The city of Turin = the beauty on the river Po

I have to confess. I fell in love with Turin. It wasn't about squares, palaces, castels or famous Mole Antonelliana, the city of Turin has very different spirit inside. I didn't see more street performers at one square than that day in Turin so that I decided to show you one of them...

The train connection from Pavia to Turin isn't so good. We had to change our train once, one way cost about 10 Euros and took more than 2 and half hour. Our train arrived to Turin station called Porta Nuova and we started to walk.



First of all, we came to Piazzo San Carlo (square) which wasn't so special. However, really nice square is nearby. It's called Piazza Castello and there are impressive palaces on it - Pallazo Reale and Palazzo Madama.





There were many street artist, in fact, I have never seen such competition between them (because there were like 5 groups of artists in the same time) on Piazza Castello. Have a look on this funny group!

After watching street artists we continued to walk near the Pallazo Reale. The Cathedral of St John the Baptist is very close to this palace. I like the cities in which everything is near so that you can see the most in the short time. There is famous Shroud of Turin inside the cathedral. However, I liked the Palatine Towers more and really enjoyed Archaeological Park. I have some kind of obsession about city parks so it was nothing unusual for me :)





After staying enough time in Archaeological Park we went to visit the museum of cinema which is inside Mole Antonelliana so that it was not so hard to find. Mole Antonelliana has the highest tower in the centre and it is the main landmark of Turin.



I wasn't disappointed with the museum of cinema, however, I expected more international cinema than italian. However, there was the expedition of Roman Polanski which was very interesting. In the middle of the museum there is amazing lift which goes up to the tower and from which you can see the most of the city. Unfortunately, we came to the museum quite late so that we didn't have enough time for both. We stayed inside until the closing of the building and were very tired after it.





Finally, we were walking in the streets of Turin towards the river Po. When I was there and saw stone bridge with the church Gran Madre on the other side, I couldn't help myself and imagined being in Prague. I don't think these cities are so similar, however, the view from that part of the riverside on Gran Madre has something in common with Prague.





Although it is not so easy to get to Turin from Pavia, I hope I will have time to go there again. I haven't tried Torino Chocolate yet!