WELCOME TO TURIN 10 GOOD REASONS... TO VISIT THE CITY!
1 5 8 The first capital of Italy, The Royal Residences The famous historical before Florence and Rome declared by Unesco a Human Heritage Site cafés and patisseries 2 6 The Egyptian Museum, the The city preserving second biggest in the world Leonardo da Vinci’s 9 self portrait The capital of taste, 3 chocolate and The National Cinema aperitifs Museum inside the 7 “Mole Antonelliana” The capital of 10 contemporary art The city with 18 km of arcades 4 for shopping The city where the Holy Shroud is conserved
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Turismo Torino e Provincia is the Tourist Board and the Convention Bureau of the city of Turin. We promote Turin as a tourist destination for leisure, conferences and business travel and we are pleased to provide you with some useful information.
TURIN INFORMATION CENTRES
• Piazza Castello • Piazza Carlo Felice Contact centre (+39).011.535181 [email protected] - www.turismotorino.org
SPECIAL BENEFITS
TORINO + PIEMONTE CARD CITY SIGHTSEEING TORINO City Sightseeing Torino features 3 routes: the classic Turin City Discover the amazing beauties and the many activities you can Centre (line A), the B line, Unexpected Turin and the C line do with the TORINO+PIEMONTE CARD: free access to the main Royal Residences. museums, fortresses, castles and royal residences in Turin and in SHOW YOUR BADGE ON CITY SIGHTSEEING BUSES AND YOU the Piemonte region. Reduced ticket for museums, exhibitions WILL BENEFIT FROM 10% DISCOUNT and monuments in Piemonte, reductions on panoramic Lift at Mole Antoneliana, rack tramway to Superga, boats on the Po river, City Sighseeing bus, guided tours, outdoor activities, events, shows and much more...
REDUCED PRICES FOR CONGRESS PARTICIPANTS upon exhibition of the congress badge: 2 days: € 32,00 instead of € 35,00 Enjoy 3 days: € 39,00 instead of € 42,00 5 days: € 48,00 instead of € 51,00 your stay in Turin! THE MOST VISITED MUSEUMS
MUSEO EGIZIO (Egyptian Museum) ROYAL MUSEUMS Second only to that of Cairo, it is the only museum outside Egypt The Royal Museums include the Royal Library, the Royal entirely dedicated to the Egyptian art and culture, preserving the Armoury, the Palace and the Royal Gardens, the new Savoy exceptional royal statuary for the Tomb of Kha and Merit, and an Gallery, the Museum of Antiques, with the Roman Theatre and important collection of papyrus and of accounts of daily life. In Palazzo Chiablese. The connection of the museum structures April 2015 the exhibition areas were doubled and a new layout offers an extraordinary three kilometres long visitor’s trail was set through history, culture, art and landscape to relive the entire www.museoegizio.it history of the city, from its first Roman settlement to United Italy. The Royal Museums are a project which confirms the NATIONAL CINEMA MUSEUM centrality of Torino and its artistic, architectural, and historical The museum is unique in Italy and among the most important heritage, in Europe and the world. in the world for the richness of its collections located inside the www.poloreale.beniculturali.it Mole, the masterpiece by Antonelli, the symbol monument of the city. The setting was created by the Swiss architect François NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM Confino, who designed an interactive trip through the world of It is located near to Lingotto area and on the river banks. This cinema. In the middle of the Mole (tower) there is a panoramic place tells the story and the evolution of the motor car, as well glass lift that rises to the top of the building and from where the as the social themes linked to it, its transformation from a whole Turin can be seen. means of transport to an object of worship, and all this is done www.museocinema.it with spectacular displays showing off the valuable pieces in the collection. www.museoauto.it
TEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS NOT TO BE MISSED
MATISSE E IL SUO TEMPO From 12/12/2015 To 15/05/2016 The works of Matisse in the specific context of his friendships FATTO IN ITALIA. DAL MEDIOEVO AL MADE IN ITALY and artistic interactions with other painters. Nine sections with From 19/03/2016 To 10/07/2016 around a hundred works, of which 50 by Matisse, are arranged The exhibition retraces the steps of Italian art production in chronological order and punctuated by thematic analysis. between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age to identify PALAZZO CHIABLESE key moments when artistic quality, innovation and technical Piazza San Giovanni, 2 - Torino excellence came together to create a unique heritage that Tel. +39.011.0240113 became easy to recognize and fashionable enough to be DA POUSSIN AGLI IMPRESSIONISTI. exported across Europe. TRE SECOLI DI PITTURA FRANCESE DALL’ERMITAGE LA REGGIA DI VENARIA From 11/03/2016 To 04/07/2016 Piazza della Repubblica, 4 - Venaria Reale A major exhibition consisting of over eighty paintings from the Tel. +39.011.4992333 Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg, illustrating the history VAN GOGH ALIVE of French art and its fortune in Russia. A new itinerary that From 26/03/2016 To 26/06/2016 ranges from the pomp of the court of Louis XIV and Madame de An exhibition that transcends time and space: the visitor Pompadour to the eve of the avant-garde, where can be found is invited to accompany Van Gogh on a journey through the all the great themes of modern painting. Netherlands, Arles, Saint Rémy and Auvers-sur-Oise where he PALAZZO MADAMA - MUSEO CIVICO D’ARTE ANTICA created many of his timeless masterpieces. In an evocative Piazza Castello, 10 - Torino scenario, the exhibition contains over 3,000 inspiring images, Tel. +39.011.4433501 turning every surface into art: walls, columns, ceilings and even IL NILO A POMPEI. VISIONI D’EGITTO NEL MONDO ROMANO the floors. PROMOTRICE DELLE BELLE ARTI rg/ From 05/03/2016 To 04/09/2016 no.o IT/a ri pp to Less than a year after the inauguration of its new layout, the Viale Balsamo Crivelli, 11 - Torino o m s i r Museo Egizio is presenting to the public from 5 March to 4 u t
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