Are you looking for a classic or alternative city tour of Turin with a local, official tour guide?
I’m Maria, and I’d be delighted to accompany you.
Explore Turin through one of my guided Turin city tours.
THE HISTORIC HEART OF TURIN
A walking tour of the city center.
Duration: 2 or 3 hours.
This walking tour unfolds through the historic heart of Turin, offering an in-depth introduction to the city’s history, architecture, and urban identity.
Along the way, you will admire Turin’s most important landmarks, including the Royal Palace, Palazzo Madama, the Church of San Lorenzo, the Cathedral, and Piazza Carignano, all set within elegant squares and arcaded streets.
The tour is entirely on foot and is ideal for a first encounter with Turin or for those who wish to better understand the city’s historical evolution.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Turin city center walking tour =>
PANORAMIC TURIN
City highlights by bus and on foot
Duration: 3 hours
This panoramic tour is designed for groups traveling with a private bus. The itinerary can be completed entirely by bus or combined with a walking tour.
In addition to the main monuments of the historic center, the tour includes a broader panoramic overview of the city, allowing you to discover other significant districts, viewpoints, and landmarks beyond the old town.
An ideal option for visitors who want a comprehensive overview of Turin in a limited amount of time.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Panoramic tour =>
BAROQUE AND ELEGANT TURIN
From the Savoy capital to the refined city of the early 20th century
Duration: 2 hours.
This tour presents Turin as an elegant and cultivated city, shaped by architecture and urban planning from the Baroque period through the early decades of the 20th century, before its transformation into a major industrial city after World War II.
The itinerary includes Baroque Turin of the House of Savoy, where architecture and urban planning were used to express power, order, and prestige, as well as the refined residential districts of the emerging bourgeoisie of the late 19th century and the Rationalist architecture of the 1930s, when Turin was still a center of elegance, culture, and fashion.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Baroque and elegant Turin tour =>
INDUSTRIAL TURIN TOUR
Lingotto – FIAT – industrial history
Duration: 2 hours
This tour explores Turin as Italy’s great industrial capital, with a special focus on its identity as the city of the automobile.
Through key sites and emblematic districts, visitors gain a clear understanding of how industry shaped Turin’s urban, social, and cultural development.
The itinerary includes an in-depth exploration of the history of FIAT, with a visit to the Lingotto, one of the most iconic symbols of European industrial architecture. The tour highlights the role of the automotive industry in transforming Turin into a modern city and sheds light on the evolution of its industrial landscape today.
By visiting symbolic industrial neighborhoods and former production areas, this tour offers a deeper insight into Turin’s past as an industrial powerhouse and its present as a city shaped by ongoing transformation.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Turin industrial history =>
OFF THE BEATEN PATH TURIN TOUR
Where locals live and the city evolves
Duration: 2 or 3 hours
The Off the Beaten Path Turin Tour is a guided experience for travelers who want to explore Turin beyond the historic center and the main tourist routes. The tour focuses on the neighborhoods where most locals live, offering an authentic view of the city’s everyday life and urban identity.
Along the way, visitors encounter elements of industrial archaeology, contemporary design, and selected examples of street art, reflecting Turin’s transformation from an industrial city to a modern urban center. Without focusing on monuments, the tour highlights how Turin lives and evolves outside its historic core.
Ideal for curious travelers and repeat visitors looking for a deeper, more local experience of Turin.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Turin Off the Beaten Path tour =>
FOOD TOUR TURIN
A culinary walking experience
Duration: 3 hours
This food tour in Turin is a guided walking experience that combines gastronomy, city history, and everyday local culture. As one of Italy’s culinary capitals, Turin offers a rich food tradition rooted in Piedmontese cuisine and high-quality local products. The tour goes through selected neighborhoods, where you will sample typical specialties such as appetizers, chocolate, hazelnuts, and local delicacies, accompanied by a glass of wine or a local drink. The tastings together correspond to a light meal.
This culinary walking tour is ideal for couples, families, and small groups and offers a relaxed and authentic way to discover Turin through its flavors.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Food Tour =>
ART NOUVEAU TURIN TOUR
Duration: 2 hours
This Art Nouveau Turin tour explores the Liberty style architecture that flourished in the city at the beginning of the 20th century, when Turin played a pioneering role in the European Art Nouveau movement. Far from the monumental historic center, the tour reveals an elegant and refined side of the city shaped by innovation, decorative arts, and modern urban living.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com
For a detailed description visit the page dedicated to the Art Nouveau Turin Tour =>
TURIN ARCHITECTURE TOUR
From Baroque Planning to Contemporary Urban Design
Duration: 2 hours
This Turin architecture tour is designed for visitors who want to understand why Turin is so highly regarded by architects, urban planners, and architecture enthusiasts. The city offers a rare continuity of architectural languages, clearly readable in its urban fabric, which makes Turin a true open-air laboratory of architectural evolution from the early modern period to contemporary design.
Contact me for this guided tour: mariachiara.ambrosio@gmail.com