TURIN CITY GUIDE ® APRIL 2020 WWW.WHEREITALIA.COM/TURIN Turin, the new Renaissance A selection of the best destinations devoted to beauty and fine dining ITALIAN-STYLE GIFT GUIDE ALL YOU CAN DO IN TURIN AND ITS SURROUNDINGS SIGHTSEEING | MUSEUMS | SHOPPING | DINING | ENTERTAINMENT | MAPS YOUR TRAVELING COMPANION SINCE 1936® DISCOVER ® WELCOME TO ITALY whereMAGAZINE Turin www.whereitalia.com/turin Dear Reader, PROEDI MEDIA - WHERE Via Ezio Biondi, 1. 20154 Milano as things presently stand, it is very difficult T: 02 349951 - Fax 02 33107015 [email protected] being the publisher of the leading incoming www.whereitalia.com/turin information brand in Italy. We need to decide PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Andrea Jarach how best to behave at this time. During our [email protected] lifetime, we have never been at war with an COO Andrea Jarach Pierfrancesco Coreno invisible enemy like the Corona Virus. 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Morris III stores and outlets stay tuned on www.whereitalia.com/turin CITY GUIDE PRESIDENT & CEO William S. Morris IV www.whereitalia.comII WHERE TURIN I APRIL 2020SIGHTSEEING | MUSEUMS | SHOPPING | DINING | ENTERTAINMENT | MAPS www.wheretraveler.com 3 [ SIGHTSEEING] MORE AT PAGE 22 Top in town MAP PAGES 30-31 factory (now FCA), still symbolizes the 17 10 10 13 wealth of the city. Reconverted by Renzo Piano in the 1980s, it hosts events and the famous rooftop test track. The old Carpano plants, lying adjacent to the Lingotto complex, are now occupied by ‘Eataly’s’ vast food market. 10 MUSEO NAZIONALE DELL’AUTOMOBILE The Car Museum (MAUTO) was opened in 1960 and is one of the oldest car museums in the world. The semi-circular building overlooking the River Po acts as a prelude to the three floors of the collection featuring a spectacular layout designed by François Confinio, who also designed the exhibition space of the Museum of LUCA SANTILLI/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM CLAUDIO DIVIZIA/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM GIMAS/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM © © © Cinema. 11 15 15 11 ALLIANZ JUVENTUS STADIUM Designed to host up to 41,507 spectators, this is the sixth largest stadium in Italy. It is owned by MICHELE D'OTTAVIO © the Juventus Football Club whose home matches have been played here since 2011. 5 An architectural symbol, it is one of the most avant-garde facilities in the world. The J-Museum, the official football museum of the ‘bianconero’ team is hosted inside the stadium. 12 BASILICA DI SUPERGA Situated on the hills surrounding Turin, it offers a breathtaking view. It was built as a thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary for Turin’s deliverance from the French siege (1706) and designed by Filippo Juvarra. One of the most picturesque ways of MARCO CRUPI/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM ANDREA GUERMANI CKTRAVELLING/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM © © © accessing it is by the Rack Tramway, which rattles the 3km up the hillside. 13 REGGIA DI VENARIA REALE MOLE ANTONELLIANA artifacts, from the Paleolithic to the Coptic era. headquarters of the first Subalpine Senate. Its King Vittorio Amedeo II gifted it to his future VIA PO PROMENADE Located inside the Park of La Mandria, this is a A landmark building of Turin since 1889, it was The archaeologist and Egyptologist Jean- name refers to ‘Madame Royale’ Christine of bride in 1714. Don’t miss a visit to this A stroll beneath the typical Torinese porticoes in Baroque-style complex built in the mid-17th purchased by the municipality who decided to François Champollion once said: ‘the road to France, who took up residence here in 1600. The magnificent residence, distinguished by the via Po, packed with shops and cafés, is an century as a glorified hunting lodge for Carlo make it a monument to Italian unification. Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin’. 2 view of the city from the Panoramic Tower is remains of its original 18th century absolute must. From here, you can access Piazza Emanuele II. Particularly worthy of note are the Standing at a height of 167.5m, at the time of its spectacular. 4 decorations and furnishings, and its Italianate Vittorio Veneto, the largest square in the city. The Grand Gallery, the Chapel of St. Hubert, the construction it was the highest brick building in MUSEI REALI gardens. Villa della Regina is a part of the square ends at the Vittorio Emanuele I bridge, Galleria di Diana, the 18th century Scuderie Europe. Built in an eclectic style, the Mole has a The residence of the Savoys until 1865, it is now PARCO DEL VALENTINO circuit of the Royal Residences of Turin and which connects it to the square of the church of Juvarrine and the Citroniera, now used to host squat square base topped by a large dome with owned by the Italian government. The museum Located on the banks of the Po River, and Piedmont, a UNESCO world heritage site. 6 the Gran Madre di Dio (1830), renowned for its events. It is a part of the circuit of the Royal a spire. You can ascend to the panoramic tour comprises a 3km route spread over 30,000 spread over 550,000 sq.m., this is the city’s most imposing pantheon-like shape. 8 Residences of Turin and Piedmont. 14 observation platform either by elevator or on sq.m. and 7 hectares of Royal Gardens. In 1563, popular park. Its interior houses numerous TEATRO REGIO foot by climbing its 573 steps. Since 2000, it has Duke Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy moved the treasures including the Castello del Valentino, a The Regio is one of the most important Italian PIAZZA SAN CARLO PALAZZINA DI CACCIA DI STUPINIGI hosted the National Museum of Cinema. 1 capital of the duchy from Chambéry to Turin, UNESCO world heritage site and a part of the theatres on the European scene, offering an Also known as ‘the drawing room’ of the city, it Built in Baroque style in 1729, and only 10km marking the beginning of a major urban circuit of the Royal Residences action-packed program of opera and ballet. It was commissioned by Marie Christine of France from Piazza Castello, with its French garden, MUSEO EGIZIO transformation and the enrichment of the of Turin and Piedmont, the Medieval Village and was designed by Filippo Juvarra and in true Parisian style with seemingly endless Stupinigi was the royal family’s favourite place for Founded in 1824, Turin’s Egyptian Museum is dynastic collections, which now include artifacts Castle, and the Botanical Gardens (1729).