Accessible Turin: the GAM (Gallery of Modern Art)

Here we are again after two months! We're returning from a short but intense stay in Turin, a visit that allowed us to experience the beauty and accessibility of this great city, full of attractions and easily navigable by wheelchair. The distances are considerable, so a motorized wheelchair is recommended, and the structures we visited (the Galleria d'Arte Moderna or GAM, the Egyptian Museum, and the Mole Antonelliana with the adjoining Cinema Museum) were perfectly accessible to us.

We reached the Piedmont capital via a six-hour, non-stop railroad journey from Naples on Italo, with assistance provided for those with mobility impairments (both on the outward and return journeys). The hotel we booked is the Turin Palace at Via Paolo Sacchi 8, just a few meters from Porta Nuova station and in a strategic location for reaching the city's main attractions.

It's a lovely 4-star hotel where we pampered ourselves, enjoying the elegance, comfort, and accessibility of the room (two bathrooms, one accessible, and plenty of room to move around).

Some photos from the room and the hotel's panoramic terrace:

Our first stop was the Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM) (*), a modern two-floor structure with an access ramp and elevator. Below is an introductory text from the museum's website:

Turin was the first Italian city to promote a public collection of modern art as part of its Civic Museum, opened in 1863. The GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM) today houses approximately 45,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs, a significant collection of graphics, and a significant collection of films, artist videos, and documentaries.

We offer some images of the works that struck us as most significant:

And after this immersion in modern and contemporary art, we walked the 800 meters back to the hotel: dinner at the excellent Les Petits Madeleines restaurant and we were ready for the next day.

We'll talk about it in a new post: talk to you soon!

(*) symbol indicating the presence of accessible restrooms