Look out for the kitchenware shops (there is one at the top of
Piazza Vittorio Veneto), all sparkling chrome coffee machines, blenders, scales and, naturally enough in
Italy, ice cream scoops.
Via Po has elegantly fronted shops in the arcades that run down each side of the street, a reminder of a different age. Many of the collection of boutiques, patisseries, cafés other stores also display their wares in the supporting columns, making the street one of the most attractive in
Turin.
Via Roma is also sheltered by arcades, which is nice and handy for shopping when it's raining or when the sun is at its most intense.
With designer boutiques towards Piazza San Carlo, Via Roma also has more modestly priced shops, such as Zara and Mango, towards Porta Nuova. Both Via Po and Via Roma also have delis stocked up with olives, freshly prepared dishes, pasta in all shapes and colours and wine, and antiques are often sold from suitably antique premises too, giving a real old world charm and don't forget to take a look in to the
Galleria dell'Industria Subalpina, a 19th century shopping arcade.
Perhaps the greatest Turin shopping street though is
Via Garibaldi, a pedestrianised street accessed from Piazza Castello. It's popular with locals and tourists alike and although not always cheap it has at least one outstanding shoe shop, Michi (below, Via Garibaldi, 31) . The range of shoes and the service is absolutely first class and you may never want to shop anywhere else ever again.
If you're shopping on Via Garibaldi on a Saturday morning a good option for a change is to turn right onto Via Bellezzia (walking along Via Garibaldi from Piazza Castello) to Balon market in
Piazza della Repubblica. Here and in the surrounding streets you'll find colourful fruit and veg stalls, ripe with the scent of fresh basil, clothes, antiques and a flea market.