Turin Royal Palace Tour: Apartments & Holy Shroud Chapel

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Duration2h

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Walk the rooms where Italy's fate was decided, then climb to the chapel where the Shroud is held

A private guided tour of Turin's Royal Palace takes you through the Savoy family apartments, the Royal Armoury's weapons and Renaissance armours, and ends at the Holy Shroud Chapel—a 2-hour visit with a Blue Badge guide who skips the lines. The chapel itself is connected to the palace by an elevated passageway designed by architect Guarino Guarini to match the Duomo's height. Note: the Shroud itself remains sealed in a box for preservation; you see the chapel and the Duomo where it is held.

Step-by-step itinerary

Tour Royal Palace and Holy Shroud Chapel

Meet guide at Royal Palace entrance
Explore Royal apartments and history
Visit Royal Armoury at Galleria Beaumont
Tour Holy Shroud Chapel
Relax at Royal Gardens

The Experience

Your guide meets you at the Royal Palace entrance and walks you through the decorated apartments where the Savoy kings—Italy's first monarchs until 1946—made the decisions that shaped the nation. The palace itself is the story: you move through rooms furnished and arranged to show how a royal household functioned, and your guide explains the architecture and the family's role in Italian unification.

The Royal Armoury comes next, displayed in the Galleria Beaumont. It holds weapons, Renaissance armours and Oriental pieces collected over centuries. From there, the tour ends at the Cappella della Sindone—the Holy Shroud Chapel. What makes this connection unusual is the architecture: Guarini designed the chapel to sit one floor above the palace apartments, elevated to match the height of the Duomo's presbytery, so you walk directly from the Royal Apartments into the chapel without leaving the building. The Shroud itself is sealed in a box for preservation, but you see the chapel where it is held and the Duomo beyond it.

The whole visit runs 2 hours. Your guide speaks English or Italian, and because you have a private guide, you skip the entrance lines that form outside. The palace is wheelchair accessible, and prams or strollers work for infants and small children. If you want to sit after the tour, the Royal Gardens are nearby.

What’s included

Private Blue Badge guide in English or Italian.
skip-the-line entry to the Royal Palace.
access to the Royal Apartments, the Royal Armoury in the Galleria Beaumont, and the Holy Shroud Chapel.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Torino Tours - Guided Tours of Turin

Is this one for you?If you are arriving in Turin for an afternoon or have a few hours free and no car, a private guide means you do not have to navigate the palace layout or wait at the entrance—you walk in and move through the rooms at a pace that lets you absorb the history without the crowd.