Hotel Continental
Turin, Torino

This 3-star hotel is located in Turin's business district, close to the Lingotto and Torino Esposizioni exhibition centre, in the vicinity of the city's main hospitals. It is just a short walk from the old town centre and the famous Parco Valentino and is easily accessible from the area's major motorways. The hotel has 56 elegantly furnished rooms, offering maximum comfort in a friendly environment. It is 800 metres from Lingotto Exibition Centre and 1 km from the historical centre.

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Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. The population of the city of Turin is 908,000 (2004 census); its metropolitan area totals about 1.7 million inhabitants. The province is one of the largest in Italy, with 6,830 kmē (2,637 sq. mi), and one of the most populous, with 2,236,941 inhabitants at the 2004 census. Turin is also well-known as the home of the Shroud of Turin and host of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The name of Turin comes from Tau, a Celtic word that means mountains. Its Italian name, Torino, translates as "little bull"; hence the coat of arms and the symbol of the city. The area was settled by the Taurini in pre-Roman times. In the 1st century BC (probably 28 BC), the Romans created a military camp (Castra Taurinorum), later dedicated to Augustus (Augusta Taurinorum). The typical Roman street grid can still be seen in the modern city. Turin reached about 5,000 inhabitants at the time, all living inside the high walls.