Turin Travel Blog

This month, after 5 years of redevelopment work, the Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento in Turin reopens to the public. Previously seat to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy, today it hosts over 2,000 exhibits spread over 3,800 square metres and shows over more than 4 hours of films. Check out the...

Guido Gobino, the chocolate magician from Turin, Piedmont is interviewed on “Italian Reflcetions”Guido says: “I believe that the first step towards obtaining a top quality product is to find the best ingredients ”. For the full interview check out the Italian Reflections website.

This month sees the Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, at the Palazzo Madama, celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy with the reconstruction of the Great Hall of the Italian Senate. From 1848, the Palazzo Madama hosted the Senate Subalpine and then, from 1861 to 1864, the first Senate...

The National Cinema Museum is presenting “American Stories: the films of Martin Scorsese at Cinema Massimo from the 7th to the 31st January 2011. The exhibition pays tribute to the films of Martin Scorsese, the American film actor, director, producer and screenwriter with Italian roots.

This month sees the start of a series of walks through the Quadrilatero Romano, one of Turin’s oldest and fashionable areas. The walks start every Saturday at 17:30, from 15th January to 26th February 2011. Pass the Roman walls and the medieval Church of San Domenico, the MAO (Museum of Oriental...

Don’t miss ‘LA BELLE’ at the Teatro Regio in Turin, inspired by the tale The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault. Staging by les Ballet de Monte-Carlo, it runs from 19.12.2010 to 23.12.2010. Tickets

The opening night of the 28th edition of the Turin Film Festival will be held later this week on Friday November 26th at the Teatro Regio. The film “Contre Toi” by Lola Doillon is the film selected to open the Festival. On 4th December, the European preview of “Hereafter”, directed by Clint Eastwood...

Turin’s Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, GAM, presents a new chapter of the GAM Underground Project, featuring the first Italian museum survey of Martha Rosler’s work. “AS IF” is the term adopted by Martha Rosler to describe her way of working, offering a sketch, a line of...

Don’t miss a complete retrospective exhibition devoted to Osvaldo Licini, showcasing 100 works by one of ‘Novecento Italiano’s’ greatest masters and eminent exponent of Abstract art. When: until 30th January 2011 Where: GAM, via Magenta, 31 More Info: Check out the GAM website

The exhibition entitled “DEVICES OF WONDER. MAGIC LANTERNS AND PAINTED FILM. FOUR CENTURIES OF CINEMA” at the Reggia di Venaria Reale just outside Turin city cente has been extended until January 9th 2011. Don’t miss it… Check out the Venaria Reale’s website for more infoormation.