A friend told me, you don’t have to spend a fortune to travel – you don’t have to go bankrupt. All you need to do is to search the best deals online, make a budget and stick to it!
Following this advice, at the spur of the moment, I decided to take a day trip to Torino. Yes, I operate impulsively most times! Just like in the case of my trip to Paris.
Since Torino is just about two hours away (by bus) from Milan, I could go and return the same day. And in 13 hours, I did a lot! I wish although, I had spent more days in Torino, the city charmed me!
Leaving Milan at 6.12 am, I arrived at Vittorio Emanuele, Torino by 8.00 am. Entering through the north of the city, I fell in love immediately with the white mountains that stood like a painting from far off and the picturesque.
The city was quiet and still asleep. Few cars and people were on the road, also because it was a Sunday. The houses in the northern part of the city are built in similar clusters and modern – no anciently carved balconies or windows.
What you will find in this post
Take a look at some of my favourite pictures and videos from my trip and places I visited – like The Cinema Museum and Egyptian Museum. I took hundreds of pictures but only my favourites will be posted here.
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Statue of Vittorio Emmanuele I, Turin](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_08_23_08_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Great Synagogue of Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_08_42_14_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Parcheggio Vittorio Park, Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_08_51_35_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Parcheggio Vittorio Park, Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_03_36_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip View of Vittorio Emmanuele I Bridge from Parcheggio Vittorio Park](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_05_18_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Street View of Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_05_24_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip River Po, Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_07_00_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Statues on the Bridge of Vittorio Emmanuele I](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_07_04_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Murazzi, Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_23_13_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip A better view of the Murazzi surrounding River Po](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_38_07_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
Murazzi
The Murazzi are the landings, the arches and the remittances of the boats located on the west bank of the Po, near the historic center of Turin.
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Murazzi Story](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_30_55_Pro-e1488979840151-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_29_20_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
There are a handful of bars and restaurants at the square. I had toast, cotto e formaggio and Labuccino (coffee) at Labs (a restaurant). I loved the toast especially!
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip - WP 20170305 09 38 22 Pro](http://girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_38_22_Pro-1024x575.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (Great Mother of God, Turin) - A Church](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_45_52_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip The view from up the stairs of Great Mother of God, Turin](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_09_54_24_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
From here, I could sight the tip of the Cinema Museum – the thin long mast-like structure. Can you see it as well in the picture?
The National Cinema Museum
I visited The National Cinema Museum. Getting in was not a piece of cake. I had to queue for 2 hours as the line was very long. The total cost of a ticket for The National Museum, to go up the tower (by elevator) and visit the museum is 14 Euros.
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Mole Antonelliana, Turin](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_10_51_59_Pro-e1488981147750-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Story of the Mole Antonelliana - at the entrance](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_11_30_44_Pro-e1488982158436-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Architectural layout of Mole Antonelliana](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_13_01_38_Pro-1-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip An Image of the founder of National Cinema Museum - Maria Andriana Prolo](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_13_11_53_Pro-1-e1489047391781-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip View from the top of Mole Antonelliana](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_12_04_40_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Inside the Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_13_52_41_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip A model of a scene from Jurassic Park (Movie) at the Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_09_39_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip A sample of SuperMan's Cape at the Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_09_56_Pro-e1489047913897-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Inside the Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_14_03_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Replicas of Helmets and Armours of some Super Heroes at Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_13_31_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Inside the Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_16_35_Pro-e1489049719609-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip The Cinema Museum. Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_17_10_Pro-e1489049757553-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Inside the Cinema Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_17_46_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip The Cinema Museum, Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_18_17_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Inside the Cinema Museum - Recognise these super heroes?](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_32_39_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Inside the Cinema Museum - recognize this head?](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_14_32_33_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
Next stop was the famous Egyptian Museum. I found some things here horrific – the skeletons, dried dead bodies and the mummies.
Museo delle Antichità Egizie – Egyptian Museum
The Museo delle Antichità Egizie is the only museum apart from the Cairo Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture.
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip A personal digital guide at the Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_16_11_39_Pro-e1489060005138-576x1024.jpg)
The are three options to choose from the digital guide. A complete tour, short tour or a family tour. These three tours take different time to complete.
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Immagine Vivente (Living Image)](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_17_31_13_Pro-e1489060911168-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Testimonies from the funerary chapels of the 18th dynasty](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_17_39_34_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_17_45_42_Pro-e1489061087548-576x1024.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Egyptian Museum, Torino](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_17_57_03_Pro-e1489061905508-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip a dancer in an acrobatic position, Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_18_06_31_Pro-e1489061937419-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_18_07_47_Pro-e1489062046274-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip The Chapel of Maya, Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_18_09_54_Pro-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip The Middle Coffin of Kha, Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_18_15_05_Pro-e1489062184579-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Kha's Bed, Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_18_15_38_Pro-e1489062297440-1024x576.jpg)
![| I Explored all the Famous Places in Turin City Under 13 hours - Day Trip Kha's Tunic, Egyptian Museum](https://www.girlinmilan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WP_20170305_18_15_55_Pro-e1489062534775-1024x576.jpg)
Just if you are wondering you Kha is. A lot of items were discovered in his coffin, many of which are present at the Egyptian Museum, Turin. Kha was an important foreman at Deir El-Medina. He was responsible for projects constructed during the reigns of 3 kings: Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III respectively.
Torino is a green city and a place for people who love serenity like me. I will definitely visit some other time.