City pass Turin: advice, prices and visits included in the Torino Piemonte Card

In this new article, I take you to Italy, and more precisely to Turin. What better way to visit Turin than to opt for the city pass de Turin ! The Torino Piemonte Card is a pass allowing you to benefit from many advantages during your stay in the city. In this article, we present to you all the advantages to which you will be entitled; but also some practical advice to get your pass correctly.

Summary:

• Presentation of the city pass of Turin
• How much does the Torino Piemonte Card cost and where can I buy it?
• What visits are included in this pass?
• Usefulness and alternatives to the Turin city pass
• Summary: Torino Piemonte Card and activities
• My opinion on buying this Turin city pass

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Presentation of the city pass of Turin

To start this article, we will start with a quick and practical presentation of this city pass for Turin. We will see in the rest of this article the different activities included in this pass, the prices and durations of validity of the pass.

• Reminder: what is a city pass?
• Presentation of the city pass of Turin
• Why opt for this pass?
• How long is the pass valid for?

Reminder: what is a city pass?

Familiar to some or completely unknown to others, city passes are spreading more and more in many tourist towns. The main role of these passes is to simplify your visit to the city. Most of the city passes offer one or more key visits to the city, secondary visits, reductions, gifts or other advantages such as public transport or guided tours.
A city pass is often valid between 1 day and several days. Generally, you will have the choice of the validity period, resulting in price variations.

Presentation of the city pass of Turin

Regarding this city pass, it is dedicated to the city of Turin. Thanks to the latter, you can take advantage of many visits to the city, but also discounts on activities such as the hop-on hop-off bus or even for public transport. We will see a little further in detail the entries included in this pass. But to give you an overview, sites such as the Royal Palace of Venaria, the Basilica of Superga or the Juventus Museum for football fans, are included in the Torino Piemonte Card.

Why opt for this pass?

You may be asking yourself the question "Why buy a city pass?" »
The answer can be multiple:

• To save money :
  One of the first reasons that will interest some, is an economic reason. Indeed, the city pass includes many visits and free entrances thanks to partnerships between the city that offers this pass and places of tourist interest. You will therefore be able to access various places and sites at reduced prices.
• To discover new places:
  Whether you know the city or not, if you opt for a city pass, you will first visit the sites that are included in this pass. This will surely allow you to discover lesser-known museums or tourist sites, but which are just as worth a visit as the main museums to visit.
• To simplify the organization of your stay:
  The last reason to opt for a city pass is to simplify your life. Indeed, by reserving a pass, you will have access to many places.

How long is the pass valid for?

The Torino Piemonte Card offers different validity periods to adapt to all stays. You will therefore have the choice between:

• 1 day,
• 2 days,
• 3 days,
• or 5 days.

How much does the Torino Piemonte Card cost and where can I buy it?

Now that you know a little more about this city pass, the question of the budget will arise. As mentioned above, the price will vary depending on the validity period selected. Logically, the longer the pass is valid, the higher its price will be. This is what we will detail immediately.

Turin city pass prices

Let's start with the details of the prices for this pass. A Junior rate for children is offered for the 1-day, 2-day and 3-day passes. It concerns young people who are between 12 and 17 years old.

• 1 day : €28 per adult – €17 per child;
• 2 days: €36 per adult – €17 per child;
• 3 days: €43 per adult – €17 per child;
• 5 days: € 49 per person.

Where to buy this pass?

The easiest way to get this pass for Turin will be to buy it directly online. Thus, you will be sure to have this pass during your stay.

Buy your Turin city pass

Once you have bought your pass, all you have to do when arriving in Turin is go to one of the two offices of the tourist office in the city to be able to collect your pass and the detailed brochure. These two offices are located in Piazza Castello and Piazza Carlo Felice.

What visits are included in this pass?

Now let's see what you will have access to with the famous Torino Piemonte Card. Visits to a large number of museums, royal palaces, castles, sacred places and even treasures of Piedmont are included in your Turin city pass. We present here the main buildings that you can discover thanks to your map. Depending on your desires and your specific interests, do not hesitate to see the details of the possibilities offered in your pass to create a tailor-made program for you.
For each of the visits, you will find the "price only". This is the price you will have to pay if you want to visit this place without opting for a city pass. This will allow us to give a real final value to the pass by comparing the price of the pass with the different prices of the museums.

• Visit to the Egyptian Museum
• Visit to the National Cinema Museum
• Visit of the Royal Palace
• Visit to the car museum
• Visit to the Superga Basilica
• Other visits included in the pass

Good to know !
For all passes, whatever the duration, you will have access to all the museums you want, EXCEPT for the 1 day pass ! This pass gives you access only to a maximum of 3 museums during its validity.

Visit to the Egyptian Museum

Price only: €18,30 per adult
The largest museum in Turin, the Egizio Museum is the second museum in the world devoted to Ancient Egypt, just behind that of Cairo. On four floors, you have an appointment with an impressive collection of pieces from Egyptian antiquity with numerous sarcophagi, mummies, statues or even temple reproductions.

Visit to the National Cinema Museum and Mole Antonelliana discount

Price only: €11 per adult
Located in the Mole Antonelliana, an emblematic building in Turin with its 167 meters in height, the National Cinema Museum retraces the entire history of Italian and international cinema. The largest museum in Europe dedicated to the 7th art, the Turin Cinema Museum presents many objects from different periods, costumes and even filming accessories. All of the permanent and temporary collections are exhibited on five floors in the magnificent setting of the Mole Antonelliana. Note that your city pass gives you a reduction for the climb to the top of the Mole by the panoramic lift. You can therefore book your time slot to enjoy a sublime 360° view of Turin at the same time as your visit to the National Cinema Museum.

Visit of the Royal Palace

Price only: €15 per adult
Another visit included in your city pass, the Royal Palace is one of the most beautiful visits to do in Turin. Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this main residence of the royal family of Savoy will seduce you with its magnificent galleries, its royal apartments, its armory and its sublime library. Do not miss the Chapel of the Holy Shroud as well as the royal gardens, designed by André Le Nôtre, during your visit.

Visit to the car museum

Price only: €13 per adult
In the city that saw the birth of the famous manufacturer FIAT, your city pass allows you to visit the very interesting automobile museum. With many recent and old models, this museum presents the whole history of the international automobile with a chronological route and is one of the most visited in Turin.

Visit to the Superga Basilica

Price only: €5 per adult
At the top of the Superga hill, the majestic basilica dominates the city and houses the royal tombs of the Savoy family. Going up the hill and even to the dome of the basilica to gain even more height, you will benefit from a formidable view of Turin and the Alps. Note that with your pass, you are entitled to a discount on the cogwheel train that takes you to the Basilica of Superga from the Sassi district.

Other major visits included in your city pass

With your city pass, you can visit many other museums and buildings in Turin and Piedmont. For example, we advise you to go to the royal palaces such as the Palazzo Madame, the Palais Carignan which houses the Risorgimento museum or the royal palace of Venaria outside Turin (photo below). On the museum side, don't miss the contemporary art museum, the civic museum of ancient art or the Juventus museum for football fans. If you climb Mount Capuchin, you can enter the mountain museum with your city pass and have access to the museum's panoramic terrace for an exceptional view of Turin and the Alps. Finally, among the multitude of possibilities offered by your card, we recommend the unmissable Sacra di San Michele, emblematic abbey of Piedmont.

Usefulness and alternatives to the Turin city pass

I now suggest that you move on to the analysis of this pass. Is it really interesting? If so, for whom and under what conditions? If not, are there any alternatives to this pass? We will answer all these questions right away.

• Is the Turin city pass advantageous?
• In which cases is this pass not interesting?
• Alternatives to this pass

Is the Turin city pass advantageous?

To answer this question, we are going to carry out a simple and quick calculation: add the price of the activities if you book them outside the city pass. We will then see if the total is more important or not than the overall price of the city pass.
Here are the main visits to be made thanks to this pass:

• The Egyptian Museum: €18,30
• The National Cinema Museum: €11
• The Royal Palace: 15€
• The car museum: 13€
• The Superga basilica: 5€
• TOTAL: €62,30 for an adult

At first glance, it seems obvious that all these visits represent a higher cost if you take them independently. If you plan to do all of these visits, then the Turin city pass is much more advantageous.
Indeed, the highest price is 49€ per person for 5 days. Which is less than all the major tours added together, not to mention the discounts you'll get with this pass.

In which cases is this pass not interesting?

It may be that in certain situations, the pass is still not interesting for you:

• If you already know Milan and you have visited the main tourist places for example;
• If you do not want to do the main visits offered in this pass;
• If you wish to opt for one or more guided tours in the city.

In these few rare cases, you will have to calculate what is really the most profitable for you. For example, for guided tours, they are certainly more expensive, but they have the advantage of allowing you to learn more about the monument visited or the city in general.

Alternatives to this pass

If you are not interested in this pass, there will be no alternative, strictly speaking, except to book your visits individually online. For this, I invite you to visit the next section where you will find all the useful links for booking the pass and the activities!

Summary: Torino Piemonte Card and activities

In order to conclude this article, I offer you a summary table including the Turin pass, but also some key visits if you wish to book directly, and not go through a city pass.

My opinion on buying this Turin city pass

After having detailed this pass and all the alternative possibilities, it seems to me that this pass is really interesting in terms of budget but also in view of the visits included in this pass. It is complete and allows you to have a fairly general view of the city. Of course, if you already know Turin, then you may be quite a winner by booking the few visits you want to do individually. But for the majority of visitors, this pass is a very good compromise.