Showing posts with label Torino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Torino. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Trip To Italy: Day 1 (Turin)

To get from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Turi we took the Flibco bus to Turin. It costs 22 EUR, departs about every hour, and stops at Porta Susa near downtown in Turin.

From there, we took the metro to Porta Nuova. The daily pass for metro/bus cost 3.7 EUR, which you can buy at the station. We stayed at the Best Western Crystal Palace, which is right across from Porta Nuova station.

The receptionist recommended having lunch on Lagrange Street, which offers several options. We ended up eating at Pastificio Defilippis, which turned out to be a great choice. We then visited the Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice, which hosts the remains of San Giovanni Bosco.

Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice

Next, we stopped at the Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista, which hosts the remains of Pier Giorgio Frassati (soon to be canonized) and the Shroud of Turin, which unfortunately was not currently on display.

Cattedrale di San Giovanni Batttista

The next day, we took a stroll along the Po River and visited Parrocchiale della Gran Madre di Dio.

Parrochiale della Gran Madre di Dio

To head back to Milan, we took a train from Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale using Trenitalia.


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