Turin is fast emerging as the city for cultural immersion with access to stunning mountain and lake experiences. This is the gateway to authentic art, architecture and food scene that is steeped in history.
Every year more than 50,000 visitors visit Turin’s glass pavilion, the Oval, looking for inspiration from the hundreds of international galleries that come together for Artissima, an annual art fair. Turin is home to exceptional Italian architecture. This includes palaces, churches and kilometres of covered shopping arcades, including Via Po, which runs from the Palazzo Reale to Piazza Vittorio Ventor, the largest Baroque square in Europe. The city’s contemporary art scene is thriving at the Merz Foundation, the Castello di Rivoli museum and art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s impressive Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. For the historically inclined, Turin will not disappoint. The largest collection of Egyptian artefacts outside of Cairo is right here in this city, at the Museo Egizio. This is where Eataly, the unique food marketplace cum restaurant started its global journey – find the taste of Eataly in its home ground. The Majestic Turin, part of Starhotels collection presents diners with a bar and restaurant, Le Regine by Eataly restaurant serving the finest dishes from the Piedmontese tradition alongside appetising international cuisine, taking advantage of an exclusive partnership with Eataly, which has created for Starhotels a selection of the finest ingredients and artisanal producers, with an emphasis on local suppliers and Slow Food ideals. Home of a rich coffee making tradition, visitors can spend a day admiring the art of coffee at the home city of popular coffee brand – Lavazza museum. As the capital of Piedmont, well-known for its slow cooking tradition and a treasure trove of gastronomic experiences on – Turin is a perfect base for day trips to Alba where the world’s best white truffles are found. ”