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EXPERIENCE
TURIN&MORE
PROPOSALS
art AND NATURE IN THE pinerolese AREA
- full day -
possibility of a guide only for groups of, at least, 10 people
Pinerolo and its cavalry, the mystery of the Rocca di Cavour and the mysticism of the Staffarda Abbey
Arrival in Turin by own vehicle or hired bus. Stop at the Mirafiori district, which houses a jewel often forgotten by the classic tourist circuits: the Bela Rosin Mausoleum, built on the model of the famous Pantheon in Rome. It was wanted by the Countess's children as a symbolic reconstruction of the place where she should have been buried next to her husband, Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, the first king of Italy. Not far away, then, a photo stop at the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, a Savoy residence dedicated to hunting and court parties. Direction Pinerolo, where there will be free time to visit the city, an interesting village with a thousand-year history, famous for being the home of the Italian Cavalry. Pinerolo is a small urban center, characterized by a historic center made up of medieval alleys, ancient buildings and traditional shops. Special mention for Piazza San Donato with its Cathedral and the Historical Museum of the Cavalry. Lunch in a typical Piedmontese trattoria. Continuing our itinerary we arrive at the Rocca di Cavour Nature Reserve, an alpine tip emerging for about 162 meters from the alluvial deposits of the Po Valley. From its summit you can enjoy an incomparable 360​​° panorama of mountains and plains, from the Maritime Alps to the Pennine Alps. Going down towards the valley we meet the Abbey of Santa Maria, whose Landolfian crypt preserves, inside, the oldest altar in Piedmont. Last stop Staffarda with its famous Cistercian Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria, set in a beautiful landscape framed by a wide circle of mountains, surmounted by the imposing and majestic "King of Stone", the Monviso. Inside you can admire the abbey church with its beautiful cloister, and other rooms that represent a concentration of art, history and architecture for a dip back in time in the Piedmontese Middle Ages.
Euro 59,00 for person
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