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NH Collection Torino Santo Stefano
Turin, Italy · NH Collection · Accessible Luxury
Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola, with Franco Fusari, rebuilt the street fronts of a block that wartime bombing had half flattened and that was still standing derelict in 2000, a few paces from the Roman Porte Palatine. What they finished in time for the 2006 Winter Olympics has a timber staircase climbing all four sides of an inner tower like the galleries of a Shakespearean theatre, up to a top floor where the Roman ruins sit below and the Alps close the view. The cathedral that keeps the Turin Shroud is the next building along; there are 134 rooms.
- 134 rooms
- Opened 2006
- Neighborhood: Santo Stefano
- Rooms from 183 sq ft (17 m²)
- Architect: Gabetti & Isola with Franco Fusari
About NH Collection Torino Santo Stefano
- The block had been half destroyed by wartime bombing and was still derelict in 2000; Gabetti, Isola and Fusari rebuilt its street fronts between 2004 and 2006.
- A wooden staircase runs up all four sides of an internal tower to the top floor, where the view takes in Roman ruins, the Turin skyline and the Alps.
- The same architects redesigned the public space around the Porte Palatine, the Roman city gates a short walk from the front door, in those same years.
- The hotel takes its name from Santo Stefano, the old name for the district now called the Quadrilatero Romano, which was the Roman colony and later the heart of medieval Turin.
- Entry-level rooms start at 183 sq ft (17 m²).
History
The hotel is a new building of 2004 to 2006, designed jointly by the studios of Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola and of Franco Fusari, on the corner of Via Porta Palatina and Via della Basilica in the Quadrilatero Romano. The site was a block half destroyed by Second World War bombing and still abandoned in 2000; rather than start from scratch, the architects rebuilt its street fronts, following the historic lines of the district. The same team designed the treatment of the public space around the Porte Palatine in the same years. The complex runs to about 8,000 square metres and opened for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics.
Its most striking feature is the entrance: a great wooden staircase that climbs all four sides of an internal tower to the top of the building, compared by more than one visitor to the galleries of a Shakespearean theatre. From the top floor the view takes in the Roman ruins below, the city skyline and the Alps. Originally opened as NH Torino Santo Stefano with around 125 rooms, it was later restyled and rebranded into the group's upper-upscale NH Collection tier, with 134 rooms, wallpapers, warmer lighting and reupholstered furniture, plus five meeting rooms holding up to 250 people.
The setting
The Quadrilatero Romano is the oldest part of Turin, laid out on the grid of the Roman colony and later the core of the medieval city; it now holds the densest run of bars, wine shops and small restaurants in the centre. The Porte Palatine, the surviving Roman gates, are metres away, and the cathedral of San Giovanni, home of the Turin Shroud, is the next building along. Palazzo Reale, Palazzo Madama and the Egyptian Museum are all within a short walk, and the Porta Palazzo market, the largest open-air market in Europe, is just to the north.
Restaurants and bars
- La Pista Bistrot — Restaurant · Piedmontese · Chef Fabrizio Tesse (Michelin-starred chef)
- On-site bar — Bar
Experiences
- Visit Torino Outlet Village shopping with personal shopper — Guest Relations can arrange personal shopper services at Torino Outlet Village.
Amenities
- Indoor courtyard
- 5th-floor balcony with 360-degree panoramas
- Indoor on-site car parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Espresso machine in rooms
- Rain-effect shower
- Sleep Better mattresses
- Signature pillow menu
- Personal shopper services at Torino Outlet Village
- Private tours and transport arranged
- Bicycle rental
- Dry cleaning
- Equipment hire for events
- Pet-friendly
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