landmark
Sacra di San Michele
A dramatic Romanesque-Gothic abbey perched atop a rocky peak in the Susa Valley, said to have inspired The Name of the Rose.
4 km · about 5 min drive
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Valgioie
Piedmont, Italy · Europe
About Valgioie
Valgioie works well as a base: 5 minutes from Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, 23km from Colle delle Finestre.
Valgioie is in Piedmont, Italy, with about 824 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Valgioie?
Within an hour or so of Valgioie: Sacra di San Michele (4 km), Reggia di Venaria Reale (23 km), Colle delle Finestre (23 km), Lingotto Rooftop Test Track (25 km).
Are there any good drives near Valgioie?
The nearest famous roads are Colle delle Finestre, Col du Mont Cenis and Col de l'Iseran.
Where is Valgioie?
Valgioie is in Piedmont, Italy, about 4 km from Sant'Ambrogio di Torino.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 824
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Timezone
- Europe/Rome
- Coordinates
- 45.0640, 7.3493
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 Valgioie
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Reggia di Venaria Reale
A vast baroque royal palace and gardens outside Turin, a Savoy Versailles with its dazzling Great Gallery.
23 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
Colle delle Finestre
A 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.
23 km · about 25 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.
25 km · about 30 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Museo Egizio
The world's oldest museum dedicated to Egyptian archaeology, with the second-largest collection of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo.
26 km · about 30 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.
26 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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Valgioie
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 60km.
- 23 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.
- 41 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.
- 47 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.
- 49 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.
- 51 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.
- 51 kmColle dell'AgnelloAt 2,744 m one of Europe's highest paved passes, a remote, exhilarating drive on the French border above Pontechianale.
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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