CITY: Turin (Torino), Italy
POPULATION: 908,000
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (high/low):
ºF : JAN: 43/28 · APR: 61/43 · JUL: 82/63 · OCT: 63/48
ºC: JAN: 6/-2 · APR: 16/6 · JUL: 28/17 · OCT: 17/9
Five things to see/do in Turin: The 17th century Piazza San Carlo in central Turin has several nice churches, a beautiful statue, as well as many restaurants, cafes, etc. in the porticoed buildings that line it.
Another central square, the Piazza Castello, has a famous historic shopping gallery, called the Galleria Subalpina, as well as the Palazzo Madama, which houses the Civic Museum of Ancient Art in Palazzo Madama (Museo Civico di Arte Antica).
Don’t miss the National Cinema Museum (Museu Nazionale del Cinema), located in the beautiful Mole Antonella. Apart from a great collection of cinema-related exhibits, the museum offers great views of the city.
The Egyptian Museum (Museo delle Antichita Egizie) – one of the three most famous such museums in the world – and Galleria Sabauda.
Check out the Cathedral & the Holy Shroud (Duomo di Torino e Cappella della Sacra Sindone), a 15th century Renaissance church which, as the name indicates, holds the “Holy Shroud” a Medieval relic.
Turin (Torino), Italy
Globotrip ratingTM: 7.2
The breakdown:
ATTRACTIONS: 7.3
HOTELS: 7.4
RESTAURANTS: 7.5
TRANSPORTATION: 7.0
VALUE: 7.0
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