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Cinema Massimo
(Via Giuseppe Verdi 18; admission €7)
Near the Mole Antonelliana, the cinema offers an eclect-
ic mix of films, mainly in English or with subtitles. One of its three screens only shows
classic films.
CINEMA
DON'T MISS
WORSHIP AT THE SHRINES OF FOOTBALL
After paying your respects to the Holy Shroud, find time to tap into Italy's other religion:
calcio
(foot-
ball). Its cathedral is the
Juventus Stadium
, inaugurated in 2011 as the home ground to the legendary
bianconeri
, Italy's most successful football club. The state-of-the-art ground has a
Juventus Mu-
seum
(
www.juventus.com
;
Strada Comunale di Altessano 131; museum €10, incl stadium vist €18;
10.30am-6.30pm Mon & Wed-Fri, to 7.30pm Sat & Sun) that will blind you with its silverware
(28 league titles - and the rest!) and proudly recount how it was all amassed.
On the other side of town, the
Stadio Olimpico
(which hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics) is home
to Turin's other team, Torino FC. Until 2011, Torino shared their ground with Juventus, but now
they've got the place to themselves except when they play the
bianconeri
in the hotly fought
Derby
della Mole
. The Stadio Olimpico also offers a stadium tour and hosts a more general sports museum,
the
Museo dello Sport
(
www.olympicstadiumturin.com
;
Corso Agnelli; museum €10, incl stadium
€14; 10am-6pm) .
To get to the Juventus Stadium from the city centre, catch bus 72 from the corner of Via XX
Settembre and Via Bertola. To get to the Stadio Olimpico, take tram No 4 from Porta Nuova train sta-
tion and get off after eight stops.
Shopping
Via Roma's arcaded walkways shelter the city's most expensive fashion boutiques, while
those along pedestrianised Via Garibaldi are more affordable. Via Po has some great
secondhand record shops, and vintage and alternative clothes.
Guido Golbino
(
www.guidogolbino.it
;
Via Lagrange 1; 10am-8pm Tue-Sun, 3-8pm Mon)
Chocolate heaven even
by Turin standards, Guido's is currently the Torinese chocolatier of choice. This outlet has
a slim little seating area tucked away behind its delectable chocolate shop where you can
sit down to sample fondues,
giandujas
(hazelnut chocolates), and other such belt-loosen-
ers.
CHOCOLATE
