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TO TORINO 10 GOOD REASONS... TO VISIT THE CITY!

1 5 8 The first capital of , The Royal Residences The famous historical before and Rome declared by Unesco a Human Heritage Site cafés and patisseries 2 The is the only 6 museum other than the Cairo The city preserving Museum that is dedicated solely Leonardo da Vinci’s 9 to Egyptian art and culture self portrait The capital of taste, chocolate and 3 aperitifs The National Cinema 7 Museum inside the The capital of 10 “” contemporary art The city with 18 km of arcades for shopping 4 The city where the Holy Shroud is conserved

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GETTING TO Torino

BY AIR BY TRAIN TORINO AIRPORT Torino is very well linked both to the Italian railway system and The airport is about 16 km from the city centre, about half an to that of neighbouring countries. High-speed trains are used hour’s drive, and boasts a good transport service to the town nationally and internationally, Frecciarossa and Italo for Italy centre, both by bus and train, as well as taxi of course. The and TGV for France, and allow to reach Paris for example in airport has daily flights to major Italian and European cities. about 5 hours. The new high-speed lines also allow to reach www.aeroportoditorino.it Milan in only 44 minutes and Rome in 4h 05’. www.trenitalia.com Milano Malpensa International Airport www.italotreno.it This airport is located at about 100 km from Torino and offers www.tgv-.com daily international and intercontinental flights. www.sea-aeroportimilano.it

HOW TO REACH THE CITY CENTRE

From TORINO airport By bus From Malpensa airport The centre of Torino is easily reachable in 40 minutes using the By bus SADEM bus service (www.sadem.it). Daily connections to Torino (www.sadem.it), travel time 2 One-way fare: € 6.50 (+0.50 € aboard). hours approximately One-way fare: € 22.00 By train On-line reservation is highly recommended A railway line connects Torino Airport to Dora GTT Station in www.sadem.it/en/acquistocambio/acquisto-biglietto.aspx Torino (www.gtt.to.it). Departures every 30 minutes. Journey time: 19 minutes. By car A network of buses links the Dora GTT Station to the city centre. Follow the directions for A4 Milano-Torino motorway, direction One-way fare: € 3.00 Torino.

By taxi The public taxi rank is located on the left at the exit of the Arrivals level. Travel time: approximately 30 minutes. TAXI TORINO: ph. +39.011.5737 - +39.011.5730 - +39.011.3399

HOW TO GET TO POLITECNICO - MAIN BUILDING AULA MAGNA Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24

The Politecnico is located only 3 km from the city centre. It can be reached from the city centre in a short time by public transport. The closest METRO STATION is VINZAGLIO (about 10 minutes’ walking distance from both the Politecnico main building). Many bus and tram lines have stops at the Politecnico. BUS Lines 58, 33 and TRAM Line 10 stop near the Politecnico main building entrance (Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24). BUS Line STAR 1 stops at about 300 metres from the same entrance. Other bus or tram lines (e.g. lines 42 and 15) have also stops not far from the Politecnico. Fare € 1.50 TOURIST INFO FOR www.turismotorino.org

Turismo Torino e Provincia is the Tourist Board and the Convention Bureau of the city of Torino. We promote Torino as a tourist destination for leisure, conferences and business travel and we are pleased to provide you with some useful information.

TOURIST INFO DESK INFORMATION CENTRES during ZERO ROBOTICS • Piazza Castello Turismo Torino e Provincia will have a promotional desk during • Piazza Carlo Felice Zero Robotics where you can find brochures, tourist information Monday-Sunday from 9am to 6pm and suggestions to discover Torino. • Contact centre (+39) 011.535181 Thursday 11th January from 12pm to 1.30pm Monday-Sunday from 9am to 12.30pm/from 14.30pm to 18pm

PORTA NUOVASTUDENTS FARES FOR THE BEST MUSEUMS IN TOWN

ROYAL MUSEUMS OF TORINO - www.museireali.beniculturali.it MUSEO EGIZIO - www.museoegizio.it Ticket Office Piazzetta Reale, 1 Via Accademia delle Scienze 6 Reduced: € 6.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18 Reduced: € 11.00 from 15 to 18 years old ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM - Via XX Settembre 86 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CINEMA - www.museocinema.it ROYAL ARMOURY - Piazza Castello 191 Mole Antonelliana, Via Montebello 20 ROYAL LIBRARY - Piazza Castello 191 (the admission in the reading Reduced: € 8.00 university student younger than 26 years old, room is free of charge) € 3.00 from 6 to 18 years old ROYAL PALACE - Piazzetta Reale 1 SAVOY GALLERY - Via XX Settembre 86 MAUTO-NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM - www.museoauto.it Corso Unità d’Italia 40 FONDAZIONE TORINO MUSEI - www.fondazionetorinomusei.it Ticket: € 12.00 GAM-GALLERY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART - Via Magenta 31 Reduced: € 8.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18 MAO-MUSEUM OF ORIENTAL ART - Via San Domenico 11 Reduced: € 8.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18 MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AND FORTIFICATION - Valentino Park, Viale Virgilio 107 Medieval Village: free of charge Fortification: reduced € 5.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free under 18 MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ART - Madama Palace, Piazza Castello Reduced: € 10.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18 NOT TO BE MISSED FOR www.turismotorino.org EVENTS

MIRÓ! DREAM AND COLOUR from 04/10/2017 to 14/01/2018 One hundred and thirty works, most of them oversized oils, lent THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS by the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, show the artistic code of this Spanish genius: it is a comprehensive review of his work, which left its unmistakable mark in the world of the European avant- MAUTO - NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM garde. It is located near the Lingotto area and on the Po river banks. MUSEI REALI DI TORINO - CHIABLESE PALACE This place tells the story and the evolution of the motor car, as Piazzetta Reale - www.poloreale.beniculturali well as the social themes linked to it, with spectacular displays showing off the valuable pieces in the collection. GIANFRANCO FERRÈ. www.museoauto.it Under another light: jewellery and ornaments MUSEO EGIZIO from 12/10/2017 to 19/02/2018 The Museo Egizio is the only museum other than the Cairo Gianfranco Ferrè and his passion for drawing the jewels and Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture. The ornaments which accompanied his collections. Alongside a collections that make up today’s Museum were enlarged by the rich range of accessories, for the first time presented at an excavations conducted in Egypt by the Museum’s archaeological exhibition, a series of “jewel-dresses” are displayed, which are mission between 1900 and 1935. particularly striking because of the richness of the materials www.museoegizio.it used and the refinement of the shapes and volumes. MADAMA PALACE- MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ART NATIONAL CINEMA MUSEUM Piazza Castello, 10 - www.palazzomadamatorino.it It is one of the most important museums in the world for the richness of its collections located inside the Mole (tower), ARTISTS’ LIGHTS - 20TH EDITION the symbol monument of the city. It offers an interactive trip from 27/10/2017 to 14/01/2018 through the world of cinema designed by the Swiss architect The historic public art show is a successful experiment in which François Confino. In the middle of the Mole there is a panoramic contemporary art - signed by famous Italian and international glass lift that rises to the top of the building and from where the artists and conveyed through the use of light - descends on the whole Torino can be seen. streets and squares to reveal itself to all. www.museocinema.it Various venues PALAZZO MADAMA www.contemporarytorinopiemonte.it/VentAnniLuciArtista.aspx Paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, majolica and J’ARRIVE. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, THE FIVE FACES OF TRIUMPH porcelain pieces, gold and silverware, furnishings and fabrics: from 14/06/2017 to 08/01/2018 more than 3,000 works bear witness to the richness and For over two centuries, his name has been fascinating, shocking complexity of ten centuries of Italian and European artistic and amazing; he is the most famous historical character in production. the world and a legendary man on all continents: Napoleon www.palazzomadamatorino.it Bonaparte. After conquering the whole world, the great PINACOTECA GIOVANNI E MARELLA AGNELLI exhibition also arrives in , featuring an extraordinary On the rooftop of Lingotto, the Pinacoteca houses 25 collection of weapons, uniforms, documents and personal masterpieces between 19th and 20th century from Agnelli’s effects that conjure different aspects of his life, from military family (FIAT founder) private collection. triumphs to his tightly intimate and private life, and providing an www.pinacoteca-agnelli.it all-round picture of society and customs in the Napoleonic era. ROYAL MUSEUMS Cavour palace - Via Cavour, 8 The complex includes: Royal Palace, Royal Gardens, Royal www.napoleontheexhibition.com/index.php/en/ Library, Royal Armoury, Archaeological Museum with the Roman LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME Theatre, the Savoy Gallery and . It offers an from 04/11/2017 to 14/01/2018 extraordinary three kilometres long visitor’s trail through history, An ambitious project, signed by three international curators culture, art and landscape to relive the entire history of the city, who are special guests called to work together for the first from its first Roman settlement to United Italy. time by confronting the City of Turin and its important artistic www.poloreale.beniculturali.it heritage: Tom Eccles - Director of the Centre for Curatorial VENARIA REALE Studies at Bard College in New York, Mark Rappolt - Editor-in- The Royal Residence of Venaria Reale is one of the world’s Chief of the English magazine Art Review - and the British artist most important examples of the magnificence and baroque Liam Gillick. The exhibition revolves around the collaboration architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, just outside Torino. with the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and the It is a natural and architectural masterpiece that was declared exchange with some of the most important public museums part of the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1997. in Turin (including the Egyptian Museum, Palazzo Madama, www.lavenaria.it the MAO - Museum of Oriental Art, the GAM - Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art and Rivoli Castle - Museum of Contemporary Art), in a game of cross contamination between works of contemporary art and those of past centuries. OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni - Corso Castelfidardo, 22 www.ogrtorino.it/en/events Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo - Via Modane, 16 fsrr.org/en