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turin<br />
italy<br />
61,261,254<br />
Euro (EUR)<br />
Twice daily<br />
+39 6°C<br />
Donald Strachan<br />
indulge your senses with fine art, superb<br />
cuisine and exquisite chocolate<br />
LINGOTTO<br />
The iconic 1920s Fiat factory<br />
has been reinvented with shops,<br />
concert halls and a sleek hotel –<br />
though the old test track remains.<br />
SLEEP Installed in part of architect<br />
Giacomo Mattè Trucco’s original Fiat<br />
plant, NH Lingotto Tech (230 Via<br />
Nizza, 011 6642000, nh-hotels.it,<br />
rooms from €114) is ideal for blending<br />
leisure and business. The design is<br />
sharp and modern, the spacious<br />
rooms flooded with light.<br />
CULTURE The art collection at the<br />
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella<br />
Agnelli (230 Via Nizza) is small but<br />
perfectly formed, including several<br />
Venice cityscapes by Canaletto, along<br />
with works by Matisse, Picasso, Manet<br />
and Modigliani. The ticket includes<br />
access to the banked Fiat test track<br />
on the roof of the Lingotto building.<br />
SHOP Eataly (230/14 Via Nizza) is<br />
a wonderland of Italian ingredients,<br />
stocking everything from Vercelli<br />
risotto rice to Sicilian olive oil.<br />
TIP The food court in Lingotto’s<br />
8 Gallery (262 Via Nizza) mall has<br />
free, open-access Wi-Fi.<br />
LA CROCETTA<br />
The residential Crocetta area is<br />
slightly removed from the busy<br />
centre, and known for its handsome<br />
Art Nouveau apartment blocks.<br />
FLY TO turin twice daily. brusselsairlines.com<br />
INFO<br />
Turin Airport is<br />
15km northwest<br />
of the centre.<br />
Bus<br />
A bus to central<br />
Turin runs every half<br />
hour, taking around<br />
45 minutes. Tickets<br />
cost €6.50 from a<br />
machine or ticket<br />
desk, or an extra<br />
€0.50 if you buy<br />
onboard.<br />
Train<br />
Trains depart for<br />
Dora Station every<br />
half hour, taking 19<br />
minutes. Tickets<br />
cost €3.70, or you<br />
can buy a day ticket<br />
for €6.80 that is<br />
valid on public<br />
transport across<br />
the city.<br />
Taxi<br />
A journey to the<br />
centre takes 30<br />
minutes and costs<br />
around €30.<br />
Tourist info<br />
The main offi ce is at<br />
Piazza Castello/Via<br />
Garibaldi, 011 535<br />
181, turismotorino.<br />
org. There are also<br />
offi ces at the airport<br />
and at Porta Nuova<br />
Station.<br />
Stroll Via Lamarmora to get a<br />
feel for the architecture, known<br />
here as Stile Liberty.<br />
SLEEP The modern mini-apartments<br />
at Residence Sacchi (34 Via Paolo<br />
Sacchi, 011 556 3811, residencesacchi.<br />
it, studios from €105) are spacious,<br />
well-equipped and just five minutes’<br />
walk from Porta Nuova Station. There’s<br />
no minimum stay policy.<br />
EAT Cerere (17 Via Legnano, 011 530<br />
470) serves up a refined take on hearty<br />
Piedmontese trattoria classics. The<br />
all-in tasting menu at €27 represents<br />
great value.<br />
SHOP You’ll find one of Turin’s liveliest<br />
and most eclectic local markets at the<br />
corner of Via Marco Polo and Largo<br />
Gian Domenico Cassini. The Mercato<br />
della Crocetta is held on weekday<br />
mornings and all day Saturday.<br />
TIP If you’re taking an iPhone, download<br />
the official TurismoTorino app from<br />
the App Store. It’s free and packed with<br />
sightseeing information.<br />
QUADRILATERO<br />
ROMANO<br />
The oldest part of the city has a<br />
street plan that dates from Roman<br />
times; these days, the best of the<br />
city’s nightlife is clustered here.<br />
SLEEP Offering understated urban<br />
cool at sensible prices. Town House 70<br />
On the right<br />
track: the<br />
Lingotto<br />
Tech bar<br />
(70 Via XX Settembre, 011 1970 0003,<br />
townhouse.it, rooms from €109) is the<br />
Quadrilatero’s most elegant address.<br />
EAT It’s not just about Piedmontese<br />
ingredients and cooking at L’Acino<br />
(2/A Via San Domenico, 011 521 7077);<br />
there’s also a top-notch wine list, mainly<br />
sourced from the hills around Turin.<br />
CULTURE The five-floor Museo d’Arte<br />
Orientale (11 Via San Domenico) has<br />
a wide-ranging collection that includes<br />
objects from India, China, Tibet and<br />
Japan. Among the prize exhibits are<br />
exquisite six-fold screens from<br />
Japan’s Edo period.<br />
SHOP Turin is renowned for its<br />
chocolate, especially gianduja – a<br />
mix of chocolate and hazelnut paste<br />
that was invented here during a<br />
19th-century cocoa shortage. Venchi<br />
(22 Via Giuseppe Garibaldi) is one of<br />
the best places in town to pick some<br />
up. A few doors along, the Juventus<br />
Store (4/E Via Giuseppe Garibaldi)<br />
sells replica kits and all manner of<br />
branded souvenirs celebrating Italy’s<br />
reigning football champions; staff can<br />
advise you where to buy tickets for<br />
the next home game.<br />
LATER The little piazzetta at the north<br />
end of Via Sant’Agostino, where it<br />
meets Piazza Emanuele Filiberto, is the<br />
heart of Turin’s bar life. It’s a little more<br />
chilled out around the corner at boho<br />
Casa Mad (24B/C Via Santa Chiara),<br />
with its creative €7 cocktail list.<br />
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