Here is a short guide to the 10 things to do and see in Turin with children, if you are in the city for a trip or if you don’t know what to do during the weekend with your little ones.
From the surprising Automobile Museum with its assembly line carousel, to the magical Cinema Museum at the Mole Antonelliana with its panoramic lift. Kids will be enchanted by the Medieval Village in Valentino Park and the adventure on the “dentures” that go up to Superga. Don’t miss the Pino Torinese Planetarium to travel among the stars, the A come Ambiente Museum for fun ecological experiments and, for lovers of two wheels, the spectacular skate park at Dora Park.
Museums, activities and attractions known and less known recommended by a Turin dad like me and preferred by my boys.
1- Automobile Museum
Kids love visiting this museum in Turin, both for the cars on display, curious, old, similar to carriages or with bodies that look like spaceships, and for the fantastic settings that allow you to take a journey into the history of the car.
My children especially love the ride on the assembly line carousel, walking on the floor with the streets and blocks of Turin, the racing car gallery and the bookshop with all sorts of toy cars and books on the theme.
For more informations visit the page Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile
2 – National Museum of Cinema
Another place you absolutely must see in Turin with kids. The location, namely the Mole Antonelliana, symbol of Turin, is already worth the visit and leaves everyone breathless, with the elevator that rises into the void to the top and the spiral ramps on the vault of the building.
The settings of the museum that illustrate the different film genres are then one discovery after another: it is possible to sit in a typical historic café of Turin, enter inside a giant refrigerator, lie down on the chaise longue and admire the projections on the big screens.
Kids will appreciate the cartoon room and the one dedicated to Star Wars.
My children’s favorite corner: the room where you can sit on the toilets that have small screens instead of water.
For more informations visit the page Cinema Museum at Mole Antonelliana
3 Climbing to Superga with “dentiera”
In Turin, can you ride on a “denture”? That’s right… a “denture or dentiera in italian” is a small rack train capable of overcoming very steep slopes like those that allow you to reach the Basilica of Superga at the top of the Turin hill.
After visiting the small museum dedicated to transport, buying a ticket, you get on the small carriage with wooden interiors, which climbs up the hill until it reaches the Basilica.
Once you reach the top, you can visit a small museum on the flora and fauna of the hill, the church with a beautiful view of the city and the tomb of the Grande Torino players whose plane crashed right on the slopes of the hill.
Discover other places to see Turin from above on the page Panoramic Turin: the most beautiful views from 0 to +670 meters
Alternatively, to stay in the center of Turin you can take a ride on a historic tram. Line 7, which runs on holidays, will let you admire the historic center while comfortably seated on the wooden seats of a historic carriage.
4 Medieval village and Valentino park
In Turin your children can take a leap back in time: along the Po, inside the Valentino park, you can visit the reconstruction of a typical medieval village with drawbridges, catapults, weapons, artisan workshops and a real castle.
Unfortunately the Medieval Village is closed for restoration, it will reopen in 2026. It is not possible to enter but you can see the walls and the castle from the outside.
Nearby, the Valentino park, the most beloved in Turin, offers many pleasant views, kiosks and playgrounds to play. Many activities suitable for families with kids: there is the lake with swans, squirrels, a stream with little bridges, the Po with canoes, there is also an area equipped with tables for picnics (behind the inflatable balls of the tennis courts near the Promotrice delle Belle Arti).
If you are with children in tow, it is better to avoid the area at the corner of Corso Vittorio and Corso Cairoli in the evening, where drug dealers are often found.
To learn more, go to the page dedicated to the Valentino and Borgo Medievale.
5 Museum of Natural Sciences
The Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin houses a vast collection of stuffed animals. Among the most significant exhibits are a rich ornithological collection with over 25,000 specimens, a collection of amphibians and reptiles, and skeletons of large mammals such as the fin whale, exhibited in the Ark of Explorations area.
6 Turin Planetarium
On the hill, in Pino Torinese, there is Infini.to: the Turin Planetarium, digital and among the most advanced in Europe. Here you can admire real shows, projected onto the dome, that will make you travel among the stars and in Space.
The interactive Museum of Astronomy and Space will let you try out the physical laws that govern the universe with experiments and installations suitable for school-age kids. The museum is spread over three floors dedicated to a topic: the observation of the universe, the functioning and laws of the universe and the evolution of cosmological thought.
If you don’t have a car, it’s a bit more difficult to reach since it’s outside Turin, on a hill: you need to take bus line 30 (urban + suburban), get off at the OSSERVATORIO stop and walk (about 10 minutes) to the parking lot at Via Osservatorio 8, where the free shuttle service departs.
7 Museo A come ambiente
The first museum in Europe dedicated to environmental issues is designed especially for children and schools, but is also interesting for adults. The museum guides will accompany you to discover themes and problems very close to our daily reality: the use of water, transport, waste, food, energy and climate. A true path of environmental education through experiments, games and installations.
8 Art and a ride on the Lingotto track
If you want to introduce kids to great Art there is nothing better: a museum that is not too big and dispersive but with some absolute masterpieces by Canova, Tintoretto, Manet, Renoir, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso and indeed … Balla.
The Agnelli art gallery is located in the “treasure chest” designed by Renzo Piano on the roof of the Lingotto, in a spectacular location.
Before or after the visit you can take a walk, maybe racing a toy car on the parabolic track where once the Fiats produced in the factory below were tested. If you are lucky you can see a helicopter landing on the landing strip right in front of the Pinacoteca.
As evidence of the industrial past of Lingotto, the Pinacoteca also offers a small room dedicated to the Fiat 500.
9 Gardens of Venaria Reale
Visitable with the Reggia, or with an independent ticket.
Outside Turin, ideal for a picnic with kids or a walk in the open air, with a view that ranges from the Reggia to the Alps.
You will find various artistic installations and tables where you can stop for lunch or a snack, you can take a ride in a gondola or on the little train (for a fee). For children, the Fantacasino is a pavilion that seems to have come out of a fairy tale dedicated to old-time games and the Potager Royale, the vegetable garden of the Reggia. Go to the page at the Reggia with children.
10 Skate Park!
Under the giant roofs of Dora Park we find the most spectacular and comfortable skate park in the city. Ramps for all tastes and guaranteed fun on skateboards, scooters or Bmx. Even in the rain!
Other things to do in Turin with kids…
My kids also really like the medieval garden of Palazzo Madama, especially when it’s not too cold to have fun watering the plants with little terracotta jars…
…and the OGR courtyard with hills to run or climb with your bikes.
Another place that is especially loved by motor enthusiasts is the CNH Industrial Village (Iveco) where you can ride on trucks, tractors, and giant excavators. There is also a gallery of historic vehicles and a bar.
Or a visit to the Lavazza Museum that allows you to discover the history of coffee through a very scenic exhibition that will entertain even the little ones.
Then there is a building in San Salvario, near Valentino, which houses two of the most particular museums in Turin: the Fruit Museum, a unique museum in the world with over 1000 varieties of perfectly reproduced fruit, where you can discover the concept of Biodiversity. And the Anatomy Museum, suitable for older and less impressionable children, because it houses a rich collection of skeletons, skulls, brains and reproductions of human organs in wax.
