Turin

Why Turin?

Turin is the capital you forget about — Italy's first, an old royal city of grid-pattern streets, riverside parks, and arcaded boulevards. Rent and coworking are roughly 40% below Milan. The Alps are 45 minutes away (best skiing nearby is Bardonecchia and Sestriere); Genoa's coast is 90 minutes by train. The city has a quiet, slightly melancholic dignity — and the country's best historical cafés.

Neighbourhoods to know

• Centro Storico (Quadrilatero Romano). The grid-pattern old town — porticoes, cafés, royal palaces. Most expensive but most walkable.
• San Salvario. South of the centre near the Po — multicultural, cheap eats, university crowd.
• Crocetta. Residential, leafy, between the city centre and the Lingotto former Fiat factory.
• Vanchiglia. East of centre — bohemian, with the city's best café scene and cheap rents.

Coworking

• Talent Garden Fondazione Agnelli. Modern coworking inside a renovated former school — the Turin flagship.
• Toolbox Coworking. Established Turin space with a strong design/architecture community.
• PuntoZero. Smaller, cooperative, in San Salvario — affordable and English-friendly.

Things to do

• Drink a bicerin at Caffè al Bicerin (since 1763) — a layered espresso, chocolate, and cream concoction unique to Turin.
• Take the elevator up the Mole Antonelliana to the Cinema Museum — Italy's tallest brick building offers the best skyline view.
• Day-trip to the Langhe wine region (Alba, Barolo, Barbaresco) — 90 minutes by car, possibly the best wine landscape in Europe.
• Eat a vitello tonnato at an old-school trattoria like Tre Galline.

Practical tip

Turin's winter fog (la nebbia) can settle for days. The city is at its best in late spring and autumn; the Alps make it a strong winter base if you ski.

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Cost figures are estimates as of 2026 and vary by neighbourhood and season. Always cross-check current rents on Idealista and Immobiliare.it.