Piedmont
©Rostislav Glinsky/500px
LONELY PLANET’S RECOMMENDED eSIM
Stay connected in Piedmont
with
Saily is an affordable eSIM service that helps you stay connected and secure, anywhere in the world.
Overview
Italy's second-largest region is arguably its most elegant: a purveyor of Slow Food and fine wine, regal palazzi and an atmosphere that is superficially more français than italiano. But dig deeper and you'll discover that Piedmont has 'Made in Italy' stamped all over it. Emerging from the chaos of the Austrian wars, the unification movement first exploded here in the 1850s, when the noble House of Savoy provided the nascent nation with its first prime minister and its dynastic royal family.
Attractions
Must-see attractions
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Turin
Some 21km west of Turin, the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art is a giant of modern art in Piedmont. Its ambition and reach, not to mention…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Turin
OK, it may not enjoy the weighty publicity of its French counterpart, but this is one of the largest royal residences in the world, rescued from ruin by a…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Turin
Opened in 1824 and housed in the austere Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze, this Turin institution houses the most important collection of Egyptian…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Piedmont
This Gothic-Romanesque abbey, brooding above the road 14km from Turin, has kept sentry atop Monte Pirchiriano (962m) since the 10th century. It housed a…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
Turin
As the historic birthplace of one of the world's leading car manufacturers – the ‘T’ in Fiat stands for Torino – Turin is the obvious place for a car…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Turin
Statues of the mythical twins Castor and Pollux guard the entrance to this eye-catching palace and, according to local hearsay, also watch over the…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Langhe, Roero & Monferrato
Alba's winemaking-restaurateuring Ceretti family has commissioned a number of site-specific artworks in the region and this never-consecrated chapel is…
Save your favorites!
Sign in to save, get inspo & more
Turin
Architect-designer-artist Carlo Mollino is perhaps Turin's most intriguing son and a quintessentially 20th-century Torinese. The little-known Museo Casa…
Advertisement
Plan with a local
Get a book. Get inspired. Get exploring.
-
$24.99 USD
-
$28.99 USD
-
$14.99 USD
in partnership with getyourguide
Book popular activities in Piedmont
Advertisement