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Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (MAUTO)
Italy's national automobile museum in Turin with over 200 cars tracing the entire history of the automobile.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Santena
Piedmont, Italy · Europe
About Santena
Santena works well as a base: 5 minutes from Villastellone, 15km from Basilica di Superga.
Santena is in Piedmont, Italy, with about 10,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Villastellone, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Santena?
Within an hour or so of Santena: Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (MAUTO) (12 km), Lingotto Rooftop Test Track (13 km), Lingotto rooftop test track, Turin (The Italian Job) (13 km), Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (The Italian Job steps) (14 km).
Are there any good drives near Santena?
The nearest famous roads are Colle delle Finestre, Col d'Agnel and Colle dell'Agnello.
Where is Santena?
Santena is in Piedmont, Italy, about 4 km from Villastellone.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,437
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Timezone
- Europe/Rome
- Coordinates
- 44.9462, 7.7730
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 Santena
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
13 km · about 25 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.
13 km · about 25 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Museo Egizio
The world's oldest museum dedicated to Egyptian archaeology, with the second-largest collection of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo.
15 km · about 30 min 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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Mole Antonelliana
Turin's soaring landmark spire houses the National Cinema Museum, with a glass lift to a panoramic Alpine view.
15 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Basilica di Superga
A baroque domed basilica on a hill above Turin offering panoramic Alpine views and the Savoy royal tombs.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Santena
12 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 41 kmLanghe VineyardsA UNESCO-listed wine region in Piedmont of rolling vine-covered hills producing world-class Barolo and Barbaresco wines.
- 58 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.
- 69 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.
- 69 kmColle dell'AgnelloAt 2,744 m one of Europe's highest paved passes, a remote, exhilarating drive on the French border above Pontechianale.
- 77 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.
- 77 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.
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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