If you plan to spend more than one day in Turin (I recommend so!), you have to visit one of the most beautiful palaces you can find in Italy: the Reggia di Venaria. As the noun says, it's not located in the city center, but in the municipality of Venaria Reale: don't worry, you can arrive taking a bus from Porta Susa and every downtown point of interest. A common Turinese saying says: "If you visit Turin and you miss Venaria, you see the mother and you miss the daughter". The Reggia di Venaria is, from 1997, a UNESCO World Heritage site; in 2016, more than 1 million people visited it, being the 7th more visited museum in Italy. It was built between 1658 and 1689, by the willingness of Carlo Emanuele II, that wanted to have a new palace for hunting in the Turinese countryside; the project was made by the architect Amedeo di Castellamonte. In 1998 the restoration's works began, financed by European and national funds: they ended in 2007, when the Reggia was reopened to the public. Now you can visit the palace and its halls- with its famous Galleria Grande - and the big gardens in front of it. Often, the Reggia hosts art exhibitions. .How to get there and visit hours.
The easiest way to arrive to the Reggia is by the "Venaria Express": it costs 1,70€ from Monday to Wednesday, 7€ from Friday to Sunday (daily hop on/hop off ticket). You find the timetable here. You can visit the Reggia everyday (expect on Christmas) from 9 to 17 (18.30 in Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
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Probably the most famous museum in Turin, the Egyptain Museum is a mandatory stop if you decide to visit Turin. Every year hundreds of thousands people come to visit it (in 2016 852.095 visitors): every child attending elementary school in Piedmont or Lombardy visit it at least once! It's the biggest Egyptian museum in the world, only after the one in Cairo: here you can find more than 3.300 artifacts about the Egyptian history, more than 26.000 are in the warehouse. It was founded in 1824 by the King Carlo Felice di Savoia (to whom the square in front of Porta Nuova Station is dedicated) who bought a collection made of artifacts taken to Europe after the Napoleonic campaigns. The most known pieces are, for example, the Kha and Merit's tomb, the Ellesija Temple and the so called "Papiro di Torino", one of the most important documents about the faraons succession. In 2013 "The Times" put the Egyptian Museum of Turin in the list of the 50 best museum in the world. The last renovation of the museum ended in 2015, after more than three years of work. Visit hours and ticket price
The Egyptian Museum in open everyday, in Monday from 09.00 to 14.00, from Tuesday to Sunday from 09.00 to 18.30. Tickets from 11€ to 15€. The Mole Antonelliana is the most famous monument in Turin. It was built in the second half of the XIX century, projected by the architect Alessandro Antonelli. In the beginning it was a sinagogue, than it became property of the city of Turin: now it host the Cinema National Museum, visited by almost 500 thousands tourist every year, and a elevator takes you to the top of the building that allows you to enjoy a wonderful panorama, from the Turinese hills (Monte dei Cappuccini and Basilica di Superga in particular) to the Alps. Fortunately, you are not a UniTo student: a legend tells that if you are attending university in Turin, you cannot take this elevator, otherwise you will never graduate! Where it is: Via Montebello 20 Visit hours and ticket price
Mole Antonelliana is open every day, except on Tuesday, from 9 to 20. You can buy a cumulative ticket for the Museum and the elevator or single ones. Prices from 3€ to 14€. |
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