Turin carries the singns of two thousand years of hisrory, It alternates power and forfeiture in the line of time of this site. The history starts with a little village: “Taurasia”, the legendary settling of Tauri is setted fire by Hannibal, and goes on becoming a city, the capital of a reign, the capital of a country, the capital of the car and the the metropolis that we know today.

In the last year the centre town have been restructured and comes back to the old fashination, more pedestrian precint, more squares without car, more places to walk, read, speak and the born of a lot of characteristic stores. Where can we start? Naturally from Castle squares (Piazza Castello) and then go in every direction, everyone go in beatiful places.

The palaces and the castles are the fondamental stages in a visit at the city: here lived kings, marquises, dukes and today all people can visit the room, the architecture, the furnitures of this beautiful structures.

In the very centre of the City: Palazzo Reale, Palazzo Madama, Mole Antonelliana, Palazzo Carignano, Castello del Valentino.
In the suburbs: Reggia di Venaria Reale, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Castello di Rivoli , Castello di Moncalieri.

The church and other similar palaces are the best testimonies of the big architects that Turin had: from Juvarra to Guarini and other more simple and little symbol of quarter and zones of the city.

Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Museo d'Antichità, Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Museo Egizio, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Galleria Sabauda, Archivio Storico.

The museum are varius and present in all the city, from expusures and historical collections and fascinating smaller collections and of niche moreover temporary extensions in historical palaces of the city.

The nigh life is particularry rich in Turin with a lot of nice place. The most attended are the “Murazzi on the Po” in the summer time and the “quadrilatero romano”, between via Garibaldi and Porta Palazzo, in all the year. Other initiatives in particular occasions like the “beer fest” or the spring and summer concert called “Extra Festival Turin”. Discos like the Barrumba, Cafè-Blue, La Gare, Hennesy, Hiroshima.

From turin who have a bit of time can go to mountain in one hour and to the sea in one hour and half thanks and the strategic position of the city.
Moreover in the beam of 70 km from la Langa and Monferrato where born some of the best wine of the world: Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, l’Asti Spumante, Moscato.A noble and variegated food tradition have the centre here. Some of the most nice city of Piemonte are here: Bra, Alba, Casale Monferrato, Cherasco. And then there are a lot of Lake like the “Avigliana Lake” , or at “Candia” or yet two famous italian lake “ lago Maggiore ” and “ lago d'Orta”

Other site:
www.comune.torino.it
www.provincia.torino.it
www.regione.piemonte.it
www.torinosette.it
www.turismotorino.org
www.extratorino.it
www.torino-internazionale.org