Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Turin, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 9.4 km
Ascend 113 m
Descend 130 m

Experience Turin in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in TurinIndividual Sights in Turin

Sight 1: Galleria civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

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The Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is an art gallery in Turin, Italy, founded in 1891-1895 and located in 31 via Magenta. With the MAO, Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, the Borgo and the Rocca medioevali, it forms part of the Fondazione Torino Musei. The lower rooms house important reviews and a large collection of video art.

Wikipedia: Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (EN), Website

1519 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di Santa Teresa

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The Church of Saint Teresa of Ávila is a Baroque-style church located on Via Santa Teresa, near Piazza San Carlo in Turin, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Teresa, Turin (EN)

552 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Lorenzo

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Chiesa di San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo, also known as the Royal Church of Saint Lawrence, is a Baroque-style church in Turin, adjacent to the Royal Palace of Turin. The present church was designed and built by Guarino Guarini during 1668–1687.

Wikipedia: San Lorenzo, Turin (EN), Website

474 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Armeria Reale

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The Royal Armoury of Turin is one of the world's most important collections of arms and armour, formed in Turin by the Savoy family. The museum is now part of the Musei Reali di Torino, the royal site that has unified the Royal Palace, the Sabauda Gallery, the Archaeological Museum, the Royal Library and the Armoury. The whole site has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1997.

Wikipedia: Royal Armoury of Turin (EN), Website

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Cappella della Sindone

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The Chapel of the Shroud, or Guarini Chapel, is an architectural work by the architect Guarino Guarini, built in Turin at the end of the seventeenth century to house the Shroud. Located between the Duomo and the Royal Palace of Turin, the chapel was begun in 1610 at the behest of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy. The project was initially entrusted to Ascanio Vitozzi and Carlo di Castellamonte, but in 1668 Guarini took over, who designed the largest part of the building. His design, especially the dome, known for its complexity and optical effect, is considered a masterpiece of the Baroque. The project was finally completed by Antonio Bertola in 1694. After a fire that severely damaged the structure in 1997, the chapel underwent a long and complex restoration that ended in 2018, when it was reopened to the public.

Wikipedia: Cappella della Sacra Sindone (IT)

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Cathedral of St John the Baptist

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Turin Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Turin, northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Turin.

Wikipedia: Turin Cathedral (EN), Website

337 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

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Museo Civico d'Arte Antica Xadhoomx / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Museo Civico d'Arte Antica is an art museum located in the Palazzo Madama in Turin, Italy. It has a renowned collection of paintings from the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. It reopened in 2006 after several years of restorations.

Wikipedia: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica (EN), Website

396 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano

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The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento is the first, the biggest and the most important among the 23 museums in Italy dedicated to the Risorgimento; and the only one which can be considered "national" according to a 1901 law, and due to its rich and great collections. It is housed in the Palazzo Carignano in Turin.

Wikipedia: Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin) (EN), Website

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: San Filippo Neri

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San Filippo Neri Franco56 / CC BY-SA 3.0

San Filippo Neri is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church is located on Via Maria Vittoria 5; the left flank of the nave faces the Turin Academy of Sciences. The church is still used for services. 69 metres (226 ft) long and 37 metres (121 ft) wide, it is the largest church in the city of Turin.

Wikipedia: San Filippo Neri, Turin (EN)

3 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Egyptian Museum

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Egyptian Museum

The Museo Egizio or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 30,000 artifacts, and is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world, after the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. In 2019, it received 853,320 visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in Italy.

Wikipedia: Museo Egizio (EN), Website

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: MIAAO Museo Internazionale di Arte Applicata Oggi

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The MIAAO - International Museum of Applied Arts Today is an institution belonging to the museum circuit of Turin. It is the only Italian museum dedicated to contemporary applied arts and the enhancement of manual work.

Wikipedia: MIAAO (IT), Website

240 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Monumento a Emanuele Filiberto

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Monumento a Emanuele Filiberto

The Equestrian monument of Emmanuel Philibert, commonly known as Caval ëd bronz, rises in the center of Piazza San Carlo in central Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Wikipedia: Equestrian monument of Emmanuel Philibert (EN)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa di Santa Cristina

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Chiesa di Santa CristinaRicciSpeziari Photographer: Riccardo Speziari / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santa Cristina is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. It mirrors the adjacent church of San Carlo and faces the Piazza San Carlo. The arrangement recalls the twin churches of Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1681) and Santa Maria in Montesanto (1679) facing the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Wikipedia: Santa Cristina, Turin (EN)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo

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Chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo

San Carlo Borromeo or San Carlo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. It mirrors the adjacent church of Santa Cristina and faces the Piazza San Carlo. The arrangement recalls the twin churches of Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1681) and Santa Maria in Montesanto (1679) facing the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Wikipedia: San Carlo Borromeo, Turin (EN)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa della Visitazione

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The Church of the Visitation is a baroque church in the historic center of Turin.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Visitazione (Torino) (IT)

392 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa della Madonna degli Angeli

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The Church of Our Lady of the Angels is a church in Turin, Italy, located on the corner of Via Cavour and Via Carlo Alberto.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Madonna degli Angeli (Torino) (IT)

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di Santa Croce

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The Church of Santa Croce is an Orthodox place of worship in Turin, Italy, located in Piazza Carlo Emanuele II.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Croce (Torino) (IT)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di Santa Pelagia

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The Church of Santa Pelagia is a Roman Catholic church in Turin, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Pelagia (Torino) (IT)

394 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Museo Accorsi Ometto

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Museo Accorsi OmettoJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Accorsi–Ometto Museum is a private museum based in Turin, northern Italy. It is chronologically the first decorative arts museum in Italy. The museum was originated from a legacy left by Pietro Accorsi and was opened by Giulio Ometto, president for life of the "Fondation Pietro Accorsi" and Director ad interim of the museum.

Wikipedia: Accorsi-Ometto Museum (EN), Website

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Santissima Annunziata

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The church of the Santissima Annunziata in Turin is located in Via Po.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata (Torino) (IT), Website

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Mole Antonelliana

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The Mole Antonelliana is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A mole in Italian is a building of monumental proportions.

Wikipedia: Mole Antonelliana (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: National Cinema Museum

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The National Museum of Cinema located in Turin, Italy, is a motion picture museum fitted out inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation, and the core of its collection is the result of the work of the historian and collector Maria Adriana Prolo. It was housed in the Palazzo Chiablese.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Cinema (EN), Website

462 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 23: Chiesa di San Francesco da Paola

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San Francesco da Paola is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via di Po in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Francesco da Paola, Turin (EN)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Cavallerizza Reale

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The Cavallerizza Reale is a historic building in Turin, part of the circuit of Savoy residences in Piedmont, proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Wikipedia: Cavallerizza Reale (IT)

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Auditorium RAI

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The Rai Auditorium in Turin "Arturo Toscanini" is a structure of Rai, in the Piedmontese capital. Built at the end of the nineteenth century to host equestrian performances, it has been radically renovated several times during the twentieth century.

Wikipedia: Auditorium Rai di Torino (IT)

413 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 26: Carabiniere Reale

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Carabiniere Reale

The National Monument to the Carabiniere is a work erected in 1933 in the external part of the gardens of the Royal Palace of Turin, at the confluence of the I Maggio and Partigiani avenues. It was one of the many monuments erected after World War I to honor the sacrifice of the fallen.

Wikipedia: Monumento nazionale al carabiniere (IT)

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Giardini Reali

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Giardini Reali

The Royal Gardens of Turin are green areas located behind the Royal Palace, the Government Palace and the Royal Armoury, in the historic center of Turin, between Piazza Castello and Corso San Maurizio; The lower part of the gardens is public. The green areas are crossed by the I Maggio and Partigiani avenues, at the confluence of which the monument to the carabiniere was erected in 1933, later declared an Italian national monument.

Wikipedia: Giardini Reali di Torino (IT)

646 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 28: Santissimo Nome di Gesù

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The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church in Turin, Italy. It is located in the Vanchiglietta district, on the border with Borgo Vanchiglia. His parish is part of the Archdiocese of Turin.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù (Torino) (IT), Website

609 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 29: Chiesa di Santa Giulia

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The Church of Saint Julia is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Giulia, Turin (EN), Website

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 30: Casa Scaccabarozzi

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Casa Scaccabarozzi

Casa Scaccabarozzi, commonly known as Fetta di Polenta, is a historic building located in the Vanchiglia neighborhood of the northern Italian city of Turin. It is famous for its unusual and very thin trapezoidal plan and for being only 54 centimetres (1.77 ft) at its narrowest. Its primary nickname due to its resemblance to the shape to a slice of polenta.

Wikipedia: Fetta di Polenta (EN), Website

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