Welcome to About Turin
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Dear visitors, welcome to aboutturin.com; This is a no-commercial web site that wants to give you as much information as possible about one of the most beautiful cities in the world: Turin. Therefore, we tried to collect for you a lot of information about its history and its custom. You can easily look up our website through our sections:
The city of Turin: in this section, you will find all the general information about the city of Turin, from the history of the city to the economy, through the art and cultureand its famous people, historical or not. In the section events you will find information on exhibitions and fairs which enliven the calendar of the city, without forgetting the folkloristic events
Information about Turin: here you can discover the city of Turin by looking at its famous monuments visiting its museums, having a rest in its beautiful parks, snooping around the local markets and walking through itineraries that we recommend to you.
From our Blog
(Site: About Italy Newsblog >> News from Italy and about Italy)
· Torino Danza Festival 2010 comes back in September
· The 85th Palio of the Gulf in La Spezia, Liguria
· Music, Jazz and Concerts: Summer 2010 in Siena
· Roma Vintage, the Very Best of 60s, 70s and 80s
· Versilia Coast celebrates Summer 2010 with the Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago
· Fireworks and Events in Venice: Festivity of Redentore 2010
Tourist Guide for Turin:if you are planning on visiting Turin in one day, or even for a longer journey, here you can find a lot of helpful information for your stay. You will become acquainted with how to arrive in Turin how to move in the city once you are there, where you can stay and where you can get tourist information; You can inform yourself about the weather report of Turin taking the cue from passing your free time, maybe with spending some hours in thegym or rather with shopping, how about an evening in the theatre or strolling for the Murazzi's area. And if you have some problems in finding streets, then you can consult our road maps or other useful maps to find your way around Turin.
Useful addresses in Turin: in this section we give you numbers and addresses that you may need in many occasions: whenever you may need an emergency number, the address of a consulate consulate for foreigners in Turin, internet point to surf the net, if you need to rente a car o a bike or just looking for a laundry, try browse our pages.
SPECIAL WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
In 2006 we built a section on this site entirely dedicated to the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, which took place in Turin from the 10th till the 26th of February 2006.
We also added some information about its historic and cultural aspects with the intention of completing and giving a visual overview of this beautiful and unforgettable event.
This service is not connected to the Committee of the national Italian Olympic (CONI), to the committee of the international Olympic (CIO) or to the official web-site of the Olympics of Turin 2006 in any way.


