Turin in 2 days, on foot

This 2-day self-guided walking plan for Turin covers 22 narrated sights in an easy day-by-day order. Each day is split into a morning and an afternoon loop, and every stop has a two to three minute audio story in the Gingerguide app.

You set the pace: this is a suggested order, not a schedule. Walk it in 2 days, or stretch it out. Reorder freely; Turin rewards a detour.

Day 1

Morning

1. Egyptian Museum (Museo Egizio): The second-largest Egyptian museum in the world after Cairo, housing 30,000 extraordinary artefacts including papyri, wooden statues, and complete royal tombs.
2. Holy Shroud Chapel (Cappella della Sacra Sindone): Guarino Guarini's extraordinary black marble Baroque chapel, built to house the Holy Shroud, the linen cloth believed by many to be Christ's burial wrapping.
3. Royal Palace of Turin (Palazzo Reale): The principal residence of the House of Savoy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, featuring opulent State Rooms, the Royal Armoury, and a vast ceremonial courtyard.
4. Piazza Castello: The grand heart of Turin's historic centre, a magnificent Baroque square ringed by royal buildings, arcaded palaces, and the medieval Palazzo Madama at its centre.
5. Palazzo Madama & Museum of Ancient Art: A 2,000-year architectural palimpsest at the centre of Piazza Castello, Roman gate, medieval castle, Renaissance towers, and Juvarra's magnificent Baroque facade, housing the Museum of Ancient Art.
6. Mole Antonelliana & National Cinema Museum: Turin's iconic 167-metre dome tower, once the world's tallest masonry building, now houses Italy's first national cinema museum with a glass panoramic lift to the top.

Afternoon

1. Piazza Vittorio Veneto: The largest Baroque piazza in Italy, stretching gracefully from the city centre down to the Po river, lined with cafes and gelaterias beneath sweeping arcades.
2. Piazza San Carlo: Turin's elegant "drawing room", a perfectly proportioned Baroque square flanked by twin churches, historic cafes beneath arcades, and a bronze equestrian statue of Emanuele Filiberto.
3. Parco del Valentino: Turin's most beloved riverside park along the Po, containing the Botanical Gardens, a picturesque Medieval Village reconstruction, and the historic Valentino Castle.
4. Lingotto (Former Fiat Factory): The legendary 1923 Fiat factory with a rooftop test track, now a cultural and shopping centre housing the Pinacoteca Agnelli art gallery with works by Canaletto, Matisse, and Picasso.
5. Basilica di Superga: Juvarra's magnificent hilltop Baroque basilica above Turin, royal Savoyard tombs, sweeping Alpine views, and the site of the 1949 Torino FC plane crash memorial.

Day 2

Morning

1. Venaria Reale: A UNESCO World Heritage royal hunting palace 15 km from Turin, the "Versailles of Italy" with the breathtaking Hall of Diana, restored Baroque gardens, and grand fountains.
2. Gran Madre di Dio: An elegant neoclassical church on the Po riverside, modelled on the Pantheon, and famous in popular mythology as a possible location of the Holy Grail.
3. GAM: Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea: Turin's principal modern art museum, housing an outstanding collection of nineteenth and twentieth-century Italian art plus major temporary exhibitions.
4. Porta Palazzo Market: Europe's largest open-air market, a daily multicultural bazaar where Turin's extraordinary diversity is on full display, from Piedmontese cheeses to African spices.
5. Caffè Baratti & Milano: Chocolate Turin: Turin's most beautiful historic café (1858) under the Piazza Castello arcades, birthplace of bicerin, gianduia chocolate, and the Piedmontese confectionery tradition.
6. Allianz Stadium & Juventus Museum: Juventus FC's modern 41,000-seat stadium (opened 2011), the first privately owned stadium in Italy, with the J|Museum tracing the club's 36 league titles and European glory.

Afternoon

1. Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile: One of the world's finest automobile museums, 200+ historic vehicles tracing the complete history of the motorcar, from the first prototypes to the Fiat 500 and Ferrari Testarossa.
2. Borgo Medievale (Medieval Village): A full-scale faithful reconstruction of a 15th-century Piedmontese medieval castle and village, built for the 1884 Italian Exhibition, free entry, entirely convincing, surprisingly moving.
3. Via Roma & Turin's Arcaded Shopping Streets: Turin's main shopping boulevard running under 18 km of historic arcades from Piazza Castello to Piazza Carlo Felice, the world's longest continuous system of covered walkways.
4. Caffè San Carlo: Turin's most elegant historic café (opened 1822) under the arcades of Piazza San Carlo, marble tables, gilded chandeliers, frescoed ceilings, and the atmosphere of the Risorgimento.
5. Shroud Exhibition & San Giovanni Cathedral: Turin's Renaissance cathedral, the only one in Italy with a facade of white marble, houses the permanent exhibition on the Holy Shroud's history, carbon dating controversy, and scientific research.

Full Turin guide and all stops → · Other itineraries: 3 days