Top 10 Things to do in Province of Turin, Italy

December 1, 2017 Harland Bartelt

The former Province of Turin (Italian: Provincia di Torino; Piemontese: Provincia ëd Turin; French: Province de Turin) was a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Turin. The province existed until 31 December 2014, when it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Turin.
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1. Egyptian Museum of Turin

Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6 | Aperto Anche il Lunedi Mattina, 10123 Turin, Italy 39 11 561 7776
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4.5 based on 18 reviews

Egyptian Museum of Turin

The Museo delle Antichità Egizie is the only museum other than the Cairo Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture. Many international scholars, since the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion, who came to Turin in 1824, spend much time pouring over the collections. It was Champollion who famously wrote, “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin”.The collections that make up today’s Museum, were enlarged by the excavations conducted in Egypt by the Museum’s archaeological Mission between 1900 and 1935 (a period when finds were divided between the excavators and Egypt).The Egyptian Museum in Turin has begun 2009 an important project which wants to widen spaces in order to enhance the collections through modern museographical and museological criteria. The Museum will be open all over the period of restoration and the New Egyptian Museum inauguration is scheduled for the year 2015.

Reviewed By saona4me - cambs

A place well worth visiting. It doesn’t top the museum in Cairo but it’s definitely good, slightly confusing how it’s laid out. Spotlessly clean. The artefacts couldn’t have been presented any better than they were. Definitely glad I went.We thank you for your visit and your review!

2. Museo Nazionale del Cinema

Via Montebello 20, 10124 Turin, Italy +39 011 813 8560
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4.5 based on 10 reviews

Museo Nazionale del Cinema

The Museum is one of the most important of its kind in the world thanks to it vast collection and the many different scientific and educational activities it carries out. But what makes it truly unique is its special exhibit setup. The museum is located inside the Mole Antonelliana, a bizarre and fascinating monument which is the symbol of the City of Torino. And the various areas inside the Mole Antonelliana were the starting point for the Swiss set designer François Confino who, with talent and imagination, multiplied the museum's itineraries. He created a spectacular presentation that offers visitors continuous and unexpected visual and acoustic stimuli, just like when we watch a film that involves and moves us.

Reviewed By LepoLepoLepo - Pisa, Italy

This museum offers really a lot. That's why I found it confusing. The pre-history and history of cinema, theatrical posters of famous movies, plus a wide array of weird stuff: exhibition areas dedicated to the great genres of the history of cinema. An exhibition area dedicated to the different components and phases of the film industry: production studies, directing, screenplay, actors and the star system, stage costumes, set design, storyboards. Many areas are interactive.

3. Museo del Grande Torino e della Leggenda Granata

Via G. b. de la Salle 87, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy +39 333 985 9488
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5 based on 113 reviews

Museo del Grande Torino e della Leggenda Granata

The Museo del Grande Torino e della Leggenda Granata is located in Via G.B. La Salle 87 at Grugliasco (TO) and is open on Saturdays from 14 to 19 and Sundays from 10 to 19 (last admission both days at 17.30) . After 10 years spent in two rooms in the cloister of the Basilica of Superga, the Museum moved to Grugliasco in 2008 in the premises of the beautiful 17th century villa Claretta-Assandri where it can take advantage of about 650 square meters available so as to show our visitors many relics of the history of Torino FC from 1906 to today. Among these, we can enumerate the Balilla car belonged to Gigi Meroni, a part of the wooden grandstand of the stadium Filadelfia, the horn used by the "Trumpeter of Filadelfia" to boost the players of the Grande Torino, the cassette of the masseur with inners still intact despite the tremendous impact as well as a wheel and a propeller of the aircraft of Superga. To give you an idea of ​​the richness of our museum collection, there are on display original documents from 1906 to today, original photos of players and managers from 1912 to today, original sweaters and suits of Torino FC and Italian National Team from 1927 to today, original shoes and balls from the 50s to today, as well as hundreds of personal belongings owned by the players. The tours are all guided by our volunteers who will narrate you the story of a big club often related to the historical events of our country.

Reviewed By Kieronm44 - Dublin, Ireland

We visited this museum as a prearranged group visit whilst visiting Torino FC. It was really interesting to hear about the start of Torino FC and all the history that surrounds it right up to the present day. The museum was very well layed out and displayed all the history and information very well.
Until we visited here I never knew there was so much history surrounding this club, and it was explained very well by our guide. All the work and people involved do it voulintarily which is a great thing and they are people who really care about this museum.
This is really worth a visit if you get the time.

4. Colle del Nivolet

Ceresole Reale, Italy
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5 based on 187 reviews

Colle del Nivolet

Reviewed By Mark S - Greater Adelaide, Australia

We stumbled apon this place the day before we had to leave Europe, it was unreal ! This place has endless rockclimbing , walking and , mountain biking. All in a surprisingly remote ( for Italy) setting

5. Fenestrelle Fortress

Via del Forte | Località Fenestrelle, 10060 Fenestrelle, Italy +39 0121 83600
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4.5 based on 629 reviews

Fenestrelle Fortress

Reviewed By Silverbera - Collegno

If you are nearby Turin and would like to have a rest I would suggest you to go to Fenestrelle which is 1h drive from Turin . This fortress which has been built in 19th century it's the highest in Europe and is made of 3 different forts which are interlinked with more than 4.000 steps . There is a tour guide ( (10 euro for 3 hours ) which is pretty detailed and interesting . By requesting the day before the visits could be run in French or English and are really enjoyable and relaxing even with kids as they will enjoy . From this 1500 my the landscape is beautiful .
Remember not to wear hills but comfortable shoes !

6. Cappella dei Banchieri e dei Mercanti

Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 25, 70010 Turin, Italy +39 011 562 7226
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5 based on 141 reviews

Cappella dei Banchieri e dei Mercanti

Reviewed By albyboetti - Cuneo

This place has been a stunning surprise for me. It's a baroque chapel with fine frescoes, statues (made of wood but resembling marble) and a big golden crown over the altar. In the sacristy, you can find an interesting perpetual calendar invented in 1831 by the Italian astronomer and mathematician Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana. The guide told us that it was studied by a group of Japanese students who said it was the first example of computer in history. The chapel is opened by volunteers on Saturdays afternoon (from 3 to 6 pm). The guide told me that the chapel is usually closed during Summer.

7. Santuario Basilica La Consolata

Piazza Della Consolata | Via Maria Adelaide 2, 10122 Turin, Italy +39 011 483 6100
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4.5 based on 1 reviews

Santuario Basilica La Consolata

Reviewed By Giorgio G - Washington DC, District of Columbia

..went back recently to visit with a friend.. last time I was there was for midnight mass last year.. we visited late on a Sunday night.. surprisingly, the church was still open and not more than a handful of people were in it... we wandered into the sacristy and the small chapels that surround the main altar.. the sense of quiet opulence was everywhere.. you realize you enter a church with a neoclassical facade and a Baroque core (Juvarra and Guarini) that explodes into Rococo. Gold and polychrome marbles everywhere. Ex-voto literally covering every square inch of the inside wall give you a good idea of the veneration given to the Virgin of Consolation.

8. Museo Pietro Micca

Via Francesco Giuseppe Guicciardini 7a | nei pressi della stazione FS di Porta Susa, 10121 Turin, Italy +39 011 546317
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4.5 based on 987 reviews

Museo Pietro Micca

Reviewed By NoSpin - Weston, Massachusetts

The museum itself is small and rather modest. It consists of two small rooms comprised of some artifacts, but mostly models. However, the real part is the tour through the tunnels. I don't know how frequently the tours are given. We just happened to hit it lucky that a tour through the tunnels would be given about 25 minutes after we arrived.
Now all the printed materials in the two museum rooms are in Italian, and the tour through the tunnels is in Italian. However, there is an English audio guide to use in the museum and in the tunnels. Unfortunately the audio guide does not give you nearly as much information as the guide was giving. He very kindly gave us a little information in English.
The tunnels and the story of their usage is just amazing.

9. Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo

Via Palazzo di Citta' 4, 10122 Turin, Italy +39 011 436 1527
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4.5 based on 1 reviews

Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo

This was the first “home” of the Holy Shroud after its arrival from Chambéry. San Lorenzo has an extraordinary cupola (completed in 1680) designed by Guarino Guarini and exemplifies the baroque style. The Duke Emanuele Filiberto had the church dedicated to the Saint after the victory of the Battle of San Quintino. In piazza Castello.

Reviewed By gianlorenzo - norfolk

The Baroque period over-dominates the churches of Turin and San Lorenzo is no exception. However, the structure of the dome and the harmonious quality of the interior, makes this a most extraordinary church. Unprepossessing from the outside, the interior is fabulous. Unmissable.

10. Juventus Stadium

Corso Gaetano Scirea 50, 10151 Turin, Italy +39 329 222 9978
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4.5 based on 6 reviews

Juventus Stadium

Reviewed By AnselmColom - London, United Kingdom

This is a fantastic stadium and I understand state of the art. So why treat the away fans like cattle, give 2500 fans one hut outside for food and drink, one set of toilets etc etc etc. The view from the corner flag is ok. No idea what is outside. Police won’t let us near there. We get the same experience at every Italian club. Seems they only care for themselves. This is not the 1980s. If it is an excellent stadium (and other reviews suggest this) then I did not see any of it (and my team did well so I loved that aspect of it all)

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