Via Lagrange
Near via roma, is a pedestrian street and houses the lagrange 15 shopping centre, with la rinascente department store.
Le Gru
Is a shopping center in grugliasco, just outside turin. easy access to the center on the #17 bus. consider timing your return trip to one of the infrequent #66 busses, or take a taxi back. ikea store was in this area but now it has moved to collegno.
Porta Palazzo
In piazza della republica north of the quadrilatero is the largest open air market in europe, and a spectacle that is well worth the visit from 6 am to 13 pm working days, from 6 am to 19 pm saturdays. a newly built building by the famous architect massimiliano fuksas remains unused.
The Quadrilatero Romano
Is a trendy neighborhood north of piazza castello. it is the most ancient part of the city, and once was an unsafe area. but now there are many design shops marcopolo, via sant' agostino and indepent shops like autopsie vestimentaire or born in berlin in its pedestrian cobbled streets. lots of cozy restaurants and outddoor trendy cafes and bars. for dog-lovers there is a dog park inside the fenced area around the roman ruins.
Turin is not the best Italian city for shopping fashion brand, although there are plenty of small and expensive brand shops. It's a great spot for buying food and wines.
Via Roma
From piazza castello to the main railway station. here you can find upscale brands like hermes and dolce & gabbana, as well as cheap chains like h&m, united colours of benetton and zara. in piazza cln, behind piazza san carlo, there's a good branch of la feltrinelli, a bookstore chain with shops all over the country. on the via roma there is also a branch of fnac, the french book and multimedia chain.
Via Po
Is more alternative, with record shops and strange clothing stores under the arcades. this street goes from piazza castello to the po river piazza vittorio veneto.
Via Pietro Micca
Also houses upscale shops, but also one of the three shops of frav. this 2-storey shop sells trendy clothes and is very popular in the city.
Via Garibaldi
People in turin say it's the longest pedestrian shopping street in europe. there are clothes shops, bars, a nike store and a new branch of the japanese store muji at the beginning of the street near piazza castello.
Bookstores
Are very popular in turin, and there are many in the via po area. an innovative bookshop is in via cesare battisti, near a lovely square, piazza carignano. together with books you can also sit down and have a cup of coffee, or the famous aperitivo. the luxembourg international bookshop is at v. accademia delle scienze, 3 just off piazza castello and it's your best destination for english-language novels, efl teaching materials and foreign magazines and newspapers.
8 Gallery and Eataly
8 gallery is a long corridor with various shops, located in lingotto area, sharing the same building with politecnico di torino automotive department and turin university. created by the famous architect renzo piano, it can be reached by autobus no.1, 35, 18, 17. or if you are near the lingotto fs station, you can pass a bridge which directly connect to the 8 gallery. it is one of the few shopping centers which still open at sunday. next to 8 gallery, eataly is the greatest gourmet grocery in europe: here you can buy, or eat, the best italian food guaranteed by slow movement.