Our first city in Italy in 2025 was Turino, where we encountered a totally different culture from France. We thought that the people dressed differently and, of course, the melodious Italian they were speaking was totally different.
Our road trip from Lyon to Turino took 6 hours with a stop for our picnic lunch and some traffic. Dimitri drove our new Kia Sportage SUV the whole way and enjoyed the smartness of our new smart car. (It was so smart we were playing catch up.) The cruise control really pleased him. When he set a speed, Signorina Kia kept that speed and slowed down when the traffic slowed. Then it would regain the set speed when the traffic started up. The best was when it read the speed limit from the street sign and adjusted the set speed for that.
We had driven from Lyon to Chambery in April when there was snow on the Alps. This trip we saw only a little bit of snow left and the mountains were green, looking like velvet.
We stayed at the Principi di Piemonte (Principi di Piemonte UNA Esperienze, Via Piero Gobetti 15 (Torino Centro), 10123 Turin Italy). We thought it was a very nice hotel with excellent service. Our Diplomatic Suite was very comfortable with two toilets and 75 square meters (848€ per night with breakfast and parking). We had a desk and a table for our laptops and we enjoyed the space. Silvia Fregga, the Guest Experience Manager, personalized our room and provided us with wonderful fruit, including fresh figs. She also had the chef make us Zabaione and it was fabulous.
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