Grande Torino
La Basilica di Superga has a special place in my heart. From here we can appreciate a beautiful view and enjoy this majestic church built between 1717 and 1731, under Vittorio Amedeo II Duke of the Sa
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Torino by church
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Novità tra i musei di Torino... we go to Torino and beneath...
And now, let's stay in the city centre, here we can really breath, feel and see the history, the art and the culture of this town... even if we don't know exactly when, how and what happened... we wil
Andiamo a prendere qualcosa da bere!
Not too far from the Mole Antonelliana, we have an important 'visit' to pay to one of the most ancient cafés in Torino: Fiorio opened in 1780. It was also called caffè dei codini or “cafè ‘dle coe” (i
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Italian Is
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La Prima Destinazione
I'm neither an expert on Torino nor a travel agent, but it is my town and I love it, so if we were to go to Turin for a week (hopefully soon), I would like to take you to see so many beautiful places.
Discovering Torino
I was born in Torino, but this is not an enough good reason to be in love with a town and to recommend all my students, friends and family to visit it. Many of them, my husband included, look at me in
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Benvenuti alla sezione 'I modi di dire italiani'
Idioms (modi di dire in italiano) are essential parts of any language. They are ingrained in people's history, culture and life and they reflect the way we perceive and express reality through our lan
Piantala!
Piantala! This is very funny. Many of you know that we have the verbo piantare which means to plant. La is an object pronoun and stands for it. So, literally, it means: plant it! We actually use it wh
BUONO come il PANE
Sapete come si dice in italiano AS GOOD AS GOLD? Si dice così... Marco è gentile, disponibile (available), generoso... allora, è proprio BUONO COME IL PANE!