Turin: Royal Palace & Cathedral Tour w/ Skip-the-line Entry｜Italy

This tour is available only in Italian and French .
The Royal Palace is among the most opulent historic Italian palaces and nowadays it houses the royal museums. The whole site has been included on the Unesco world heritage list since 1997. The imposing building is located in the very heart of Turin, surounded with 17 century gardens.
Let's take a walk into the magnificent rooms of the Italian kings' house — sure to impress you with marvelous collections of original tapestries, precious weapons and armors, meticulously decorated furniture, and an extensive art collection. A particular attention has been paid to the dining room set up with 19 century german porcelain dishes, english silver cutlery and refined baccarat glasses with gold decorations, original chandeliers of great value in gilded bronze.
Your tour includes also a very short visit to the royal armory among the richest in europe an the splendid baroque masterpiece by Guarino Guarini, the chapel of the the Holy Shroud designed to house one of the most mysterious relics of christianity: the Shroud of Turin, which is believed to have covered Jesus’ body after his c rucifixion.The Shroud gives us information about the Passion of Christ.
Your tour will end in the catedral where you can admire the place where the Shroud is located. Because of its extremely fragile state, the shroud is not viewable to the public except during very rare public viewings, but you can see the beautiful place where the case stands, the XVIII royal tribun.
The places where the Holy Shroud stands is one reason to visit Turin, an interesting city with lots of history and things to see. End your experience by admiring the perfect copy of Leonardo's Last Supper, hung on the counter-façade of the cathedral. The visit lasts approximately 2 hours.

STUNNING NEWS! A new X-ray dating technique confirms that the Shroud of Turin would indeed coincide with Christian tradition and date from the time of Christ's death and resurrection. This is what emerges from the study "X-ray dating of a linen sample from the Shroud of Turin" led by a specialist in the Shroud of Turin, the scientist of the Italian CNR