLUE THE RITE OF THE APERITIF Monte Rosa 17 Trekking 27 Vercelli 53 GEt… IN THE PINK LOSE YOURSELF IN THE GREEN Craft Beer 39 LAND OF RICE AND OF ART THE DRINK WITH SOUL Monviso 18 Bicycle 28 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE KING OF STONE THE PEDALLING OF CHAMPIONS C D Gran Paradiso National Park 18 Golf 29 36 NOT JUST A PArk… a PARADISE GOLFING WITHIN FAIRY-TALE LANDSCAPES Alpine crossings 19 River sports 29 AcROSS THE BORDER LIQUID EMOTIONS 52 Langhe’s landscape Verbania Biella Novara Milan Vercelli Turin Rich in history, Asti Alessandria Cuneo naturally beautiful The Region offers an extraordinary variety of landscapes, from the spectacular LAND OF GREAT EMOTIONS AND UNIQUE AMONG THE ITALIAN mountain peaks of its mountains Art and nature in harmony grant REGIONS, PROTAGONIST OF HISTORY FIRST WITH THE SAVOY DYNASTY to its shining lakes, from green THEN WITH THE STATESMEN WHO FORGED THE MODERN STATE OF hillsides covered in vines to Piedmont a unique charm, ITALY, CENTRE OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY TRANSFORMATION OF castle, fortresses and abbeys definitely worth discovering. ITALY FROM AN AGRICULTURAL LAND TO AN INDUSTRIAL powER AND dominating the valleys. CUSTODIAN OF REAL CULTURAL AND FOOD-AND-WINE TREASURES TO INSPIRE VISITORS FROM ALL COUNTRIES. 6 7 Royal Palace of Venaria: the Gallery of Diana INVITATION TO IN PIEDMONT, THE COURT CULTURE IS ENCHANTMENT Venaria also hosts large exhibitions and is the venue for many big events such as the Galà di Ferragosto, the Nuit Royale and the Grand Ball of Classic balcony on Lago Maggiore Royal Venaria. Absolutely not to be missed! The Royal Palace of Venaria, just outside Turin, is a jewel of Heritage site. Its splendid do not miss the view of the Gran architecture, nature gardens, skilfully restored, Parterre framed by the Alps. and harmony, where contain a potager royal, the The Royal Palace of Venaria is largest in Italy, with 10 hectares also a fantastic attraction for everyone is invited to of vegetable garden and orchard families with children. Take your live like a king for a where thousands of local kids to the Boschetto dei Giochi day. vegetables and grain crops are and the Fantacasino, where you grown. can all spend a fun day together! MASTERPIECE OF Choose your preferred itinerary Culture in Piedmont is synonymous with noble elegance and INTERNATIONAL BAROQUE and be ready to be amazed! ARCHITECTURE, THE RoYAL Admire the Sala di Diana with its folk traditions, history and legend, safeguarding of the PALACE OF VENARIA IS AN original works of art and views memory and orientation towards the future. EXTREMELY IMPOSING BUILDING onto the Court of Honour and In harmony with nature and source of inspiration of the spirit, WHICH, IN THE ORIGINAL Flower Garden, be dazzled by the PROJECT, INCLUDED THE Town, beauty of the Great Gallery, the culture of Piedmont is always… enchanting. THE GARDENS AND THE CURRENT explore the private royal FOR MORE INFORMATION VAST PARK OF LA MANDRIA. apartments admiring the www.lavenaria.it furnishings of the Circolo della www.residenzereali.it RELAX AND ENJOY to the – over 400 in the whole region. It was here, in the hunting park Regina, walk through the rooms extraordinary cultural riches of Experience the charm of stately of Carlo Emanuele II, that the of the ceremonial route of the The gardens of Venaria Piedmont, a land of history and homes and gardens, of the “ricetti”, memory, art and culture, legend and medieval fortified towns like “Crown of Delights” was King’s Palace as if you were an tradition. Choose your itinerary from Candelo, of castles and fortresses conceived, a complex of buildings 18th- century ambassador and the many possibilities, from the Royal perched in deep valleys or on top of circling Turin, originally intended enter the great multimedia fresco Residences of the Savoy dynasty, hills, bearing witness to the many to compete with Versailles. of court life created by director marvels of workmanship and historical events in which Piedmont splendour, to the Holy Mounts, played a part. Opened to the public in 2007 Peter Greenaway, The “ricetto” of Candelo masterpieces of sacred art full of after years of restoration, the unquestionably a memorable A meaning, to the amazing museums Palace is now a UNESCO World experience. Among other things, 8 THE FASCINATION OF THE ROYAL REGION 9 CULTURE IN PIEDMONT, CULTURE IS ENCHANTMENT Rivoli Castle, historical Savoy dynasty turned out to be its strength, as it early days of cinema, then go to curious as to how a film is made panoramic terrace, where you residence, houses one of Italy’s transmits an idea of continuity the Aula del Tempio at the centre should visit The Time Machine can enjoy a fantastic view of the between present, past and of the Mole and, sitting - devoted to the stages of movie city of Turin. most important contemporary art museums. future. comfortably on your red chaise making, this reveals the various Turin’s Cinema Museum – go with The Museum of Contemporary lounge, watch three films shown phases of creating, producing the flow! RIVOLI CASTLE STANDS IN A Art, inaugurated in 1984, contemporaneously on giant and distributing films. THE PAST STRATEGIC POSITION ON A HILL contains works from a great screens, or look around the The Poster Gallery contains ABOVE THE Town OF THE SAME variety of trends, from conceptual various displays where you can original posters from films that HOUSES NAME AND IS AN art to minimalism, from Land Art discover all kinds of made history – a unique, not-to- EXTRAORDINARY SURPRISE. to Arte Povera, with works by cinematographic genres, from be-missed opportunity! THE FUTURE over 200 artists, from Rebecca animation to westerns, from Finally, return to the ground floor Could you ever have imagined Horn to Anselm Kiefer, from fantasy to musicals, from and take the glass elevator that finding a contemporary art Mario Merz to Arata Isozaki. romantic melodrama to 3D. in 59 seconds, without stopping, Exterior museum in a historic palace, Aspiring directors or those whisks you 85 metres up to the of Rivoli Castle home to the Savoy dynasty? Yes, because Rivoli was originally home of the court of the Dukes of th Savoy and in the 18 century FOR MORE INFORMATION Turin’s Egyptian You can hire audio-guides or was the centre of an ambitious www.castellodirivoli.org Museum: the Hall of Statues book a guided tour around the project of development that was museum, so you can fully never completed. A fact that appreciate all the exhibits. Enjoy your visit to Turin’s Egyptian B Museum, discovering the great C civilisation of Ancient Egypt. THE MAGIC OF INDIANA THE SEVENTH ART JONES FOR A DAY D HOUSED IN TURIN’s sigNATURE TURIN’s EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IS spectacularly laid out by Oscar BUILDING, THE MOLE THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT winner, Dante Ferretti, where Turin’s Museum of ANTONELLIANA, THE NATIONAL Turin’s Egyptian AFTER CAIRO AND IS DEVOTED atmospheric semi-darkness Cinema, a one-of-a-kind MUSEUM OF CINEMa’s VERTICAL Museum offers a EXCLUSIVELY TO THE ART AND surrounds and exalts some of place, lets you LAYOUT OFFERS VISITORS A seductive close CULTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT. Egyptian civilisation’s most SPECIAL EXPERIENCE THAT WILL important sculptural experience a fun-filled encounter, between STAY IN THE HEART FOR A LONG The museum visit, covering three masterpieces, such as the journey into history of TIME.