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Turin Day 4 - Back to London

Our fourth and final day we had one property to visit before catching our flight back to London. We met with Amalia at Lingotto B+B. This lovely property is no exception to the rule that all HostelBookers properties in Turin are of an excellent quality and standard. Situated in an ideal central location its fantastic.

Jowita and I caught the early bus back to the airport, we were delighted to get back to London as it was too cold in Turin but our flight back was incredibly scary. I don’t think Jowita or I thought we would survive it because when we came in to land in London the winds were so incredibly strong that it caused the plane to land in a very unsteady and abrupt fashion.

Eventually we were on the ground a but shaken granted but oh so happy to be back in London Town. Turin is a beautiful city one with plenty of heritage and great architecture and museums. Its well worth a visit but be sure to do so in the summer months.

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Turin Day 3 - We had a horrible start

Little did we know that our Wednesday would get off to such a horrible start as we got on the tram just after our breakfast. Just seconds after getting on the tram we realised that we didn’t have valid tickets for our travel as we had had for the previous two days.

Before we could even doing anything about it two tickets inspector boarded the tram. That was that! We were set to have a horrible day! When time came for them to see our tickets Jowita began to speak to them in English. I knew she was pretending that she couldn’t speak Italian. The inspectors tried to explain to us that we would now have to pay a fine of 25 Euros. The whole situation ended up getting pretty heated when Jowita forgot for a second that she was meant to be only English speaking and ended up moaning at one of them in Italian. That was the end of it…he was truly unhappy with her behaviour and so in the end we both paid a fine of 25 Euros each. Besides all that it was incredibly embarrassing as we kept up everyone on their way to work.

So with a horrible start to the day we headed out into the bitterly cold weather to our first appointment. I was in such a bad mood for quite some time after that so needless to say Jowita and I were not on the best terms.

We visited Hotel Lo Scudiero, Hotel Due Mondi, Hotel Montevecchio, B+B Augusta Taurisnorum di Gentile Laura and B+B Zoe. All properties were again very centrally located or if not then just a short tram ride away and all were of an excellent quality.

By this stage having been in the cold for two days Jowita was beginning to feel a bit under the weather so we made sure we got back to our hotel as soon as was possible. We bought some supplies from the local store and made our way back.

A few glasses of wine later and some food we were both shattered and feel asleep quite early.

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Turin Day 2 - We sadly had very little time to see any of Turin’s sites

The previous evening we arranged to meet at 7 in the breakfast room where we would discuss the plans for the day and get some energy to get us going. We mapped out exactly where we needed to go and left our accommodation by 8. We had five appointments scheduled for the day.

The first being at Hotel Nazionale, this hotel is based right in the main shopping centre of Turin. We also went to see Albergo San Carlo, Hotel Centro, Hotel Artua’Solferino and Hotel Conte Biancamano.

All properties were of an exceptional standard and all within excellent range of the city centre. As mentioned earlier we had to make such an effort to stay warm. It was truly horrible to be outside as there was no sun and the windy was bitterly cold. We drank a hell of a lot of tea on the trip.

For lunch we bought some supplies from the local store and made our own sandwiches. We sadly had very little time to see any of the sites Turin has on offer but we managed to get a little bit of shopping down in between appointments. The shops there were magnificent!

That evening we got a take out pizza and took it back to our room, it was far too cold to be out and about, had we brought the right clothing with it would have been okay but we just couldn’t bare it as we were.

We had the bar fridge stocked with wine and the television so we were more than happy to stay in. After all we had a big day planned for Wednesday.

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Turin Day 1 - We thought Turin was going to be a bit warmer

Once again we left from Stansted Airport. This time it was an early morning flight directly to Turin. The flight was on time and Jowita and I landed there in the early afternoon. We had two appointments planned for that evening so it was important that we were on time.

We organised to stay at just a few minutes away from the city centre at Albergo Campidoglio. We arrived at the main airport which is just outside of the city centre and took a bus to the centre.

From there we took the tram to just near the hostel we were going to stay at. This journey took about 15 minutes. Albergo Campidoglio is a lovely property.The rooms are tastefully decorated with modern finishes. Rooms come with fluffy white robes and slippers to be used while staying there. There is also a fully stocked mini bar should you want a midnight snack or some champagne.

To be honest, I was under the impression that Turin would be a bit warmer than London was at the time. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Jowita and I were freezing from the minute we arrived there to the minute we left. It was about 1 degree and incredibly windy which made it seem even colder. We hadn’t brought warm enough clothes with so in between each hostel visit we popped into the nearest coffee shop to drink some coffee and defrost.

The first appointment was at A Casa Romar where we met with Mrs Romar. She gave us some lovely eats and some wine while we chatted about her property. This family run B+B style accommodation was beautiful. All rooms tastefully decorated and the entire household incredibly clean and tidy and based within the very centre of town it’s a lovely choice of accommodation to consider whilst visiting Turin.

Following on from there and only a few minutes down the road we went to see the Hotel Alpi Resort which was also really lovely and again a beautiful, clean and tidy option.

By the time we finished with our last appointment we went to a bar just near the last property where we had seen. It was incredibly busy and full of life. Sadly I couldn’t understand a word anyone was saying. Jowita on the other hand is Polish but spent quite some time traveling around Italy and is now fluent in Italian so she could enjoy it all a bit more. Regardless we had an excellent time. A few glasses of wine later and a plate full of the aperitivo on offer we were exhausted, full and ready for bed. A short tram ride back to our hostel and we were in bed by 11.

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