The firsT capiTal of italy, before florence and rome

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The city preserving leonardo da Vinci’s

self porTraiT

2 The Museo egizio is the only museum other than the cairo Museum that is dedicated solely

to Egyptian art and culture

3The naTional cineMa

MuseuM inside the “Mole antonelliana”

4 The city where the Holy sHroud is conserved

5 The royal residences declared by unesco a Human

Heritage site6

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The famous HisTorical cafés and paTisseries

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The capital of conTeMporary arT

The capital of TasTe, cHocolaTe and

aperiTifs

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The city with 18 km of arcades for sHopping

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Foto: E. Aretini

WELCOMETO TORINO10 GOOD REASONS... TO VISIT THE CITY!

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HOW TO REACH THE CITY CENTRE

BY BuSThe centre of Torino is easily reachable in 40 minutes using the sadeM bus service (www.sadem.it). one-way fare: € 6.50 (+0.50 € aboard).

BY TRAINA railway line connects Torino Airport to Dora GTT Station in Torino (www.gtt.to.it). Departures every 30 minutes. Journey time: 19 minutes. A network of buses links the Dora GTT Station to the city centre.one-way fare: € 3.00

BY TAxIThe public taxi rank is located on the left at the exit of the arrivals level.Travel time: approximately 30 minutes.TAXI TORINO: ph. +39.011.5737 - +39.011.5730 - +39.011.3399

FROm TORINO AIRpORT

BY BuSDaily connections to Torino (www.sadem.it), travel time 2 hours approximatelyOne-way fare: € 22.00On-line reservation is highly recommended www.sadem.it/en/acquistocambio/acquisto-biglietto.aspx

BY CARFollow the directions for A4 Milano-Torino motorway, direction Torino.

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GETTING TO TORINO

BY AIR

TORINO AIRpORT The airport is about 16 km from the city centre, about half an hour’s drive, and boasts a good transport service to the town centre, both by bus and train, as well as taxi of course. The airport has daily flights to major Italian and European cities. www.aeroportoditorino.it

mILANO mALpENSA INTERNATIONAL AIRpORT This airport is located at about 100 km from Torino and offers daily international and intercontinental flights.www.sea-aeroportimilano.it

BY TRAINTorino is very well linked both to the italian railway system and to that of neighbouring countries. High-speed trains are used nationally and internationally, Frecciarossa and Italo for Italy and TgV for france, and allow to reach paris for example in about 5 hours. The new high-speed lines also allow to reach Milan in only 44 minutes and rome in 4h 05’.www.trenitalia.comwww.italotreno.it www.tgv-europe.com

HOW TO GET TO pOLITECNICO - mAIN BuILDING AuLA mAGNA Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24

The politecnico is located only 3 km from the city centre. it can be reached from the city centre in a short time by public transport.The closest MeTro sTaTion is Vinzaglio (about 10 minutes’ walking distance from both the politecnico main building).Many bus and tram lines have stops at the politecnico.BuS lines 58, 33 and TRAm line 10 stop near the politecnico main building entrance (Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24).BuS line sTar 1 stops at about 300 metres from the same entrance.Other bus or tram lines (e.g. lines 42 and 15) have also stops not far from the politecnico.fare € 1.50

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TuRISmO TORINO E pROVINCIA is the Tourist Board and the Convention Bureau of the city of Torino. We promote Torino as a tourist destination for leisure, conferences and business travel and we are pleased to provide you with some useful information.

TOuRIST INFO

STuDENTS FARES FOR THE BEST muSEumS IN TOWN

ROYAL MUSEUMS OF TORINO - www.museireali.beniculturali.it Ticket Office Piazzetta Reale, 1Reduced: € 6.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM - Via XX Settembre 86ROYAL ARMOURY - Piazza Castello 191ROYAL LIBRARY - Piazza Castello 191 (the admission in the reading room is free of charge)ROYAL PALACE - Piazzetta Reale 1SAVOY GALLERY - Via XX Settembre 86

FONDAZIONE TORINO MUSEI - www.fondazionetorinomusei.itgaM-gallery of Modern and conTeMporary arT - Via Magenta 31Reduced: € 8.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18Mao-MuseuM of orienTal arT - Via san domenico 11Reduced: € 8.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AND FORTIFICATION - Valentino Park, Viale Virgilio 107Medieval Village: free of chargeFortification: reduced € 5.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free under 18MuseuM of ancienT arT - Madama palace, piazza castelloReduced: € 10.00 from 18 to 25 years old; free: under 18

MUSEO EGIZIO - www.museoegizio.it Via accademia delle scienze 6reduced: € 11.00 from 15 to 18 years old

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CINEMA - www.museocinema.itMole Antonelliana, Via Montebello 20Reduced: € 8.00 university student younger than 26 years old, € 3.00 from 6 to 18 years old

mAuTO-NATIONAL AuTOmOBILE muSEum - www.museoauto.itcorso unità d’italia 40Ticket: € 12.00

• Piazza Castello• Piazza Carlo FeliceMonday-Sunday from 9am to 6pm • Contact centre (+39) 011.535181Monday-Sunday from 9am to 12.30pm/from 14.30pm to 18pm

INFORmATION CENTRES

PORTA NUOVA

Turismo Torino e Provincia will have a promotional desk during Zero Robotics where you can find brochures, tourist information and suggestions to discover Torino.Thursday 11th January from 12pm to 1.30pm

TOuRIST INFO DESK during ZERO ROBOTICS

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EVENTS

MAUTO - NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM It is located near the Lingotto area and on the Po river banks. This place tells the story and the evolution of the motor car, as well as the social themes linked to it, with spectacular displays showing off the valuable pieces in the collection. www.museoauto.itmuSEO EGIZIOThe Museo egizio is the only museum other than the cairo Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture. The collections that make up today’s Museum were enlarged by the excavations conducted in Egypt by the Museum’s archaeological mission between 1900 and 1935.www.museoegizio.itNATIONAL CINEmA muSEum it is one of the most important museums in the world for the richness of its collections located inside the Mole (tower), the symbol monument of the city. It offers an interactive trip through the world of cinema designed by the swiss architect François Confino. In the middle of the Mole there is a panoramic glass lift that rises to the top of the building and from where the whole Torino can be seen. www.museocinema.it pALAZZO mADAmA Paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, majolica and porcelain pieces, gold and silverware, furnishings and fabrics: more than 3,000 works bear witness to the richness and complexity of ten centuries of Italian and European artistic production. www.palazzomadamatorino.it pINACOTECA GIOVANNI E mARELLA AGNELLI On the rooftop of Lingotto, the Pinacoteca houses 25 masterpieces between 19th and 20th century from Agnelli’s family (FIAT founder) private collection. www.pinacoteca-agnelli.itROYAL muSEumS The complex includes: royal palace, royal gardens, royal library, royal armoury, archaeological Museum with the roman Theatre, the Savoy Gallery and Palazzo Chiablese. It offers an extraordinary three kilometres long visitor’s trail through history, culture, art and landscape to relive the entire history of the city, from its first Roman settlement to United Italy. www.poloreale.beniculturali.itVENARIA REALE The royal residence of Venaria reale is one of the world’s most important examples of the magnificence and baroque architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, just outside Torino. it is a natural and architectural masterpiece that was declared part of the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1997. www.lavenaria.it

THE mOST VISITED muSEumS

NOT TO BE mISSED

mIRÓ! DREAm AND COLOuRfrom 04/10/2017 to 14/01/2018one hundred and thirty works, most of them oversized oils, lent by the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, show the artistic code of this spanish genius: it is a comprehensive review of his work, which left its unmistakable mark in the world of the European avant-garde.muSEI REALI DI TORINO - CHIABLESE pALACEPiazzetta Reale - www.poloreale.beniculturali

GIANFRANCO FERRÈ. uNDER ANOTHER LIGHT: jEWELLERY AND ORNAmENTSfrom 12/10/2017 to 19/02/2018Gianfranco Ferrè and his passion for drawing the jewels and ornaments which accompanied his collections. Alongside a rich range of accessories, for the first time presented at an exhibition, a series of “jewel-dresses” are displayed, which are particularly striking because of the richness of the materials used and the refinement of the shapes and volumes.mADAmA pALACE- muSEum OF ANCIENT ART Piazza Castello, 10 - www.palazzomadamatorino.it

ARTISTS’ LIGHTS - 20TH EDITIONfrom 27/10/2017 to 14/01/2018The historic public art show is a successful experiment in which contemporary art - signed by famous italian and international artists and conveyed through the use of light - descends on the streets and squares to reveal itself to all.Various venueswww.contemporarytorinopiemonte.it/VentAnniLuciArtista.aspx

J’ARRIVE. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, THE FIVE FACES OF TRIUMPHfrom 14/06/2017 to 08/01/2018for over two centuries, his name has been fascinating, shocking and amazing; he is the most famous historical character in the world and a legendary man on all continents: napoleon Bonaparte. after conquering the whole world, the great exhibition also arrives in Turin, featuring an extraordinary collection of weapons, uniforms, documents and personal effects that conjure different aspects of his life, from military triumphs to his tightly intimate and private life, and providing an all-round picture of society and customs in the napoleonic era. CAVOuR pALACE - Via Cavour, 8www.napoleontheexhibition.com/index.php/en/

LIKE A mOTH TO A FLAmEfrom 04/11/2017 to 14/01/2018An ambitious project, signed by three international curators who are special guests called to work together for the first time by confronting the city of Turin and its important artistic heritage: Tom eccles - director of the centre for curatorial studies at Bard college in new york, Mark rappolt - editor-in-chief of the english magazine art review - and the British artist liam gillick. The exhibition revolves around the collaboration with the fondazione sandretto re rebaudengo and the exchange with some of the most important public museums in Turin (including the egyptian Museum, palazzo Madama, the Mao - Museum of oriental art, the gaM - civic gallery of Modern and contemporary art and rivoli castle - Museum of contemporary art), in a game of cross contamination between works of contemporary art and those of past centuries.OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni - Corso Castelfidardo, 22www.ogrtorino.it/en/eventsFondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo - Via Modane, 16fsrr.org/en