Lingotto Travel Guide

 sourbugger Says:  The Giovanni and Marella Agnelli Foundation provided the money for the Pinacoteca del Lingotto.The former president of FIAT put together this collection - which has been presented in this furturistic gallery.With only 25-odd paintings, you can really take your time and... 

 sourbugger Says:  One of the mainstays to the Lingotto development is the Le Meriden hotel complex.In fact there are now two hotels, as the building at the end of the Lingotto complex, at right angles to the main building has become the Le Meridien Art & Tech Hotel.The rooms are little on the... 

 sourbugger Says:  This restaurant in the Lingotto complex features cutting edge design, and is being used as a testbed to roll-out a number of these places across Italy.As you may have guessed you can have any meat you like...as long as it's chicken. I did however spot a small amount of ham... 

 sourbugger Says:  When they said it had valet parking....I didn't realise they meant up to the table.The bar at the Le Meridien is pretty much what one would expect in a four-star hotel, with its deep sofas, and elegant (if pricey) cocktails.What I especially liked however, was the vintage... 

 sourbugger Says:  I suppose that driving a Fiat car back to its spiritual birthplace (the former FIAT car factory at Lingotto) would be the right thing to do. It would be unlikely to be its physical home, as any FIAT built before 1982 would have rusted away by now.If you arrive by train at... 

 sourbugger Says:  The Art gallery itself is described in another tip, but the bookshop on the groundfloor is unusually large and well stocked.It covers not only the artists featured in the art gallery, but many other besides.It also features a range of books about the Lingotto complex itself... 

 sourbugger Says:  On the roof of the building when it was a factory was a test track : a superb piece of design, it occupied the whole roof of the workshops . Two straights of 443 metres each, joined by parabolic bends, formed a continuous track for testing cars as soon as they left the... 

 sourbugger Says:  Some of the famous chase sequences from the "Italian Job" film were filmed at the Lingotto. I am of course refering to the original 1960's film that gets repeated ad nauseum every Christmas on TV.For those who have never seen it here is a summary : (from a website)The...