San Salvario

San Salvario is the trendiest area ‘coz is full of Restaurants and Clubs for all tastes and budgets.

For the best Aperitifs we suggest:

• Aldo’s Bakery for aperitifs based on pizzas and focaccias (cheap), a few meters from the accommodation in Largo Saluzzo.
• D.ONE (high quality), nice for different aperitifs and cocktails.
• Lanificio San Salvatore (above average prices, high quality). Ideal for cocktails, aperitifs and brunches.
• Bicierin Ciclofficina con Cucina (cheap and very nice), also nice for a quick lunch.
• Affini, for vermouth-based cocktails and typical Turin liqueurs (fairly high prices, high quality).
• Krimikal, for good and particular cocktails.

For dinner we recommend:

• If you are interested in eating a pizza in San Salvario: Fratelli Pummarò, Napples, Lo Staglio, UAO. We recommend that you book as these are very popular places.
• Scannabue, a few meters from the accommodation in Largo Saluzzo. Medium to high prices, good wine selection.
• Oh crispa, Chinese cuisine, average prices.
• Renatino, interesting for fresh or dry pasta first courses. Prices slightly above average.
• Bistrot San Salvario for Piedmontese food.

For the breakfast

• Castellino pastry shop
• Aldo’s Bakery

Tips for Torino

• Turin central market: very interesting to eat a lunch. Characterized by the presence of several different kinds of premises. Info HERE.
• Porta Palazzo market. Huge food market, very lively and full of different ethnic products. It is a central area of Turin but, being very popular, it is advisable not to wear valuables and be careful with backpacks. Info HERE.
• Poormanger, for a very nice (and quite different) quick lunch. They serve potatoes stuffed with various ingredients. Cheap prices, for a stuffed potato you spend approximately 5 to 8 euros. They are present in two areas of the city: in Via Maria Vittoria 36 / B in Turin, at the corner of Via delle Rosine, and in Via Palazzo di Città 26 / B on the Piazza del Comune. They don’t take reservations but they have a lot of tables.
• Kirkuk kaffé, Middle Eastern cuisine. Very interesting for lovers of the genre. Located in Via Carlo Alberto 16b / 18.
• Piazza Vittorio for aperitifs. There are several very nice places. Prices much higher than the average in San Salvario.

If you don’t want to eat out of your Suite, you can order takeaway from JustEat, Glovo and Ubereats. By downloading the app, you will notice a huge choice of restaurants in the area.

• Egyptian Museum: The oldest museum in the world, entirely dedicated to the Egyptian civilization and considered the second most important in the world immediately after the main one of Cairo. Buy tickets online on the official website.
• National Cinema Museum inside the Mole Antonelliana: among the most important in the world for the richness of its heritage and for the multiplicity of its scientific and educational activities. It is very impressive to get on the panoramic lift at an altitude of 85 meters and enjoy the view of Turin and the Alps. Buy tickets online on the official website.
• Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GAM): it was the first museum in Italy to promote a public collection of modern art within it. Buy tickets on the official website.
• Venaria Reale: a Savoyard residence part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Reachable with the Venaria Express shuttle departing from Piazza Castello. Click HERE for further information. Buy tickets on the official website.
• Palazzo Madama, architectural and historical complex in Piazza Castello. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Buy tickets on the official website.

If you are interested in visiting more museums, you should consider purchasing a museum pass to enter all the museums in Turin for free or at discounted prices. Info on the official website.

• Basilica of Superga. Lovely monument that stands on the Superga hill north-east of Turin. To reach it, we recommend the Sassi-Superga dented tramway climb. The single full ticket costs € 4 (€ 6 for return) on weekdays, and € 6 (€ 9 for return) on Saturdays and public holidays.
• Walk in the Parco del Valentino, a large public park in Turin on the banks of the Po. On particularly hot days, it is very nice to spend a few hours in the shade of the plants, possibly eating a quick picnic-style lunch on the benches or in the grass.

• We advise to use public transport, as they allow you to easily reach all areas of the city by bus, tram or metro. The day ticket, which can be purchased in tobacconists, underground stations or thanks to the TO Move app, costs only €3,70 per day (the single ticket costs €1.90 so it is cheaper to opt for the day ticket). There are also tickets valid for several days, which can always be purchased in tobacconists or subway stations at vending machines.
• There is the possibility to rent scooters and car-sharing cars. While the first option might be useful, the second proves a bit inconvenient due to the traffic in the city.

• The main shopping streets are Via Roma, Via Lagrange and Via Garibaldi.
• Balon: antiques market every Saturday in Borgo Dora, Cottolengo, Lanino, Mameli, Cortile del Maglio streets.
• Gran Balon: over 300 stalls, 50 shops, bars and historic restaurants every second Sunday of the month bring life to the Gran Balon, an antiques and vintage market in the City of Turin for 30 years. It expands between streets Lanino, Mameli, Canale Carpanini, Cortile del maglio, Borgo Dora: antique dealers, second-hand dealers, collectors and artisans carefully display their wares, furniture, ceramics, books, clothing, vintage, handicrafts.

• In Porta Nuova train station you can find Esselunga, a high quality supermarket open everyday.
• In Piazza Carlo Felice 18, under the arcades, there is the Carrefour Express. Here you will find more variety of products than in the previous supermarket. It is also a recently opened supermarket, so it is very clean, tidy and fairly well stocked. From the apartment, this shop is an 8-minute walk away.
• Another possibility is given by the LIDL in Via Carlo Alberto 22, an 11-minute walk from the apartment. In this case, it is a rather large supermarket with a good variety of items at very affordable prices.