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Beautiful Turin

Turin is an elegant Italian city with cosmopolitan air and beautiful architecture on a scenic landscape, with the mountains on the background. It's known for being home of some great brands, like Fiat, Lavazza coffee and Ferrero chocolate.

Piazza Castello is an important square of the city surrounded by historical monuments. The square is a popular place both for tourists and locals, especially in the summer when there are refreshing water jets in the middle of the square where you can cool off.

In Piazza Castello, we visited the beautiful Royal Palace of Turin. It was built in 1646 and it served as a royal residence for over 200 years. Today, it's possible to visit some sections of the palace, like the king’s apartments, the royal library or the royal gardens.

Also in Piazza Castello, there's Palazzo Madama. It was at the beggining a medieval castle, then transformed in a palace with a baroque façade. Inside Madama Palace, we visited Turin City Museum of Ancient Art with a nice collection of ceramics, scultptures and drawings. We also climbed on top of the palace and admired a great view over the city.

On of the coolest museums I've seen is National Museum of Cinema located in the Mole Antonelliana. As Turin is the birthplace of Italian cinema, it's not a big surprise to find an incredible museum dedicated to scinema in the city. The cinema has a panoramic elevator with transparent walls that will takes visitors to the Mole platform where they get a 360° view of Turin.

Piazza San Carlo is an one of the main squares in Turin. It's an elegant pedestrian square with arcades, twin churches and equestrian statue in the middle.

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is the main church of Turin. It has a historic bell tower and a chapel which is home to the famous Shroud of Turin.

The Automobile Museum was named by Times magazine as one of the 50 best museums in the world. It has a great collection of rare cars and vehicles.

After visiting quite a lot of museums and historical building, we took a walk in the park. Parco del Valentino is a popular place for picnic or stroll in Turin. It's located right along the Po River.

For the perfect view of Turin, we headed to Monte dei Cappucini. Located on a hill across the Po River, the church has a great panoramic view over the city with Mole Antonelliana in the middle.

We got back in the city center and admired another beautiful square of the city, Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the beautiful views over the river from there.

We had dinner at Porto di Savona, in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. It offers typical Piedmontese cuisine and the prices are affordable.