Today Torino and its surroundings offer visitors and tourists more than fifty attractions including
museums, cultural heritage, castles, royal residences and exhibition centers which, as a whole, represent an international cultural offer.
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The city of Torino offers more than 40 important museums. Not to be missed: the
Museo Nazionale del Cinema (the highest museum of the world, 167 meters high) located in the wonderful building of the
Mole Antonelliana, symbol of Torino or the
Museo Egizio, second in importance and quantity of finds only to the Cairo Museum. Tourists spending longer time in Torino have to take into account also: the
Palazzo Reale, the
Palazzo Madama, the
MAO (Museum of Oriental Art), the
Museo dell'Automobile, the
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli and, just few miles outside Torino, the
Reggia e Giardini della Venaria Reale.
For passionates of contemporary art check the exibitions at the
GAM (Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art) and at the
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
A lot of them often host temporary exhibitions.
Every first Tuesday of each month, free entrance to
these museums, take advantage of this offer!