A Civilized Traveller's Guide to Turin - Softcover

Bell, Eugenia F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1892145359 ISBN 13: 9781892145352

Publisher: Little Bookroom,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

This friendly and easy-to-use book will guide you—effortlessly, and at just the right tempo—through the cultural, artistic, and culinary generosity of a beautiful city. —Alice Waters

Nestled between the Alps and the Po River, Turin was hailed by Le Corbusier as the most beautifully situated city he'd ever seen, and by Giorgio de Chirico as the “most profound, most enigmatic, most disquieting city not only of Italy, but of the world.” Today Turin, an elegant city of more than a million people, with views of the Alps around every corner, is home to Italy's most vibrant contemporary art scene, as well as extraordinary architecture, sophisticated shops, and food and wine that are an epicurean's dream.

A Civilized Traveller's Guide to Turin features:

* detailed listings of Turin's cultural attractions, from the one-of-a-kind Museum of Cinema to the world-renowned Museo Egizio, which holds the most significant collection of Egyptian artifacts outside of Cairo
* personal recommendations for hotels, restaurants, cafes, and shops
* walks through the city's medieval, Baroque, and modern neighborhoods
* suggestions for short trips around the region, ideas for what to do with children, and more

About this title

Review

‘Pocket- sized guide to the gentle delights of Turin’ -- Wanderlust

Synopsis

Nestled between the Alps and the river Po in northwest Italy, Turin was hailed by Le Corbusier as the most beautifully - set city he'd ever seen and by de Chirico as the "most profound, most enigmatic, most disquieting city not only of Italy, but of the world." "A Civilized Traveller's Guide to Turin" is a passionate and selective guide to the city, as practical as the commercial guides but more personal in tone, one willing to assume its reader is as interested in Turin's illustrious history and culture as in its abundant food shops and museums. A city of more than a million people, Turin has a historic centre that merges the Baroque and the Art Nouveau, with streets named for typographers and publishers and views of the Alps around every corner. The first capital of a united Italy, it is where Italo Calvino, Primo Levi and Cesare Pavese lived and wrote; where Antonio Gramsci decried the plight of young Sardinian immigrants; and where partisan resistance overcame Fascist control and German occupation in the Second World War.

Today Turin - at the heart of the Slow Food movement - is as vibrant as ever and as delightful to visit as more renowned (and more crowded) destinations in Italy. This charming, compact and informative guidebook is suitable for visits of any length and features: detailed listings of Turin's cultural attractions, from the one-of-a-kind Museum of Cinema to the Museum of Alpine Mountaineering to the Museum of the Marionette; personal recommendations to Turin's hotels, restaurants, cafes, and shops guided walks through the city's Roman, Baroque, and modern neighborhoods; suggestions for short trips to the surrounding countryside, ideas for what to do with children, and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Little Bookroom,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892145359
• ISBN 13: 9781892145352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 201