Updated 31 October 2026 with current opening hours, 2026 prices and what is closed this season.
Turin has plenty to do and almost no queue for any of it, which is the good news. The less good news is that a few of the things on every other list are closed right now, one famous relic can't be seen at all, and two of the big museums shut on different weekdays. This guide sorts 22 things to do in Turin into areas, with the price, the hours and the catch for each. If you want the overview first, start with our Turin travel guide.
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Short on Time? Don't Miss These
- The Egyptian Museum: the reason most people come. A small-group skip-the-line tour saves you guessing which rooms matter.
- The Royal Palace and Musei Reali: one ticket, three or four hours. Book a skip-the-line ticket with a guide if you want context.
- The Mole Antonelliana: the city's skyline spike, with a glass lift to the top. The Mole elevator tour handles the lift booking.
- A bicerin and a walk under the arcades: free apart from the coffee.
- Two days or more in town? The Torino+Piemonte 2-day card usually pays for itself (maths below).
What's Closed or Changed in Turin Right Now
Most of these things to do in Turin run all year, but a few have changed. This is the state of play on 31 October 2026.
| Place | Status |
|---|---|
| Museo Egizio, Historic Rooms (floor -1) | Closed; the museum's own notice says they reopen on 23 November 2026. The rest of the museum is open |
| Borgo Medievale (Valentino) | Listed by the tourist board as closed for restoration since January 2024, "until 2027". No reopening date given |
| Musei Reali | Closed every Wednesday, and also closed on Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
| Mole and Cinema Museum | Closed every Tuesday. Museum tickets are reduced for everyone until 8 December while galleries are prepared for a new exhibition |
| Palazzo Madama | Closed every Tuesday |
| Superga dome | Closed in rain, fog and snow. Winter hours started on 3 November |
| Shroud of Turin | Not on public display. No exhibition is scheduled for 2026 and no 2027 date has been announced |
Things to Do in Turin's Royal Center
The royal part of Turin is compact and flat. You can walk all four of these in a day.
1. Visit the Musei Reali
This is a palace, an armoury and a painting gallery on one ticket, and it's the best-value sight in the city. The €15 ticket covers the Royal Palace state rooms (including the Chapel of the Shroud), the Royal Armoury, the Galleria Sabauda and a section of the Museum of Antiquities. It's valid all day.
The Royal Armoury is the part people don't expect to enjoy, so leave time for it.
Allow three hours.
Go early; the ticket office stops selling at 6pm and the doors close at 7pm.
Hours: Thursday to Tuesday, 9am to 7pm. Closed Wednesday. Ages 18 to 25 pay €2 and under-18s go free.
Book a skip-the-line ticket with a guided tour if you want the stories behind the rooms.
2. See Palazzo Madama
The palace sits in the middle of Piazza Castello, the main square of central Turin, and houses the city's museum of ancient art. It's worth about an hour, mostly for the building itself.
Skip it if you've done the Musei Reali the same morning and your feet hurt.
Two palaces in a day is enough.
Cost: €10 (€8 reduced). Hours: 10am to 6pm, last entry 5pm, closed Tuesday. You can buy an entrance ticket in advance.
3. Walk the Royal Gardens
The gardens behind the Royal Palace are free, one of the few green spaces in the Turin center. They're quiet, shaded and a fair place to sit between two museums.
Hours: winter hours run from 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027, 8:30am to 5pm. Closed Wednesday.
4. Stroll the Arcades to Piazza San Carlo
Turin's best free activity is walking. Via Roma runs south from Piazza Castello under stone arcades to Piazza San Carlo, the square locals call the city's drawing room, and on to Porta Nuova station.
It takes about 20 minutes with no stops, and an hour with them.
Do it at dusk, when the shop windows are lit.
Tip: walk it in the rain. The arcades keep you dry, which is why Turin handles bad weather better than most Italian cities.
Museums Worth Planning Around
Turin's headline sights are mostly indoors, so the weekly closing days matter more than anywhere else on this list.
5. Spend a Morning at the Museo Egizio
The museum describes itself as the oldest in the world devoted entirely to ancient Egyptian culture, and it was founded in 1824. It's the one sight in Turin we'd call essential.
General admission is €18, and you need an online ticket, so buy ahead rather than hoping for walk-up entry. The Historic Rooms on the lower floor are closed until 23 November (see the table above), so if that gallery is on your wish list, come after that date.
Go as the doors open.
Mid-morning is when tour groups arrive.
Hours: Monday 9am to 2pm, Tuesday to Friday 9am to 6:30pm, Saturday 9am to 8pm, Sunday 9am to 6:30pm (tourist board listing; check the museum's site for today).
Two ways to book: a small-group guided visit with skip-the-line entry, or go it alone and buy from the museum.
6. Ride the Lift Up the Mole Antonelliana
The Mole is the 167-meter spire you'll see from half of Turin. Inside is the National Museum of Cinema, and a panoramic glass lift rises to a terrace at 85 meters in about a minute.
Prices at the museum: €18 for the museum, €9 for the lift, €23 for both. Until 8 December the museum-only ticket drops to €16 and the combined one to €20 for everyone, while some galleries are closed for a new exhibition. The museum is closed on Tuesdays.
A limited number of extra lift tickets go on sale online 19 hours before each date, so the lift is the part to book early. The Mole and Cinema Museum elevator tour bundles the lift slot.
Tip: do the lift near sunset on a clear day, with the Alps behind the city.
7. See MAUTO, the Car Museum
This one is only for people who like cars. The National Automobile Museum is a good, big museum about a lot of cars, and a fair amount of Turin's story runs through FIAT, so it earns its place.
Skip it if cars bore you.
Families do well here: an exhibition about Saetta McQueen (Lightning McQueen) runs until 31 January 2027.
Hours: Monday 10am to 2pm, Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 7pm; the ticket office closes an hour earlier. Admission was about €18 when we checked on 28 October; confirm on the museum's site.
8. Check the Juventus Museum (Football Fans Only)
The combined Juventus Museum and Allianz Stadium tour starts from €29 online (€30 at the ticket office). The museum opens 9:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays and until 7:30pm on weekends, with changes on match days.
If you don't follow football, skip it.
If you do, book the museum and stadium tour.
Tip: Is the Torino+Piemonte Card Worth It?
Yes, if you'll visit three paid museums in two days. The card gives free entry to the main museums and royal residences and reduced prices on the Mole lift and the Superga tram.
| Card | Price |
|---|---|
| 24 hours | €29.90 (up to 3 free entries) |
| 48 hours | €39.90 |
| 72 hours | €45.90 |
| 120 hours | €52.90 |
Add up the Egyptian Museum (€18), the Musei Reali (€15) and the Mole museum (€18 at the full price) and you're at €51. The 48-hour card costs €39.90. You can buy the 2-day card in advance. Remember the card doesn't help on days when your target museum is closed.
Things to Do in Turin's Old Town
9. Find the Quadrilatero Romano and Porta Palatina
The Quadrilatero is the old Roman street grid north of Piazza Castello. Porta Palatina, a Roman gate with two brick towers, stands at its edge and you can see it from the street.
Come back after 6pm.
The narrow streets turn into Turin's aperitivo district, and you can eat well here.
Cost: free to look at.
10. Visit the Duomo (and Don't Expect the Shroud)
The cathedral keeps the Shroud of Turin in a conservation case in the last chapel of the left nave. Visitors can't see it.
Screens in the nave show videos about the relic, and anyone promising you a viewing is selling the museum, not the cloth.
Public displays are rare and decided by the Church, and the official Shroud site says no display is planned for 2026. The Museo della Sindone on Via San Domenico explains the history (€8, open 3pm to 6pm daily). The Chapel of the Shroud itself, by Guarino Guarini, is part of the Musei Reali circuit.
The cathedral's own hours differ by source, so check on the day. We'd give it 30 minutes.
11. Browse Porta Palazzo and the Balon
Porta Palazzo is Turin's large market, in Piazza della Repubblica, open Monday to Friday 7am to 2pm and Saturday 7am to 7pm, closed on Sunday (tourist board). It's best for the produce stalls before noon.
On Saturdays the Balon flea market spreads through the nearby Borgo Dora streets, and a bigger version, the Gran Balon, runs on the second Sunday of the month. Both are listed by secondary sources, so confirm the hours.
Watch your bag.
As in any big market, pickpockets work the crowds.
12. Go Under the City on a Guided Tour
Parts of the tunnels under the center can only be visited with a guide. It's the best rainy-day plan on this list. Departure times weren't confirmable from official pages, so check the underground tunnels tour for current slots.
Views, Parks and Hills
13. Climb to Monte dei Cappuccini
Cross the Po for the classic Turin view: the Mole in front, the Alps behind. The terrace at Monte dei Cappuccini is a short climb across the river from Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the usual spot for sunset.
Inside the hilltop complex, the National Mountain Museum is open daily 10am to 6pm (€10; the terrace has its own listed price, and the museum's page is unclear on whether it's included).
Our verdict: go for the view.
Skip the museum unless you love mountaineering.
14. Wander Parco del Valentino
The big riverside park is where Turin goes for a walk. It's flat and shaded and a fair place to spend an hour.
The Borgo Medievale, the 19th-century "medieval village" inside it, is shown as closed for restoration (see the table), so don't build a plan around it.
Cost: the park is free.
15. Take the Tram to the Basilica of Superga
This is the best half-day outside central Turin. The rack tram from Sassi climbs about 18 minutes to the hilltop basilica, where the House of Savoy is buried.
Entry to the church is free. The dome costs €4 and the Royal Tombs and Apartments €6. The dome doesn't open in rain, fog or snow, so save it for a clear day. Winter hours from 3 November: Monday to Friday 10am to 1:30pm and 2:30pm to 5pm, weekends 10am to 6pm.
We couldn't confirm the tram's winter timetable, so check GTT before you go. Book the dome ascent in advance if you want a fixed slot.
What to Eat and Drink in Turin
16. Order a Bicerin at Caffè Al Bicerin
A bicerin is Turin's signature drink: coffee, chocolate and milk layered in a small glass. Caffè Al Bicerin, on Piazza della Consolata, has been serving it since 1763.
Hours: daily 9am to 7:15pm, closed Wednesday. The café doesn't list the price online, so expect a café price and a short wait.
17. Taste Gianduiotti on a Chocolate Walk
The gianduiotto, a hazelnut-chocolate ingot, dates to 1865 according to the tourist board, and chocolate shops across the center sell them. A city walking tour with a chocolate shop tasting is an easy way in.
For something broader, the gourmet food tour adds Piedmontese savories.
18. Do Aperitivo and Vermouth
Vermouth has a Turin origin story: the tourist board says Antonio Benedetto Carpano patented the drink in his workshop in Piazza Castello in 1786. Order one before dinner in the Quadrilatero or around Piazza Vittorio Veneto.
Aperitivo here is a drink with a small plate of snacks. We can't confirm any single bar's prices, so look at the board before you sit.
19. See Eataly and the Pista 500 at Lingotto
The first Eataly opened in a former vermouth factory at Lingotto on 27 January 2007, and the same complex has a rooftop test track on the old FIAT factory.
The Pinacoteca Agnelli and the Pista 500 are open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm until 4 April 2027, and the tourist board lists a combined ticket at €12. Add the FIAT museum and Lingotto district tour for the history.
Day Trips From Turin
20. Take a Day at La Venaria Reale
The Savoy hunting palace just north of Turin is the biggest day trip, with a palace, gardens and exhibitions on one site. The "All in a Palace" ticket is €25, and palace plus gardens is €18.
Hours: closed Monday. From 7 September to 31 December, Tuesday to Friday 9:30am to 5pm and weekends 9:30am to 6:30pm. A GTT shuttle, the Venaria Express, runs from the city, but we couldn't confirm its route and fare.
Prefer a smaller palace? The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi (€12) is reachable on bus 41 from Lingotto in about 20 minutes.
21. Hike or Ride to Sacra di San Michele
The medieval abbey sits on a rocky peak above the Susa Valley, west of Turin. The abbey's page lists Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 5:30pm and Sunday 10:45am to 5:30pm, with shorter winter hours and a January closure when we checked on 28 October.
The cheapest way is the train to Sant'Ambrogio plus trail 502 (about 90 minutes, 600 meters of climbing). The easy way is a shuttle bus from Turin.
22. Drink Your Way Through the Langhe
The vineyard hills around Barolo and Alba are a UNESCO World Heritage landscape (since 2014), and the Alba white truffle fair runs until 6 December 2026. Without a car, a Barolo and Barbaresco tasting tour is the simplest option. Our Italian wine regions guide has the wider picture.
Free Things to Do in Turin
A lot of Turin costs nothing, and these are the best free things to do in Turin:
- Royal Gardens, behind the Musei Reali (item 3).
- Via Roma, Piazza San Carlo and the arcades (item 4).
- Porta Palatina and the Quadrilatero streets (item 9).
- Parco del Valentino (item 14).
- Superga church, free to enter (item 15).
- Porta Palazzo market, for the walk and the people (item 11).
What to Do in Turin When It Rains
Lean on Turin's arcades and museums. The Musei Reali, the Egyptian Museum and the Mole can fill a day, and the underground tunnels tour (item 12) works when the weather turns. Check closing days first: Wednesday and Tuesday catch people out.
Things to Do in Turin With Kids
The Mole's glass lift, MAUTO and its Saetta McQueen exhibition, the Royal Armoury's knights and gelato after Via Roma are the easy wins. One child under 12 enters free with each adult Torino+Piemonte cardholder at the main museums.
Things to Do in Turin at Night
Evenings here mean aperitivo in the Quadrilatero, then dinner. The Luci d'Artista light festival runs until 10 January 2027, which turns a winter walk into a reason to stay out.
How Many Days in Turin?
Two days in Turin covers the essentials.
Day one is the Egyptian Museum and the royal center. Day two is the Mole, the old town and a sunset on Monte dei Cappuccini.
Add a third day for Venaria, Superga or the Langhe. For a longer northern route, see our northern Italy itinerary.
Getting Around Turin
You'll mostly walk. The center is flat, and Porta Nuova station sits at the south end of the main axis. GTT runs the buses, trams and metro; a 100-minute urban ticket costs roughly €2, but check GTT for the current fare.
Don't hire a car for the city. The central traffic zone (ZTL) applies on weekday mornings, and a car only helps for the Langhe or the mountains. If you do, compare car rental prices and read our driving in Italy guide first.
Arriving from Milan is easy. The high-speed train takes roughly an hour, so you can do Turin as a day trip or a stop. Compare Milan to Turin trains, or read our Milan to Turin guide and trains in Italy explainer. If you're coming to Turin from Milan, our things to do in Milan list covers the other end.
Best Time to Visit Turin
April to June and September to October are the easiest months: mild weather and clear views of the Alps. Autumn adds the Alba truffle season. Winter is cold, but the Luci d'Artista lights, the Torino Film Festival (24 November to 2 December 2026) and CioccolaTO (10 to 14 February 2027) give it its own draw.
See our best time to visit Italy guide, plus Italy in November and Italy in December.
Where to Stay in Turin
Stay in the historic center of Turin and you can walk to almost everything. Our Turin travel guide has the full hotel list. Three that suit this list:
- Q71 Timeless Suites: on Piazza Castello, rated 9.4 on Booking.com. The best location for the royal center.
- NH Collection Torino Piazza Carlina: in the historic center, rated 9.1. A dependable four-star.
- Turin Palace Hotel: beside Porta Nuova station, rated 9.5. Good for day trips by train.
A budget pick: B&B Via Stampatori, a historic-center B&B rated 9.1.
Ratings are Booking.com guest scores, checked on 31 October 2026. Hotels charge a city tax per person per night from 1 April 2026: €3.00 in a 1 to 2 star hotel, €3.50 in a 3-star, €4.50 in a 4-star and €5.00 in a 5-star, for up to seven nights.
Plan Your Turin Trip
- Book your hotel: Q71 Timeless Suites is our pick for a first visit.
- Book tickets and tours: the Egyptian Museum, Musei Reali and Mole slots first (items 5, 1 and 6).
- Book trains: Milan to Turin on Omio.
- Arrange your airport transfer: Welcome Pickups.
- Rent a car only for the countryside: DiscoverCars.
- Get an eSIM: Yesim works across Italy; see our Italy eSIM guide.
- Buy travel insurance: Visitors Coverage.
Planning the lakes next? See our Lake Como travel guide and the Italian lakes overview. For costs, our Italy trip cost breakdown helps.
Frequently asked questions
Is Turin worth visiting?
Yes, if you like museums, cafés and food more than a checklist of famous ruins. It feels far less geared to tour groups than Florence or Venice, and most big sights are indoors. Skip it if you want beaches or a postcard-pretty small town.
Is 2 days in Turin enough?
Yes. Two days covers the Egyptian Museum, the Musei Reali, the Mole, the old town and a sunset viewpoint. A third day adds Venaria, Superga or the Langhe.
What is Turin famous for?
The Egyptian Museum, the Mole Antonelliana, the Shroud of Turin, gianduiotto chocolate, vermouth and the FIAT story. It was also Italy's first capital.
Can you see the Shroud of Turin?
No. The Shroud is kept in a conservation case in the cathedral and is shown only at rare public displays. The official site says none is planned for 2026.
Is Turin expensive?
Less than the most-visited Italian cities, going by the ticket prices. The big museums cost €15 to €18 each, the 48-hour museum card is €39.90 and a lot of the center is free to walk. Hotel rates swing by season, so compare live prices.
Is Turin safe?
Generally yes. Watch your bag at markets, stations and on buses, as in any big city.
Which is better, Turin or Milan?
They're about an hour apart, so you don't have to choose. Milan has the Duomo and The Last Supper; Turin has the stronger museums for the money and a calmer pace.
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