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San Giorgio Canavese

Piedmont, Italy · Europe

About San Giorgio Canavese

San Giorgio Canavese is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Agliè, 28km from Basilica di Superga.

San Giorgio Canavese is a town located in Piedmont, Italy. With a population of 2,214, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, San Giorgio Canavese sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add San Giorgio Canavese to your route.

About San Giorgio Canavese

San Giorgio Canavese Castle (Italian: Castello di San Giorgio Canavese) is a castle located in San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont, Italy.

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San Giorgio Canavese is located in Piedmont, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 45.3356 latitude, 7.7982 longitude.

What is the population of San Giorgio Canavese?

San Giorgio Canavese has a population of approximately 2,214 people, making it a town in Italy.

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Quick Information

Population
2,214
Continent
Europe
Country
Italy
Region
Piedmont
Timezone
Europe/Rome
Coordinates
45.3356, 7.7982

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Italy

Police
113
Ambulance
118
Fire
115
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.

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Worth the detour from San Giorgio Canavese

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.

26 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.

28 km · about 35 min drive

museum

Museo Egizio

The world's oldest museum dedicated to Egyptian archaeology, with the second-largest collection of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo.

31 km · about 35 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.

31 km · about 35 min drive

museum

Mole Antonelliana

Turin's soaring landmark spire houses the National Cinema Museum, with a glass lift to a panoramic Alpine view.

31 km · about 35 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.

35 km · about 40 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.

35 km · about 40 min drive

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.

45 km · about 50 min drive

Driving roads near San Giorgio Canavese

  • 54 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.
  • 65 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.
  • 70 kmSacro Monte di Orta & Lake OrtaA serene small lake with island San Giulio and a wooded UNESCO sacred mountain of frescoed chapels above the village.
  • 71 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.
  • 72 kmGornergratA 3,089-metre viewpoint above Zermatt reached by Europe's highest open-air cogwheel railway, with 29 peaks over 4,000 metres in view.
  • 76 kmZermatt & The MatterhornA car-free Alpine village at the foot of the iconic pyramid-shaped Matterhorn, one of the most photographed mountains on Earth.

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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