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San Salvario, Turin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
San Salvario is a Turin district, older name Borgo San Salvario, running from the Museo Egizio toward the Castello del Valentino.
About San Salvario
Where to stay in San Salvario
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Beds in San Salvario cluster on the streets between the Museo Egizio and the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino, a stretch that puts a visitor within walking reach of both Turin's museum blocks and the older ground held by the Castello del Valentino. Both ends stay walkable. Those wanting quieter nights look toward San Massimo and the Santa Croce side, where the blocks turn residential and the noise of the evening thins out well before the Torre XX Settembre comes into view.
About San Salvario
What are the main landmarks in San Salvario?
The Museo Egizio anchors the museum quarter of San Salvario, and within a short walk the Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Turin Museum of Natural History and the Museo della Frutta each keep collections of their own. Santa Cristina stands close by. Church buildings mark much of the rest, San Carlo Borromeo, San Filippo Neri, Santa Teresa and Santa Croce, while the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and the Monument to Massimo d'Azeglio hold their own ground.
What is the history of San Salvario?
The older name is Borgo San Salvario. Turin's institutions settled here in layers: the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino, the Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando, the Cesare Lombroso Museum of Criminal Anthropology and the Museo di Antropologia ed Etnografia all keep teaching collections within a few blocks of one another. The Castello del Valentino and the Borgo medievale mark an older Turin at the district's far end, and the Centro Storico Fiat carries the city's industrial century in its name.
Where is San Salvario?
San Salvario runs through Turin between the museum blocks around the Museo Egizio and the ground held by the Castello del Valentino.
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Updated September 2026