Tag archive for ‘Turin’
Lights in Turin Italy
By Italia Travel & Life On Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
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Luci d’Artista in Turin

Every winter the streets of Turin come alight with sophisticated electric installations by renowned artists – Joe Gartman investigates… Photos by Patricia Gartman Thomas Edison started it all, of course. Not More...

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By Italia Travel & Life On Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
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Making Tracks, Part 4: To Turin

Two decades ago Rachael Martin arrived in Italy, exploring the country by rail and dreaming of rooms with a view. Twenty years, one Italian husband and two kids later, she still has the memories of those first voyages More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Thursday, March 15th, 2018
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Announcing the winner of Italia!’s travel writing competition

We had an amazing response to our Villa Sandi Travel Writing competition and it is with great pleasure that we can now share the winning entry…     Our winner is Christina Riggs, and her prize is a More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Thursday, June 8th, 2017
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Top ten Italian cities for apartments

Incase you can’t decide on your ideal Italian city to settle in – we have made a list of the top cities for you to make the choice a bit clearer.  1. Rome – population 2,850,000 Italy’s brash, More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Monday, October 31st, 2016
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La Palazzina di Stupinigi – Past Italia!

In the woods and fields around the Palazzina di Stupinigi, outside Turin, between harvest time and Christmas, no animal big enough to be hunted was safe… The silhouetted figure on top gives a clue as to what More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
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Exploring modern art in Turin

Jane Keightley exposes herself to new experiences in the city that has become known as a centre for the avant-garde… Turin has always been well known for being the home of The Shroud and, more recently, the place More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Monday, May 9th, 2016
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The Grand Tour – Part 2: Turin, Genoa and Milan

In the second part of our six-part series, Jon Palmer continues on the trail of the Grand Tourists by chasing after a few sedan chairs around 18th-century Turin, Genoa and Milan. Few considered Turin an important More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Friday, May 6th, 2016
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The Grand Tour – Part 1

In the first of our new six-part series, Jon Palmer crosses the Alps into Piedmont to follow the trail of that uniquely 18th-century phenomenon, the Grand Tour John Evelyn, one of the earliest Grand Tourists, 1648 More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Thursday, March 31st, 2016
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Great Italian Films: The Italian Job

We are at the second in a series of eight of the most memorable starring roles, next is the original ‘The Italian Job’ and the legendary getaway scene featuring the rooftops and back streets of Turin… The More...

By Italia Travel & Life On Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
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Homes in Cities

Italian cities get it just about right. They’re usually not too big, they’re always full of beautiful buildings, and they tend to favour pedestrians over motorised traffic. They’re also excellent places in More...