Turin - Monte dei Cappuccini

From the Gran Madre di Dio church we go south along Corso Moncalieri and almost immediately turn left into Via Maresciallo Giardino to reach the Monte dei Cappuccini, a wooded hill rising above the river (45m/149ft). On top of the hill are a Capuchin monastery founded in 1583, the church of Santa Maria del Monte and the interesting Museo Nazionale della Montagna Duca degli Abruzzi, with Alpine maps, photographs, reliefs, models, etc. From the hill there is a magnificent view of Turin and the chain of the Alps.