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If you are thinking of buying a house in the Piedmont capital, follow us through the neighborhoods of Turin, with its precious courtyards and historic buildings; and prepare to fall in love with a fascinating, welcoming and perfectly liveable city. The best neighborhoods in Turin to live include Centro Storico, Vanchiglia, Crocetta, Cenisia, Pozzo Strada, Lingotto, and Borgo Crimea.
Having shed its gray industrial guise, Turin is now a sought-after destination for tourists, students, professionals, and art and culture enthusiasts. Its real estate market is constantly evolving and full of opportunities: despite its size and job offerings being those of a true metropolis, Turin is still today a city on a human scale that offers an excellent quality of life and affordable prices.
Let's delve together into the large tree-lined avenues of the Piedmont capital and discover the most beautiful neighborhoods in Turin where you can buy a house in 2021.
The historic center: the beating heart of the city
The orderly sequence of parallel and perpendicular streets that form the historic center are the legacy of a city born as a military camp in Roman times more than 2,000 years ago. Most of Turin's historical and artistic riches are found here, including the elegant Baroque-style buildings and the long porticoes commissioned by the Savoys to cross the city on rainy days.
The historic center hides prestigious courtyards and well-kept gardens, and offers walks among historic cafes, designer shops, and small ateliers.
The real estate offering in the historic center is varied and versatile: you can find large apartments with spacious rooms and very high ceilings, but also affordable and welcoming studios and one-bedroom apartments, excellent for students or professionals passing through. Living in the heart of Turin is not prohibitively expensive, and the cost-benefit ratio is still truly advantageous today.
The Liberty-style pedestrian area of Crocetta
We move south of the historic center, to one of Turin's most beautiful neighborhoods: Crocetta. The name, inherited from the symbol of the 18th-century church of Beata Vergine delle Grazie, identifies this prestigious area of the city. The large Art Nouveau buildings that line the tree-lined avenues house luxury offices and homes with large penthouses that are excellent for furnishing a relaxation area overlooking the hill.
Crocetta is also home to the Polytechnic, one of the most renowned engineering faculties in the country, which attracts professionals and students from all over the world, always looking for apartments to rent or temporary homes.
The proximity to the city center and the excellent connections make this neighborhood a perfect destination for tourists who prefer a quiet stay to the nightlife.
If you are looking for a good real estate investment, Crocetta is undoubtedly a neighborhood to consider; if you intend to buy a property at a reasonable price, you may find better deals in other areas of the city.
Campidoglio, the artistic village designed for children
Born as a working-class area in the late 1800s, today Borgo Campidoglio is one of the most interesting neighborhoods in Turin: its proximity to the subway has made it easily accessible and its liveliness has grown year after year. Borgo Campidoglio is full of renovated residential properties, but also of affordable apartments to renovate.
If you are looking for an area to move to with your family, Campidoglio is the neighborhood of Turin that could be right for you: the schools, play areas and quiet streets make it a perfect child-friendly village.
This area of the city is also made unique by the numerous artistic installations and murals that color the walls of the buildings, the result of the innovative work of the MAU – Museo d'Arte Urbana di Torino, the first in Italy among the open-air art museums in the city.
San Salvario, not only Nightlife
San Salvario, behind Porta Nuova Station, is Turin's liveliest neighborhood, with its lively, multi-ethnic atmosphere. Nightlife lovers will be spoiled for choice: restaurants, cocktail bars, and clubs of all kinds light up the area from aperitivo time—a tradition born in this city—until dawn. The real estate market here is constantly evolving: the proximity to the station and the city center, the variety of services, and the liveliness are a great advantage for young people and tourists.
With a quiet walk along the river, you can reach Valentino Park, the city's green lung and oasis of peace.
There's also a quieter area of the neighborhood, if you prefer to get away from the nightlife; In fact, you just need to move beyond Corso Marconi to find welcoming and quiet apartments without giving up the advantages offered by San Salvario.
Even here, despite the central location, the prices of properties – renovated or to be renovated – are mostly affordable and it is not difficult to find excellent deals.
Borgo Po and Precollina: elegance surrounded by greenery
Among the great metropolises of our country, Turin stands out for the enchanting natural panorama that surrounds it: if on one side the peaks of the Alps stand out, just turn your back on the mountains to witness the spectacle of the gentle hill that embraces the city.
Located across the river and a few steps from the historic center, Borgo Po represents the heart of the Precollina – one of the most elegant and sought-after neighborhoods of Turin – also known as the Gran Madre Zone, from the name of its large neoclassical church inspired by the Pantheon. Here small two- or three-story buildings alternate with large buildings and very prestigious residences, which gradually thin out as you climb towards the hill. Apartment prices are on average higher than those in other neighborhoods of Turin, but the real estate market here is always very lively and the quality of life is undoubtedly very high.
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