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A city of grandiose, baroque colonnades set on a Roman-style grid, Turin feels as though it should be a capital city. It was in the past – as seat of the Savoyard dukes and kings from 1559, as capital of unified Italy from 1861-1864, and as the Fiat-driven Italian car capital for much of the 20th century. The wheels of industry came off in the 1980s, but since the new millennium and the 2006 winter Olympics, Turin has had a renewed, post-Fiat confidence.
San Tommaso 10
More than just great coffee
The flagship of Lavazza – which started selling coffee in Turin in 1895, the San Tommaso coffee bar-café-restaurant near Via Roma is very cool, very modern and very sexy....
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L'Osto del Borgh Vej
Traditional trattoria
Eating at L'Osto del Borgh Vej, in the heart of the Quadrilatero, feels like you've discovered an old-style trattoria....
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Mole Antonelliana
Turin's tallest lookout tower
The Mole Antonelliana, named after its architect Antonelli, is Turin's 167m high answer to New York's Empire State Building....
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Royal residences
A baroque ring of delights
The UNESCO-protected Corona di delizie, or crown of delights, is a ring of castles around Turin that shows off the wealth and architectural ambition of the Savoys....
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Museo D'Egizio
The world's best Egyptian museum outside of Cairo
The museum only displays 6,500 of its 32,000 artefacts at a time, but that's more than enough to give a brilliant introduction into ancient Egypt....
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Galleria Sabauda
Home of some rare masterpieces
Upstairs from the Museo Egizio, the Galleria Sabauda holds a collection of canvases from the Savoy family collection....
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Gas Art Gallery
Graphically complete experiment
The owner of this gallery has a background in advertising and it shows in the way he has created an experimental space for high-tech and graphically enhanced artistic projects....
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Carbone.to
Emerging art from the contemporary school
Carbone has given support to many young Italian artists over the years and works principally with contemporary painters from Italy and abroad....
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Caffe San Carlo
Historical café
Chandeliers, classical art, gilt mirrors, stuffy service – this seriously old-school café on Piazza San Carlo, the first in Italy to install gas lighting in 1832, is the essence of Turin's café culture – one that makes you feel rich, if only for a moment as you sip your espresso or prosecco....
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