Local officials in Turin hope the Olympics will leave a lasting and positive legacy in the city despite their cost. There's hope the city will become a tourism and business travel destination.

Besides the new sports venues and increase in tourism and recognition, the Olympics brought something more profound: The games helped boost Turin's self-image. "The Turin Olympics of 2006 changed ...

Turin is the 4th largest city in Italy—and one of the biggest hidden gems in Europe. But 36 hours in Turin would be a wasted trip—a traveler seeking a real experience should budget at least ...

SEEING THE CITY: Turin Tourism (Piazza Solferino and other locations) has a number of guided tours, including a visit to Olympics venues; most are about $6.50.

Olympic Organizers estimate that a million people will visit Turin, Italy during the Winter Games. Sounds like good news for the city, but as VOA's Brian Padden reports, this surge in tourism may ...

Turin's Olympic logo supposedly echoes the city's tallest building, the 548-foot-tall, pointy-topped Mole Antonelliana. This architectural oddity, completed in 1863, was originally intended to be ...