Milan Super Saver: Turin and Milan One-Day Highlights Tour
Meet a tour representative at the central railway station in Milan to board the high-speed train to Turin, about a 1-hour journey. When you arrive in the city, home to a dazzling concentration of architecture, museums, piazzas, parks, and monuments, as well as the Shroud of Turin, you'll take a 2-hour guided walking tour with a guide, who unveils Turin’s charming and mysterious atmosphere.
With artistic achievements spanning from the Renaissance to the eras of baroque, rococo, neo-Classical, and Art Nouveau, Turin boasts the same elegant mood as great European capitals like Paris or Vienna, adding a dash of its own savoir-faire. See favorite sights like Piazza San Carlo with its twin 17th-century churches, soak up the ambience of 19th-century cafés, and discover regal Turin at Piazza Castello, home to the city’s original castle, Palazzo Madama, and the Royal Palace. Your guide tells you about the city’s history and popular legends and gives you tips on how to enjoy your free time for lunch (own expense) and perhaps visit the Egyptian Museum of Turin (the second largest in the world after Cairo).
Then rejoin your guide for a chocolate and gelato tasting at a premier venue, where you can treat your taste buds to gianduiotti or pralines followed by some of the best gelato in Italy. After your time in Turin, your guide puts you back on the train for the 1-hour return trip to Milan.
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When you arrive back in Milan, you have a 2.5-hour break to rest and freshen up before meeting your second guide at Piazza del Duomo for a sunset stroll that covers the top monuments. In just 2.5 hours, you’ll get to know Milan in a nutshell, thanks to the stories your guide provides about the city's history and characters. This small-group tour is limited to 15 people.
Visit a rooftop terrace, where you can sip a spritz or a glass of prosecco as the sun goes down and the city lights up for the night. This pre-dinner tradition of a drink and appetizers is known as aperitivo, and it's one of the best things about being in Italy. Enjoy this local tradition while soaking up the elegant atmosphere, rubbing shoulders with the Milanese themselves and taking in views of the city skyline, including Milan Cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece known as the Duomo.
Your walk also covers Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a high-end 19th-century glass-vaulted shopping arcade, and Piazza della Scala, where the renowned Scala Theatre stands. See the fashionable Brera district, and continue along winding streets to your last stop, Sforza Castle, where your guide tells you bewitching tales about this imposing medieval fortress bathed in evening light. Your tour ends here.