Factory outlets
What better place to do some serious shopping? The old factory warehouses have developed into this modern new retail concept. More and more people today are outlet fans and outlet shopping towns are as popular with tourists as the great cities of art and culture.
Serravalle Scrivia: The biggest and most impressive factory outlet in Europe with a sales area of 37,500 square metres, staffed with 800 sales assistants, and consisting of 170 stores, all selling designer-label clothing, shoes and accessories, plus free parking for 3000 cars, cafés, restaurants, fast food outlets, and a children’s playground..
Address: Via Della Moda, 1 – 15069 Serravalle Scrivia (Al)
Tel. +39.0143.609000
Winter Opening hours: 10.00am /7.00 pm (Monday to Friday) 10.00am /8.00 pm (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)
Summer Opening hours: 10.00 am /8.00 pm. (Monday to Sunday)
Vicolungo: retail park with 75 designer-label retail stores, selling everything from fashion clothing to household linens.
Address: Piazza S. Caterina, on the corner of Via Papa Giovanni XXIII – 28060 Vicolungo (No)
Tel. +39.0321.835032
Opening hours: every day from 10 am to 8 pm. Open on Sundays and public holidays.
The Place Luxury Outlet
This is the outlet of the most prestigious Italian makes, such as: Ermenegildo Zegna, Agnona, Gucci, Sergio Rossi, La Perla and Vogart Sunglasses. It is located in Sandigliano, near Biella, and it extends over 1.500 square metres. Here visitors will find a wide selection of prestige clothes, shoes and accessories for both men and women, as well as a multilingual staff ready to welcome non-Italian customers, a crèche and a fine restaurant that specialises in Piedmontese cuisine. All this will transform a day of shopping into a true luxury experience.
Strada Trossi - 13876 Sandigliano (Bi)
Tel. +39.015.2496199
Open every day: 3.00 pm/7.00 pm (Monday), 10.00 am/7.00 pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
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Places
Historical Wine Cellars in Canelli
The wine cellars – which hold ancient barrels perfectly lined-up – have brick arches, lowered large round arches connected to each other by tunnels that reach into the layers and strata of earth which have formed over the centuries.
Castello di Mazzè
In the ancient underground parts of the medieval castle is the Museo della Tortura (Museum of Torture): tools and methods from the Holy Inquisition. The building is surrounded by a large park with a scenic view looking out over the Canavese.
Palaisozaki
It is the new Torino Olympic Palasport (Sports Arena) designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki for the Winter Olympics in Torino 2006. A multi-functional space, versatile and flexible which, thanks to the mobility of its platform, can turn from an ice rink into a concert, show, or convention venue.
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People
Gerard Roero Di Cortanze
“There must be a psychoanalytic bond between Torino, Piemonte and myself. Every time I come to town, I feel at home, as if the doors to my own house were being re-opened. I have never lived in this city. Every time I’m here it is as if I put my foot on the fog of a ghost, face to face with my past. Torino is my imaginary life, a double retrospect, a flashback…”
Andrea Lee
“I married a man from Torino and we have started our family here. You fall in love with it gradually, it’s full of hidden, unknown things ready to be discovered, but filled with perversions as well. It has some very beautiful places…..”
Caparezza
“And I love eating in Torino, most of all the raw meat. I like this city. I’ve been to the Museo del Cinema three times and even took a walk up the hill. After a few kilometres I was at the top of Colle della Maddalena and could see the entire city.”
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