Here's a little insider travel tip for you: If you are a lover of fine art and visit the elegant Via Accademia delle Scienze section of Turin's Carignano Palace, opt for the free guided … [Read more...]
A Weekend in Turin – Part Two, Bookshops, Porticos, Balloons and Magic
Here's part two of Lorenza Bacino's two part feature on what to do and see when spending a weekend in the tantalizing northern Italian city of Turin. If the weather is good, go up in the … [Read more...]
A Weekend in Turin – Part One – Palaces, Museums and Mummies
Italy Chronicles contributor Lorenza Bacino recently visited the northern Italian city of Turin and was impressed. Here is part one of a two part feature on Lorenza's tips on where to go and … [Read more...]
Guess Where in Italy? Part 5 – The Answer
Within a few minutes of posting the fifth incarnation of Blog from Italy's Guess Where in Italy? series, Italian reader Riccardo had identified the hilltop church shown in the photograph as … [Read more...]
Turin, Italy
For reasons as to me unclear, many people I know here in Milan deride Turin. This just makes me want to visit Fiat city even more. Maybe Italians think Turin is the 'Detroit of Italy'! … [Read more...]