Top Attractions in Piedmont

Turin

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River, in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 911,823 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city has a rich culture and history, and is known for its numerous art galleries, restaurants, churches, palaces, opera houses, piazzas, parks, gardens, theatres, libraries, museums and other venues. Turin is well known for its renaissance, baroque, rococo, neo-classical, and art nouveau architecture. Much of the citys public squares, castles, gardens and elegant palazzi such as Palazzo Madama, were built in the 16th and 18th century, after the capital of the Duchy of Savoy was moved to Turin from Chambery as part of the urban expansion. Turin is sometimes called the cradle of Italian liberty, for having been the birthplace and home of notable politicians and people who contributed to the Risorgimento, such as Cavour. The city currently hosts some of Italys best universities, colleges, academies, lycea and gymnasia, such as the six-century-old University of Turin and the Turin Polytechnic. Prestigious and important museums, such as the Museo Egizio and the Mole Antonelliana are also found in the city. Turins several monuments and sights make it one of the worlds top 250 tourist destinations, and the tenth most visited city in Italy in 2008. The city used to be a major European political centre, being Italys first capital city in 1861 and being home to the House of Savoy, Italys royal family. Even though much of its political significance and importance had been lost by World War II, it became a major European crossroad for industry, commerce and trade, and currently is one of Italys main industrial centres, being part of the famous "industrial triangle", along with Milan and Genoa. Turin is ranked third in Italy, after Milan and Rome, for economic strength. With a GDP of $58 billion, Turin is the worlds 78th richest city by purchasing power, and as of 2010 has been ranked by GaWC as a Gamma- world city. Turin is also home to much of the Italian automotive industry. Turin is well known as the home of the Shroud of Turin, the football teams Juventus F.C. and Torino F.C., the headquarters of automobile manufacturers FIAT, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, Iveco and as host of the 2006 Winter Olympics and, in the same year, the 37th Chess Olympiad. Several International Space Station modules, such as Harmony and Columbus, were also manufactured in Turin. It was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy from 1563, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the Royal House of Savoy and finally the first capital of the unified Italy. It is often referred to as the Capital of the Alps. Other popular epithets are the Automobile Capital of Italy and the Detroit of Italy, as it is the home of FIAT; in Italy it is also dubbed la capitale Sabauda .

Macugnaga

Macugnaga is a mountain village at 1,327 metres elevation, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the north of the Piedmont region of Italy. It is located at the base of Dufourspitzethe second-tallest peak in Europe, in the Monte Rosa Massif, along Anzasca valley, one of the seven valleys around the mount. The town is surrounded by high and wild peaks like P. Gnifetti 4,559 mP.Zumstein 4563 mP.Dufour 4638 mP.Nordend 4612 mJagerhorn 3970 mCima Jazzi 3804 mNeue Weisstor 3642 mCima di Roffel 3636 m . In particular, the town is famous for being in front of the East Face of Monte Rosa Massif, the tallest wall in the Alps. This wall, 2,600 metres high and 4 km wide, is a true monument in the history of mountaineering and it is nicknamed "The Himalayan Face of the Alps". Many famous climbers, like Alessandro Gogna, Kurt Diemberger, Hermann Buhl, and Patrick Gabarrou, traced important itineraries along the very dangerous and steep cliffs of the wall. Many others died trying to reach the four summits at the top of the wall: Damiano Marinelli and his three companions were swept away by a huge avalanche in 1881. Casimiro Bich, Cristiano Sommaruga, Ettore Zapparoli, Gildo Burgener and others famous and skillful climbers lose their lives all killed by huge avalanches. Ettore Zapparoli in particular, a musician, poet, writer, died alone in 1951, trying to win the most dangerous part of the wall, the sector under the P. Zumstein. His body was found in 2008 and buried in the mountaineering cemetery. This place, very close to the Chiesa Vecchiais a moving place, where a section remembers all the climbers dead on the wall. Many monuments are present in the town: the Chiesa Vecchia and its linden also of the 13th century, the Chiesa Nuova built in 1707, the 17th century Casa Pala. In the town there is a museum of mountaineering and in the hamlet of Borca the Walser Museum, devoted to the local German population who colonised the valley during the Middle Ages. The population of the area originated from the Walser, Germanic people coming from the Swiss canton Wallis. The area gives many opportunities for skiing in winter of the Passo del Monte Moro on the border with Switzerland, and hiking and mountaineering in summer. There are a swimming pool, a tennis centre, and a football field for sport activities. Despite its proximity to the international Milan Malpensa Airportthis town remains very quiet, wild and impressive for its spectacular landscape. The village is also known for its mine . Between 2010 and January 2011, the Italian film-maker Cristina Comencini chose Macugnaga for making her film called Quando la notte about a woman from a big city who falls in love with a local climber. She chose the place for its impressive position, in her words perfect for a movie. Some years ago the Italian soap Cento Vetrine recorded some episodes in Macugnaga.

Biella

Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 45,016 as of 2014. It is located about 80 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 80 kilometres west-northwest of Milan. It lies in the foothills of the Alps, in the Bo mountain range near Mt. Mucrone and Camino, an area rich in springs and lakes, the heart of the Biellese Alps irrigated by several mountain streams: the Elvo to the west of the town, the Oropa and the Cervo to the east. Nearby natural and notable tourist attractions include the Zegna Viewpoint, the Bielmonte Ski Resort, Burcina Natural Reserve, and the moors to the south of town. The Sanctuary of Oropa is a site of religious pilgrimages. In 2003, the Sacred Mountain of Oropa was inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List. Biella is an important wool processing and textile centre. There is a small airport in the nearby comune of Cerrione.

Susa

Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, First Persian Empire and Parthian empires of Iran, and one of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East. It is located in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km east of the Tigris River, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers. The modern Iranian town of Shush is located at the site of ancient Susa. Shush is the administrative capital of the Shush County of Irans Khuzestan province. It had a population of 64,960 in 2005.

Entracque

Entracque is a small town in the Valle Gesso of the Maritime Alps of north-west Italy, about 20 kilometres southwest of Cuneo and close to the French border. It is the principal settlement and capoluogo of the commune or municipality of the same name in the Piedmontese Province of Cuneo. At the time of the 2001 census over 90 percent of the then 848 inhabitants of the commune were found in Entracque itself. The remaining 68 were dispersed among 11 hamlets, none of which had more than 13 inhabitants, or lived in isolated dwellings. Entracque borders the following municipalities: BelvédèreLa BrigueLimone Piemonte, Roaschia, Saint-Martin-VésubieValdieri, and Vernante. The comune is the site of the Entracque Power Plant, one of the biggest hydroelectric power stations in Italy.

Orta San Giulio

Orta San Giulio is a town and comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 40 kilometres northwest of Novara. The town itself is built on a promontory which juts out from the eastern bank of Lake Orta close to Isola San Giulio, an island which also falls within the municipal boundaries. The frazione Legro stands on the hill which rises behind the promontory, Corconio is some 2 kilometres further south, and again away from the lake, while Imola consists of a small number of dwellings between the two, but close to the lake on the road leading to Gozzano. The municipality borders on Pettenasco to the north, Miasino and Ameno to the east, Bolzano Novarese and Gozzano to the south, and San Maurizio dOpaglio and Pella to the west across the lake. It is well known for the nearby Sacro Monte, which is a site of pilgrimage and worship and, like the town itself and the island, is a popular destination for fairly small-scale tourism. In 2003, the Sacro Monte of Orta was inserted by UNESCO in the World Heritage List. In May 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche and Lou Andreas-Salomé, accompanied by her mother and a mutual friend, visited Orta for a few days on their way back from a Grand Tour of Italy. The couple visited the Sacro Monte for some hours and Nietsche fell in love with the charming Russian. Salomé could not afterwards remember if she had kissed the philosopher and she was not in love with him, a fact which caused him much anguish.

Parco del Valentino

Parco del Valentino is a popular public park in Turin, Italy. It is located along the west bank of the Po river. It covers an area of 500,000m², which makes it Turins second largest park .

Vercelli

Vercelliis a city and comune of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC. The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river Po between Milan and Turin. It is an important centre for the cultivation of rice, and is surrounded by rice paddies, which are flooded in the summer. The climate is typical of the Po Valley with cold, foggy winters in January) and oppressive heat during the summer months in July). Rainfall is most prevalent during the spring and autumn; thunderstorms are common in the summer. The languages spoken in Vercelli are Italian and Piedmontese; the variety of Piedmontese native to the city is called Varsleis. The worlds first university funded by public money was established in Vercelli in 1228but was closed in 1372. Today it has a university of literature and philosophy as a part of the Università del Piemonte Orientale and a satellite campus of the Politecnico di Torino.

Stresa

Stresa is a town and comune of about 5,000 residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, about 90 kilometres northwest of Milan. Since the early 20th century, the main source of income has been the tourist trade; like other places on Lake Maggiore, it benefits from spectacular views as well as areas of historical and architectural interest. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Simplon Pass.

Casale Monferrato

Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region in Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the vast plain of the Po valley. Since it became a Roman municipium the town has been the most important center of the zone. After a spell of decline, due to the fall of the Roman Empire and the barbaric invasion, Casale became a free municipality and from the 15th century to the 16th century was the capital of the Palaiologos. Then the Gonzaga got hold of the town and built one of the biggest and most important citadel of Europe. In the 17th century and the 18th century was besieged by both the Spanish and French armies, interested in its strategical position; during Italian unification Casale has been one of the defensive bulwarks against the Austrian Empire. Today Casale, in the middle of the industrial triangle Turin-Milan-Genoa, is an important industrial center, known for the production of cement and the closed factory Eternit, that produced the homonymous material, very dangerous due to the presence of asbestos. Thousands of inhabitants of Casale have died from mesothelioma, a fatal disease caused by the breathing of asbestos. In 2012, former executives and Eternit shareholders Stephan Schmidheiny and Louis de Cartier were ordered to pay $32.5 million to the town of Casale Monferrato after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for exposing workers and townspeople to asbestos.

Novara

Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With about 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin and from Genoa to Switzerland. Novara lies between the rivers Agogna and Terdoppio in northeastern Piedmont, 50 kilometres from Milan and 95 kilometres from Turin.

Venaria Reale

Venaria Reale is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 8 kilometres northwest of Turin. Venaria Reale borders the municipalities of Robassomero, Caselle Torinese, Druento, Borgaro Torinese, Turin, Pianezza, and Collegno. A 19th century distinguished citizen of Venaria Reale was Michele Lessona, an illustrious scientist and decorated Senatore del Regno.

Ceresole Reale

Ceresole Reale is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley, on the border with France. Ceresole Reale borders the following municipalities: Bonneval-sur-ArcGroscavallo, Noasca, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, Val-dIsèreand Valsavarenche. The communal territory is home to the Gran Paradiso National Park visitors center. The main structure is the large dam, built in 1925–31 by A.E.M. : this formed the Lago di Ceresolewhich is not the towns main tourist attraction. The location is famous for being the location of the ending cliffhanger scene in the 1969 film The Italian Job, where the Bedford VAL coach skids off the road and hangs, with a load of gold.

Racconigi

Racconigi is a town and comune in Piedmont, Italy. It is located in the province of Cuneo, 40 kilometres south of Turin, and 50 kilometres north of Cuneo by rail.

Manta

Manta is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres southwest of Turin and about 25 kilometres north of Cuneo. The main attraction is the Castello della Manta, housing a series of precious 15th-century paintings. Manta borders the following municipalities: Lagnasco, Pagno, Saluzzo, and Verzuolo.

Fenestrelle

Fenestrelle is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres west of Turin. It is home to the Fenestrelle Fort.

Alagna Valsesia

Alagna Valsesia is a comune and small village high in the Valsesia alpine valley in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. it is a tourist site for mountaineering and winter sports, and it is internationally renowned for the freeride off-piste skiing. It was originally settled by Walser. It is located at the upper tip of Val Grande, in Piedmont Region of Italy, at an elevation of 1,191 metres just south of the Monte Rosa, elevation 4,638 metres ; It is very close to Milan and from the international Milan–Malpensa Airport . Since December 2005 a new cable car connects Alagna with Gressoney through the Passo dei Salati.

Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud is a length of linen cloth bearing the image of a man that is believed by some Christians to be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth. Radiocarbon dating has dated it to the Medieval period. The shroud is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, northern Italy. The image is much clearer in black-and-white negative than in its natural sepia color. The negative image was first observed in 1898 on the reverse photographic plate of amateur photographer Secondo Pia, who was allowed to photograph it while it was being exhibited in the Turin Cathedral. The origins of the shroud and its images are the subject of intense debate among theologians, historians and researchers. Scientific and popular publications have presented diverse arguments for both authenticity and possible methods of forgery. A variety of scientific theories regarding the shroud have since been proposed, based on disciplines ranging from chemistry to biology and medical forensics to optical image analysis. The Shroud of Turin is respected by Christians of several traditions, including Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Orthodox, Pentecostals, and Presbyterians. The Catholic Church has neither formally endorsed nor rejected the shroud, but in 1958 Pope Pius XII approved of the image in association with the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. More recently, Pope Francis and his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI have both described the Shroud of Turin as "an icon" and Pope Saint John Paul II called the Shroud "a mirror of the Gospel". In 1988 a radiocarbon dating test was performed on small samples of the shroud. The laboratories at the University of Oxford, the University of Arizona, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology concurred that the samples they tested dated from the Middle Ages, between 1260 and 1390. The validity and the interpretation of the 1988 tests are still contested by some statisticians, chemists and historians. According to professor Christopher Ramsey of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit in 2011, "There are various hypotheses as to why the dates might not be correct, but none of them stack up." According to former Nature editor Philip Ball, "it's fair to say that, despite the seemingly definitive tests in 1988, the status of the Shroud of Turin is murkier than ever. Not least, the nature of the image and how it was fixed on the cloth remain deeply puzzling". The shroud continues to be one of the most studied and controversial objects in human history.

Fenestrelle Fort

The Fenestrelle Fortress, better known as the Fenestrelle Fort is a fortress overlooking Fenestrelle . It is the biggest alpine fortification in Europe, having a surface area of 1,300,000 m². The fortress was built by Savoy between 1728 and 1850 under the design of the architect Ignazio Bertola and it guards the access to Turin via the Chisone valley, and stands at altitudes between 1,100 and 1,800 m. The territory was acquired in 1709 by the Duchy of Savoy after the defeat of the French at fort Mutin .

Frabosa Sottana

Frabosa Sottana is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 kilometres south of Turin and about 20 kilometres southeast of Cuneo. The economy is based on winter tourism, based on the nearby ski resort of Prato Nevoso. Frabosa Sottana borders the following municipalities: Frabosa Soprana, Magliano Alpi, Monastero di Vasco, Roccaforte Mondovì, and Villanova Mondovì.

Rivoli

Rivoliis a comune established around the 1st century CE, in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about 14 kilometres west of Turin. As of 2009, it had a population of 50,115. Rivoli borders the following municipalities: Turin, Pianezza, Caselette, Alpignano, Collegno, Rosta, Grugliasco, Villarbasse, Rivalta di Torino, Orbassano.

Formazza

Formazza is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 160 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 50 kilometres north of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 443 and an area of 131.8 square kilometres . The municipality of Formazza contains the frazioni Foppiano, Antillone, Fondovalle, Chiesa, Valdo, San Michele, Ponte, Brendo, Grovella, Canza, Sotto Frua, La Frua, and Riale. Formazza borders the following municipalities: Baceno, BedrettoBignascoBinnBosco/GurinCavergnoPremia, Reckingen-GluringenUlrichen . The village was founded by Walser and Walser German is still spoken

Domodossola

Domodossola is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola (due to its position in the Ossola valley).

Moncalieri

Moncalieri is a town and comune of approximately 58,000 inhabitants about 8 kilometres directly south of downtown Turinin Piedmont, Italy. It is notable for its castle, built in the 12th century and enlarged in the 15th century, which later became the favorite residence of Maria Clotilde and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. It is part of the World Heritage Site Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.

Verbania

Verbania is the most populous comune and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about 91 km north-west of Milan and about 40 km from Locarno in Switzerland. It had a population of 31,121 at 30 April 2009.

Alessandria

Alessandria is a city and comune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about 90 kilometres southeast of Turin. Alessandria is also a major railway hub.

Acqui Terme

Acqui Terme is a city and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is about 35 kilometres south-southwest of Alessandria. It is one of the principle winemaking communes of the Italian DOCG wine Brachetto dAcqui. The hot sulphur springs have been famous since this was the Roman town of Aquae Statiellae; the ancient baths are referred to by Paulus Diaconus and the chronicler Liutprand of Cremona. In 1870 Giovanni Ceruti designed a little pavilion, known as La Bollente, for the spot at the centre of the town where the waters bubble up at 75 °C .

Novalesa

Novalesa is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, on the border with France. Novalesa borders the following municipalities: BessansLanslebourg-Mont-CenisMompantero, Moncenisio, Usseglio, and Venaus. Near the village is Novalesa Abbey, an Benedictine monastery founded in 726. Acting in effect as a forward position for the Franks near their border with the territory of the Lombards, the abbey was strategically placed to control the Via Francigena. The parish church constitutes a site of the Museum of Alpine Religious Art . Near the village there are very high waterfalls, formed by the streams coming from Rocciamelone mountain.

Cossogno

Cossogno is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 130 kilometres northeast of Turin and about 20 kilometres north of Verbania. Cossogno borders the following municipalities: Cursolo-Orasso, Malesco, Miazzina, Premosello-Chiovenda, San Bernardino Verbano, Trontano, Verbania. Part of its territory is included in the Val Grande National Park.

Usseglio

Usseglio is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 kilometres northwest of Turin, on the border with France.

Look Around

This attraction is located in

This is a private property. Please enjoy respectfully and do not disturb the occupants.

WebSite Wiki

Edit Categories

Add Tours

Show tours that use this attraction...

This attraction is not part of any tours

Add Collections

Show collections that this attraction is part of...

This attraction is not part of any collections

Some of the attractions we imported from Wikipedia are not perfect. Send us an email detailing what's wrong and we'll look into fixing it.

Fix it yourself

GuRoute is all about Gurus sharing their local knowledge. If you feel up to fixing this problem yourself, why not adopt it. You will become the owner and can fix whatever problems you see.

We've copied a link to this attraction into your clipboard so that ou can paste it into an email or text message...

More Info... ✔

You can add your friends to the visit yourself, or, send them a link and let them add themselves...

The visit will appear on both your timelines and on your Shared Timeline.

Click below and we'll email you a link that you can send on to friends or post on your group's Facebook page.

If your friends aren't members of GuRoute yet, this is a great way to get them started.

Recent

Recently used Collections will appear here...

Recent

Recently used tours will appear here...

Add to Your Tour Bus
Search Tours...
Add to Approved
Search Collections...
Search Games...
Recommend...

Image

I want to be the Guru for this attraction

You know this attraction very well and want to get credit for creating it

Allow someone who knows this attraction better to adopt it

You know enough to describe this attraction, but would prefer to let someone who knows it better adopt it and add more details later

Keep this attraction anonymous

You create the attraction as you want to remember it's location, but really, you don't know it very well, so you don't want your name on it

Where is this?

GuRoute likes to place attractions inside other attractions. So, maybe it's in a city, or maybe it's inside a particular park in that city. Maybe your attraction is a huge park that spans half the county, or multiple counties.

Determining where this attraction is gives it context - if it's in a park, you'll be able to see it alongside all the other attractions in that park. And that helps define the park.

GuRoute will automatically calculate a parent region for this attraction. You can change it if there is something more appropriate.

This attraction is currently located in .

Change

This attraction does not yet have any reviews

Please login to write a review...

Reviewed by

* Use as Recommendation

Record new Visit

Add this location to your timneline?

If there's an existing attraction open it and add it to your timeline...
If not, enter a title and we'll create a new attraction for your memories...

Create new Attraction

Create a new attraction at this location?

We rely on Gurus like you to share your local knowledge...

Location:	(Give a name for this location)
Trip Start Date:

Rating:
Comments:

+ GuRouters:

Rating:
Comments:

Add this to your timeline instead...

Imagine having a record of all the cool things you've done in your life!

Using our timeline you can keep track of everywhere you visit in your lifetime...

But, you'll need to sign in first...

Add contacts so that you can share your travels and record places that you visit together...

Name
Email
	Family Favorites

Family
Favorites

Profile TimeLine Our Visits Edit Accept Decline Invite

Public

Everyone can see this visit on your timeline

Friends Only

Only your friends will see this visit

Private

Only you will see this visit

If you have any more friends that visited this place with you, feel free to add them to the visit. We'll write it to their timeline and once they confirm it, they too will have this memory for a lifetime.

If they're not already registered, you just need their name and email address and you can add them and we'll send them an invite on your behlaf.

Add a tour comment

Add some extra information for when this attraction is viewed as part of your tour...

Next Stop Instructions

Add some instructions for what to see/do on the way to the next stop...

Next Stop Instructions

Add some instructions for what to see/do on the way to the next stop...

If you're visiting an existing attraction, open it and add it to your timeline. If there is no attraction for the place you are visiting...

Click 'Add My Location' below
Or right-click on the map to mark a different location
Or long-press if you have a touch screen

You can even add locations while you're offline....

Load up the map when you're online and we'll keep track of your locaiton
You can add locations to your timeline
When you are online again we'll sync them with the cloud

We can't connect to the internet right now. The following attractions are saved locally and can be uploaded when you're online...

Add tour to What's Next?

Go...

Either for yourself or someone else...

Do your trip research in GuRoute
Add all the places that you think might be worthy of a visit into a trip-plan
Add your trip-plan to your "What's Next" timeline
(or a friend's "What's Next" timeline)
When you're on vacation you'll have all your research at your fingertips
Share your timline with your friends
They can enjoy your vacation with you, seeing not only where you've been, but where you're going next...
Add/remove attractions if things change

It also makes a great souvenir of your trip

Collections

Go...

Create a home page for a collection of attractions

Add an image and description to display on the homepage
Start adding content
Add existing attractions to your collection or create new attractions of your own
Collections can be:
- Public (Anyone can add attractions to your collection)
- Shared (Only yourself and Gurus you nominate can add content)
- Private (The collection will only be visible to yourself)

Uses

Local business or hotel
Showcase local attractions that you endorse
Clubs
Showcase attractions that members have created (eg. local historical society)
Special Interest
If GuRoute does not have a category for your special interest you add your attractions to your own collection instead

Examples

Walking/Driving Tours

Go...

A guided tour where GuRoute will direct you from stop to stop and narrate a description of each attraction you arrive at

GuRoute uses your phone's GPS to guide you from stop to stop
GuRoute automatically detects when you arrive at the next tour-stop and narrates the description of the attraction (Chrome Only)
It then sends you on to the next stop

Tours are great to attract people to your town. Even places with no significant points of interest can be lots of fun when part of a tour

Cater tours to your Audience

Kid-friendly Tours
- Focus on what will keep kids interested
- Instead of parents having to drag their kids around they'll be struggling to keep up
- Let the kids navigate and they'll get more fun out of finding that historical plaque than they ever would from reading it
Accessible tours
Short and long tours of the same location

What you need to do...

Click 'Go...'
Enter a title, description and location for the tour
Add existing attractions OR create new ones and add them to the tour
For existing attractions you can add more information specific to the theme of the tour
You can also add instructions on what to do or see en-route to the next tour-stop
Try out your tour and see how it works...

Mystery Tour

Go...

Create a Mystery Tour

Create a series of clues to show people around a city, neighborhood or whatever place you like...

GuRoute will show people clues to get them from attraction to attraction
When they reach each stop GuRoute will tell them about the place and give them the next clue
Take as long or as you like and explore each location at your leisure

Scavenger Hunt

Go...

Create a Scavenger Hunt

Create a series of questions that people have to answer. The answers can all be discovered by walking aroung the area, looking for clues.

How many beers are on tap at Michael Collin's Irish Bar?
What's the name of the oldest building on main streeet?
Show a picture of some public art and ask them what it is called
Clues can have numeric or multiple choice answers

My Timeline

GuRoute

Discover Your World

Share your Experiences

Record your Life

Top Attractions in Piedmont

Turin

Macugnaga

Biella

Susa

Entracque

Orta San Giulio

Parco del Valentino

Vercelli

Stresa

Casale Monferrato

Novara

Venaria Reale

Ceresole Reale

Racconigi

Manta

Fenestrelle

Alagna Valsesia

Shroud of Turin

Fenestrelle Fort

Frabosa Sottana

Rivoli

Formazza

Domodossola

Moncalieri

Verbania

Alessandria

Acqui Terme

Novalesa

Cossogno

Usseglio

More...

I want to be the Guru for this attraction

Allow someone who knows this attraction better to adopt it

Keep this attraction anonymous

Where is this?

This attraction does not yet have any reviews

Public

Friends Only

Private

Add a tour comment

Next Stop Instructions

Next Stop Instructions

Add tour to What's Next?

Either for yourself or someone else...

It also makes a great souvenir of your trip

Collections

Create a home page for a collection of attractions

Uses

Examples

Walking/Driving Tours

A guided tour where GuRoute will direct you from stop to stop and narrate a description of each attraction you arrive at

Cater tours to your Audience

What you need to do...

Mystery Tour

Create a Mystery Tour

Scavenger Hunt

Create a Scavenger Hunt