museum
Museo Egizio
The world's oldest museum dedicated to Egyptian archaeology, with the second-largest collection of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Crocetta
Piedmont, Italy · Europe
About Crocetta
Crocetta works well as a base: 8km from Basilica di Superga.
Crocetta is in Piedmont, Italy, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here.
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What is there to see near Crocetta?
Within an hour or so of Crocetta: Museo Egizio (2 km), Turin (2 km), Mole Antonelliana (2 km), Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (The Italian Job steps) (2 km).
Are there any good drives near Crocetta?
The nearest famous roads are Colle delle Finestre, Colle del Nivolet and Col de l'Iseran.
Where is Crocetta?
Crocetta is in Piedmont, Italy.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 18,334
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Timezone
- Europe/Rome
- Coordinates
- 45.0580, 7.6656
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Italy
ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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Worth the detour from Crocetta
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Turin
Piedmont's elegant capital with grand Baroque squares, the world's finest Egyptian museum outside Cairo, and Italy's cafe culture birthplace.
2 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Mole Antonelliana
Turin's soaring landmark spire houses the National Cinema Museum, with a glass lift to a panoramic Alpine view.
2 km · about 5 min drive
film location
Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (The Italian Job steps)
The Minis race down the church's monumental steps in the 1969 film's Turin chase.
2 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (MAUTO)
Italy's national automobile museum in Turin with over 200 cars tracing the entire history of the automobile.
3 km · about 5 min drive
racetrack
Lingotto Rooftop Test Track
The legendary banked test track on the roof of Fiat's 1923 Lingotto factory in Turin, star of The Italian Job. Now 'La Pista 500', a rooftop garden you can stroll beside the Casa 500 Fiat museum.
3 km · about 5 min drive
film location
Lingotto rooftop test track, Turin (The Italian Job)
The banked rooftop track of the former Fiat factory features in the 1969 Italian Job Mini chase; it is open to walk today.
3 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
Basilica di Superga
A baroque domed basilica on a hill above Turin offering panoramic Alpine views and the Savoy royal tombs.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Driving roads near Crocetta
15 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 48 kmColle delle FinestreA legendary 2,178 m Piedmont climb from the Susa Valley: 33 paved hairpins followed by a historic unpaved military road to the summit, made famous by dramatic Giro d'Italia stages.
- 56 kmLanghe VineyardsA UNESCO-listed wine region in Piedmont of rolling vine-covered hills producing world-class Barolo and Barbaresco wines.
- 62 kmColle del NivoletA spectacular dead-end road climbing to 2,612 m through Gran Paradiso National Park, past alpine lakes and glacier scenery; its serpentine final ramps starred in the 2003 film The Italian Job.
- 64 kmCol du Mont CenisA historic Franco-Italian border crossing with a large summit lake and plateau, once traversed by Napoleon's armies on the route between Turin and Lyon.
- 64 kmCol de l'IseranAt 2,764 m the highest paved through-pass in the Alps, linking the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys over bare high country.
- 68 kmCol d'AgnelOne of the highest paved border crossings in the Alps at 2744m between France and Italy, remote and quiet with an authentic high-mountain atmosphere.
Driving in Italy
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.82/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€8.50/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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