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Caffè Al Bicerin

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Turin's oldest and smallest café is located in Turin's atmospheric Quadrilatero Romano area. It has barely changed since it opened in 1763. Frequented by Cavour, Dumas and Puccini, this establishment soon became very popular with artisans and the aristocracy ... Here you will find the original home of the Bicerin, an exquisite hot drink, with three layers, one espresso, one chocolate and one fresh cream in secret amounts, served in a tall glass so you can admire the fusion of colours ... A

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Not Good Enough For Tripadvisor Readers?

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Published May 27, 2010 at 12:30 a.m.

In this, the third post on the subject of the 2010 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, we come to the thorny subject of "Food & Wine" ... TripAdvisor readers have decided Piedmont's ... food and wine regions are ... not ... in the Top 10 destinations in their Travelers' Choice 2010 Best Destinations category of "Top 10 Food & Wine Destinations in Europe" . ... The Top 10 did include six Italian destinations such as Florence , Siena, Montepulciano, Sam Gimignano, Bologna, and Rome? ...

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Visit the Shroud of Turin

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Published April 10, 2010 at 8:43 a.m.

In Piazza San Giovanni sits the Duomo Di San Giovanni, Turin's only example of Renaissance architecture. Commissioned by Cardinal Domenico della Rovere, it was designed by a Tuscan architect, Meo del Caprina da Settignano and has a particularly fine façade. Adjacent, towers the 60 metre Campanile di San Giovanni, which built some 30 years before the cathedral itself ... Close to Piazza Castello in the centre of Turin, it was completed in 1498 and dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The Chapel

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Top 10 Tips for Turin

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Published Oct. 28, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.

Travelling through Piedmont, by definition, is a journey of discovery, but in Turin, Italy's first capital, surrounded by the Alps to the north and west and the gentle hills of the Monferrato to the south, you will find treasures galore at your finger tips ... Image via Wikipedia ... So here are ten suggestions and top tips including shopping in Via Roma, visiting the Mole Antonelliana, riding the old rack tramway to the Basilica of Superga and chocolate tasting ... 1 ... A walk along Via Roma

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Wine Will Never Smell the Same Again: Luca Turin and the Science of Scent

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 12:49 a.m.

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I've recently discovered someone that I think may be perhaps the greatest writer of tasting notes in the history of the English language. He's not a wine critic, and the notes aren't about wine. But Luca Turin can write about what he smells better than anyone I have ever seen ... Luca Turin is many things, but perhaps most of all he is a scientist. But then again that may be too small a word for a man whose career has consisted of smashing down many of the walls that divide traditional

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An insider's guide to Turin's best aperitivo bars

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Published March 5, 2009 at 9:35 a.m.

Cocktail hour in Turin goes beyond a drink and a few free nibbles. John Brunton on the bars that serve up sumptuous buffets ... Turin is Italy's capital of the aperitivo, home of world famous brands like Martini Rosso, Cinzano and Gancia. Locals have been sipping their aperitivi in the city's grandiose cafes for over 200 years, and today, the sumptuous buffets that accompany early evening drinks make an entertaining and economic alternative to shelling out for dinner at a restaurant. Here are

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