The idea of enhancing public appreciation of the Turin hills and linking them together through a network of paths and planned walks, with urban and river parks, dates back to the 1970s. Today this huge project has become a pleasant reality: a single route that unwinds through existing parks, planned parks, and areas of natural, historical and environmental importance. Turin, as well as being crossed by four rivers, also has the good fortune of being “protected” by hills that run north-east to south-west, hills that, in the Turin stretch, reach as high as 720m at Col della Maddalena. Turin Council, which for years has been interested in making improvements to the area, together with the Environmental Sector and the Pro Natura Association of Turin, has created the Green Ring path for walkers. This project, along with Turin City of Water, joins hill and river in a continuous and homogenous path, with varying characteristics according to the natural features along the way. The path may be used freely by everyone. It runs through existing public property, improving the facilities available to its users. It also runs through panoramic viewing points that have been acquired in areas of outstanding beauty, to allow walkers to make the most of the hills. The project focuses primarily on the rediscovery of existing paths (recovered thanks to the “Sentieri della Collina Torinese” Organisation). Secondly, an aim was to create a continuous path starting at the banks of the River Po (Valentino – Ponte Isabella area), to reach the Maddalena Park (through the Leopardi and San Vito parks). The paths meet at Superga (going through Regalie, Mongreno, the Ottolenghi Institute, Beria Grande), before going back down to the Po (Meisino area), through Pian Gambino and Millerose park. The path runs inside the Turin council boundaries and includes the well-known path that runs along the crest of the hills, known as the Grande Traversata della Collina.
Extra information and publications are available from the association’s headquarters. Their address is:

Pro Natura Torino
Via Pastrengo 13
10128 TORINO
Tel. 011 5096618
Fax. 011 503155
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