What to do in Turin when it rains
Grey skies over Turin are a chance to go deep on its museums and galleries, poke around an indoor market, and find the cosiest café in town.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- Museo Egizio Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6, 10123 Torino TO, Italy
- Mole Antonelliana Via Montebello, 20, 10124 Torino TO, Italy
- Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile Corso Unità d'Italia, 40, 10126 Torino TO, Italy
- Royal Palace of Turin Piazzetta Reale, 1, 10122 Torino TO, Italy
- OGR Torino Corso Castelfidardo, 22, 10128 Torino TO, Italy
- Museo Nazionale del Cinema - Fondazione Maria Adriana Prolo Via Montebello, 20, 10124 Torino TO, Italy
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Via Magenta, 31, 10128 Torino TO, Italy
- Pinacoteca Giovanni & Marella Agnelli Via Nizza, 262, 10126 Torino TO, Italy
- Statuto Hotel Via Principi d'Acaja, 17, 10138 Torino TO, Italy
- Pressato Coffee & Books Via Gian Francesco Bellezia, 16/B, 10122 Torino TO, Italy
- Il Balon di Claudio Fornasieri Via Bernardino Lanino, 5, 10152 Torino TO, Italy
- St. Augustine Auction House Corso Alessandro Tassoni, 56, 10144 Torino TO, Italy
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- Mole Antonelliana Via Montebello, 20, 10124 Torino TO, Italy
- Piazza San Carlo P.za S. Carlo, 10123 Torino TO, Italy
- Palatine Gate Piazza Cesare Augusto, 10122 Torino TO, Italy
- Piazza Vittorio Veneto P.za Vittorio Veneto, 10123 Torino TO, Italy
- Piazza Solferino Piazza Solferino, 10121 Torino TO, Italy
- Fountain of the 12 Months Viale Matteo Maria Boiardo, 10126 Torino TO, Italy
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- Porta Palazzo Piazza della Repubblica, 25, 10152 Torino TO, Italy
- Mercato Centrale Torino Piazza della Repubblica, 25, 10152 Torino TO, Italy
- Eataly | Torino Via Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange, 3, 10123 Torino TO, Italy
- Market Crocetta Torino Largo Gian Domenico Cassini Via Marco Polo Vicolo, 10129 Torino TO, Italy
- Mercatino Torino Via Gorizia Via Gorizia, 40, 10136 Torino TO, Italy
- Santa Rita / Sebastopoli Market Corso Sebastopoli, 10134 Torino TO, Italy
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- Caffé Al Bicerin Piazza della Consolata, 5, 10122 Torino TO, Italy
- Farmacia Del Cambio Piazza Carignano, 2, 10123 Torino TO, Italy
- Piscitella Via dell'Arsenale, 34, 10121 Torino TO, Italy
- Starbucks - Torino Buozzi Via Bruno Buozzi, 5, 10121 Torino TO, Italy
- EDIT Torino | Pub e Garden Piazza Teresa Noce, 15/A, 10155 Torino TO, Italy
- Torre Cremeria Bar Corso Regio Parco, 28 A, 10153 Torino TO, Italy
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Centro Commerciale Lingotto Via Ermanno Fenoglietti, 15, 10126 Torino TO, Italy
- Green Pea Via Ermanno Fenoglietti, 20, 10126 Torino TO, Italy
- Parco Dora Shopping Centre Via Livorno, 10149 Torino TO, Italy
- Galleria San Federico Galleria S. Federico, 7, 10121 Torino TO, Italy
- Centro Piero della Francesca Corso Svizzera, 185 bis, 10149 Torino TO, Italy
- Galleria Umberto I Piazza della Repubblica, 4, 10122 Torino TO, Italy
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