Description
This Risorgimento museum guided tour in Turin takes about two hours and mixes history with a very Turin kind of break. You meet your guide outside the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento, who holds a sign reading "Needitaly", and go in together.
The museum sits inside the historic Palazzo Carignano. An expert guide leads you through original documents, works of art, memorabilia and period settings, setting out the stages of unification and the people and events behind the birth of Italy. Stories and small facts fill in the political and social background, and the visit includes the chamber of the first Italian parliament.
- Guided visit with museum admission included
- Original documents and period rooms
- A refreshment in a historic café nearby
Afterwards you walk to a historic café for a pause in an elegant setting, where you can have a Pinguino, a typical Turin gelato. The tour is in English or Italian and suits anyone curious about how Italy became one country. Transport, headphones and temporary exhibitions are not included, and the tour needs a minimum number of participants to go ahead.