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PIAZZA 0 metres 250
DELLA CORSO REGINA MARGHERITA
REPUBBLICA
0 yards 250
PIAZZA
AUGUSTA Palazzo
Reale
VIA MILANO San Lorenzo Giardino C
VIA BELLEZIA
Reale
Chiesa di
VIA S. FRANCESCO D'ASSISI Quadrilatero VIA ROMA CARIGNANO PIAZZA VIA PO VIA PO VIA VANCHIGLIA
VIA MONTEBELLO
VIA ACCADEMIA ALBERTINA VIA ROSSINI ORSO SAN MAURIZIO
PIAZZA
CASTELLO
Museo Civica
Mole Antonelliana
d’Arte Antica
and Museo Nazionale
del Cinema
PIAZZA
VIA DELL'ARSENALE VIA S. TOMMASO
CARLO
ALBERTO
PIAZZA
EMANUELE II
SAN
Above Elegant colonnaded walkway along PIAZZA Museo Egizio PIAZZA CARLO VITTORIO VENETO
CARLO
Via Roma, Turin SOLFERINO VIA ALFIERI
PIAZZA
Piazza Castello, site of the Palazzo VIA BROFFERIO VIA XX SETTEMBRE PIAZZA VIA GIOLITTI
Madama, which houses the Museo VIA ROMA C. BALBO VIA SAN MASSIMO CAVOUR CORSO CAIROLI River Po
PIAZZA
VIA CAVOUR
Civica d’Arte Antica 3 (closed Tue). AIUOLA VIA DELLA ROCCA
PIAZZA
High lights here include Roman foun- PIAZZA CARLO BODONI
FELICE
dations in the basement, architect
Filippo Juvarra’s sinuous staircase and
atrium, and The Portrait of a Man by mausoleum (closed Wed) bears the EAT AND DRINK IN TURIN
Antonello da Messina (1476). Two of tombs of over 62 members of the L’Osteria del Corso inexpensive
Turin’s most atmospheric cafés are in Savoy family and has a cloister with Simple, good family-run fish place.
the piazza – Mulassano and Baratti & an Italian style garden. Duke Vittorio Great value lunch buffet.
Milano. On the western corner of the Amedeo engaged Juvarra to build Corso Regina Margherita 252/b, 10144;
piazza is the Chiesa di San Lorenzo 4 the basilica in 1717 after defeating an 011 480 665; closed Sun
(open daily). The interior of this church invading French army in 1706. The C’era Una Volta moderate
is a Baroque fantasy of marble, stuc- funicular ride from Sassi station (just Welcoming restaurant offering regional
specialities and an excellent menu
co and gilding. It also has a replica of below) up to the basilica is always degustazione. Corso Vittorio
the Sindone di Torino (Turin Shroud), popular with children. A large plaque Emanuele ll 41, 10125; 011 655 498;
believed to be the sheet in which in the grounds commemorates the www.ristoranteceraunavolta.it
Christ’s body was wrapped. Walk west tragic loss of the Grande Torino foot- Ristorante del Cambio expensive
from the piazza to the Quadrilatero ball team, whose plane crashed into Turin’s most famous restaurant serves
5 – the gridded area that recalls the the hillside in 1949. authentic bollito misto – a mix of
cooked meats. Booking essential.
old Roman settlement. The cobbled ª Head west to pick up SS11 then Piazza Carignano 2, 10123; 011 546
streets are full of bars, cafés, markets SP45. Take SS593 and after Alice 690; www.delcambio.it; closed Mon &
and churches. Return to Piazza Castello take SR143 to Biella. Sun eve
Castello and walk down Via Roma
and, near Piazza San Carlo, turn right
into Via Accademia delle Scienze and
the Museo Egizio 6 (Egyptian Museum:
Closes early Mon). The collection
includes papyri, a black statue of
Ramses ll (13th century BC), sarcoph-
agi and the tomb of Kha and Merit
(c.1430 BC), complete with vases of
food and unguents for the afterlife.
ª From Piazza Vittorio Veneto, cross
Ponte Vittorio Emanuele l and follow
brown signs for Superga. Turn left on
to Corso Casale, right at Strada
Comunale di Superga, left at Piazzale
Alberto Geisser and on to Superga.
3 Basilica di Superga
Torino, Piedmont; 10020
Spectacularly perched on a hill and
visible for miles around, this grand Above The Basilica di Superga, built to commemorate the liberation of Turin from the French
Eat and Drink: inexpensive, under €25; moderate, €25–€45; expensive, over €45
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