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discounts on some guided tours and theatres. You can buy the card at Turin's tourist of-
fice.
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Cinque Terre - After the Floods
Freakishly wet weather along the Ligurian coast in October 2011 brought devastating
flash floods to the two Cinque Terre towns of Vernazza and Monterosso, burying many of
their historic streets and houses under several metres of mud. Tragically, half-a-dozen
people were killed and Monterosso's mayor emotionally declared that his town no longer
existed. However, employing a stoicism shaped by centuries of fighting off tiresome in-
vaders, Cinque Terre has bounced back. As of 2013, most businesses are open again, al-
though you may want to check ahead vis-à-vis the status of the iconic, but increasingly
delicate Sentiero Azzurro (blue walking trail).
DON'T MISS
The region's newest sight is an extravagantly refurbished car museum in Turin's up-and-coming Lin-
gotto district, known as the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile.
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Unesco World Heritage Sites
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Cinque Terre
Medieval fishing villages and landscaped cliffsides on the Ligurian coast.
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Residences of the Royal House of Turin
A collection of baroque pleasure palaces in
and around Turin, including Palazzo Madama, Palazzo Reale and Venaria Reale.
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Sacri Monti
Nine sacred mountains in Piedmont and Lombardy with chapels and pil-
grims' paths dedicated to the Christian faith.
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Palazzi dei Rolli
Forty-two Renaissance and baroque palaces in Genoa.
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