Turin Trip Overview
Walking tour through the enchanting streets of Turin – Visit the Church of Saint Laurence, the Cathedral and all the baroque heart of the city center, walking towards the main streets and squares of Turin – we will start from Piazza Castello, overlooked by the most important buildings of the city, heritage of the royal family that let Torino became the first capital of Italy. Then we will walk through the heart of the city center, discovering hidden corners and historic cafes that have marked the history of Italy, ending the tour in a beautiful eclectic “mall” and talking about art and life in the past times.
*** The tour is also available for family groups and/or private groups. ***
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Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Turin, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Walking tour through the enchanting streets of Turin – Visit the Church of Saint Laurence, the Cathedral and all the baroque heart of the city center, walking towards the main streets and squares of Turin – we will start from Piazza Castello, overlooked by the most important buildings of the city, heritage of the royal family that let Torino became the first capital of Italy. Then we will walk through the heart of the city center, discovering hidden corners and historic cafes that have marked the history of Italy, ending the tour in a beautiful eclectic “mall” and talking about art and life in the past times.
*** The tour is also available for family groups and/or private groups. ***
Itinerary
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Stop At: Piazza Castello, 10123 Turin Italy
The square was designed by the architect Ascanio Vitozzi back in 1584. The centre of aristocratic life during the Savoy reign. Heart of the city in the past as in the present, the square is surrounded on three of its four sides by the famous and characteristic arcades of the city of Turin. From Piazza Castello the 4 main streets of Turin branch off: Via Po, Via Pietro Micca, Via Roma and Via Garibaldi, which is one of the longest pedestrian streets in Europe. On the square, on the other hand, there are some of the most important attractions of Turin such as the Royal Palace, which is in the centre of the square, the Royal Theatre, one of the most important opera houses in Italy, Palazzo Madama, which was the seat of the Subalpine Senate, the Royal Church of San Lorenzo, where the Holy Shroud just arrived in Turin for a period of time and which today houses the copy of the sacred cloth that can be visited when the original is not on display.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Piazza San Carlo, Piazza San carlo, 10121 Turin Italy
Piazza San Carlo, dedicated to San Carlo Borromeo since 1618, is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and important squares in the city of Turin, so much so that it is often the scene of concerts, demonstrations, election rallies and various social and cultural events. Several names were given to the square over the centuries: it was first Piazza Reale, then Piazza d’Armi and Place Napoléon during the Napoleonic period. On the square, which is rectangular in shape, there are still many places of interest: in the centre there is an equestrian statue of Emanuele Filiberto, while on the south side of the square there are the two twin churches in baroque style, that of Santa Cristina built in 1639 and that of San Carlo built in 1619.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Carignano, 10121 Turin Italy
Piazza Carignano is one of the most frequented squares both by “Torinesi” and tourists. Located a stone’s throw from Via Roma, it still preserves intact the Baroque spirit and the historical importance of the Risorgimento, remembering the founders and patriots of Italy. But more than anything else it is a square full of historical places, among restaurants, ice-cream parlours and shops where you can enjoy a walk in an exclusive place.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Carlo Alberto, 10123 Turin Italy
Before 1842 it was simply the garden of Palazzo Carignano and was reserved for private use of the Carignano family. In 1842 the park was opened to the public, and in 1859 it was transformed into a piazza. At the center of space stands the monument to Carlo Alberto designed by Carlo Marocchetti in 1861. The two long sides of the piazza are occupied by the rear of Palazzo Carignano and by the former stables which are now the National University Library.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Galleria Subalpina, Tra Piazza Castello e Piazza Carlo Alberto, 10121 Turin Italy
Designed in 1873 by the architect Pietro Carrera, the setting proposes the nineteenth-century model of the commercial area reserved for bourgeois entertainment, rather appreciated in the city, although it has established itself in a more contained version than the Vittorio Emanuele II gallery in Milan.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Via Po, Turin Italy
Via Po constituted the axis of the second urbanistic enlargement, designed by Amedeo di Castellamonte in 1673; starting from piazza Castello, the street leads towards the river Po, with its outlet in the 19th century piazza Vittorio Veneto. The European fame of via Po, considered one of the “most beautiful wide, straight and regular roads” is testified by the travel diaries, mostly from the 18th century, of those who began or ended the “Italian” phase of the Grand Tour, with a stop in Turin.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Mole Antonelliana, Via Montebello 20, 10124 Turin Italy
Symbol of the city and daring construction, it was begun in 1862 by Alessandro Antonelli as an Israelite temple; after a suspension, work resumed in 1878 with the construction above the vault of a granite chamber, on which rests a two-storey lantern and then a very high cone that transforms the square plan into a circular one. A series of conical and cylindrical elements complete the now very tall spire, concluded by a pyramidal spire with an octagonal base, then made in two parts. A winged genius on the spire concluded the work in 1889, when the direction of the site passed to Costanzo Antonelli, son of the late architect. The Mole, at 163.35 meters high, was the tallest masonry building in the world.
Duration: 15 minutes
