Where to stay in Turin

See

Turin's main attractions include important baroque palaces and churches, an attractive arcade-lined street grid, an extensive network of arcades, famous coffee shops and several renowned museums. Five palaces in Turin and nine more in the region served as residences for the Savoy royalty and are now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Torino+Piemonte Card gives you plus one child under 12 free access to all the museums and most other city attractions listed below. It does not include regular public transport but does include the bus to and from Venaria Reale (plus palace entry), the rack-railway to Superga, selected city tours, and a discount on the airport bus.

• Palazzo Reale
• Museo Civico d'Arte Antica
• CAMERA – Italian Centre for Photography
• Museo Egizio
• Risorgimento Museum
• Galleria d'Italia
• Foundation Accorsi-Ometto
• Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
• Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
• Mole Antonelliana
• Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
• Museum of Criminal Anthropology

Do

• Parco Pietro Colletta
• Teatro Regio
• Teatro Carignano
• Teatro Colosseo
• Villa La Tesoriera
• Juventus FC
• Torino FC

Eat

Turin has good public water, surging out of the nearby mountains. You'll see public drinking fountains everywhere, usually in the shape of a green bull, locally called Turet. Restaurants will happily serve you a carafe of tap water and not hassle you to buy bottled. Many restaurants serve Piedmontese dishes, obviously, but the other regional Italian cuisines are also well represented. Turin and the region of Piedmont has a very distinct regional cuisine that you will not often find easily around Italy. Traditional dishes that you should look out for include vitello tonnato, tajarin, agnolotti, and bagna cauda.

Drink

The main concentration of bars is along the river near Ponte Vittorio Emanuele, while the historic centre has many charming old-world cafés. The late night spots are around Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Murazzi, Lungo Dora Firenze at the corner of Via Reggio, Largo Saluzzo in San Salvario and Piazza Santa Giulia.

Stay safe

Turin is generally safe. But the top end of Via Nizza, flanking Porta Nuova railway station, can be seedy or even dangerous in the small hours. The nearby San Salvario area (Via Nizza to Parco del Valentino) is lively, going on raucous, but attracts drug peddlers and similar low-life. The areas between Porta Palazzo and the Dora River can be dangerous at night. As in other European cities, beware pickpockets in any busy place, especially if you have luggage or backpacks. Don't wear a football shirt or other club colours, unless you've come mob-handed with thousands of fellow supporters.