The Mole Antonelliana rising over Turin’s rooftops and the arcades of Piazza Vittorio Veneto in the low autumn sun, the snow-capped Alps behind

Getting married in Turin

The old Savoy capital, where the city marries you in a Baroque palace on a Saturday afternoon and the portraits run under the arcades down to the Po.

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Turin, a city of about 856,000 people on the Po, became the capital of the dukes of Savoy in the 16th century and, from 1861 to 1865, was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy. It still looks the part: straight streets on the old Roman grid, Baroque squares, more than 12 km of arcades, and the palaces and hunting lodges of the Savoy court — in the city and around it — that together are a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Alps close the view to the west, and the green hill across the river rises to the Basilica of Superga.

A wedding here is a city wedding. The comune has rooms for civil ceremonies on four days a week, but on Saturday afternoons it marries couples only in its historic venues: the marble hall of the town hall, Palazzo Madama with its garden, an academy of sciences, the museum of the Risorgimento and a theatre stage. The royal residences outside the city host ceremonies and receptions of their own. Then come the arcades, the river and the view from the Monte dei Cappuccini — and dinner in a palazzo, on the hill or an hour south in the wine country.

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Ceremonies

Where couples marry in Turin

The comune’s wedding rooms
Ordinary civil weddings are in the Sala Matrimoni at via Carlo Ignazio Giulio 22 (60 people, 50 seated) on Monday and Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons, and in the Sala Juvarra at via Corte d’Appello 16 (99 people, 84 seated) on Saturday mornings; the numbers include the couple, the witnesses and the staff. They are free if one of you lives in Turin, €352 if neither does (October 2026).
Palazzo Madama
Saturday afternoons only: the Salone del Senato for up to 150 people, the Gran Salone for 120, three smaller rooms for 57 to 70, or the Giardino del Castello, a garden in the medieval style, for 70, with the Camera delle Guardie as the plan if it rains. The couple and their guests get free entry to the museum. €2,000, paid in full the month before (October 2026).
The town hall, the Accademia, the Risorgimento, the Carignano
The Sala Marmi of Palazzo Civico (80 people, 50 seated; €800), looking onto Piazza Palazzo di Città, with a visit to the council’s Sala Rossa for photographs; the Sala dei Mappamondi of the Accademia delle Scienze, up Guarini’s staircase (99 seats); the Museo del Risorgimento (up to 100, museum entry included); or the stage of the Teatro Carignano (up to 150, with a reception possible in the Sala delle Colonne below). €2,000 each except the Sala Marmi (October 2026).
The royal residences around the city
The Reggia di Venaria, just outside Turin in its own comune, holds civil ceremonies on request in the Sala di Diana, its great 17th-century hall over the gardens, with catering by the palace and photo shoots allowed in the Reggia and the gardens. The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, in Nichelino, offers its halls and Court of Honour for receptions and weddings. Ask each one who marries you there and what it costs.

A couple walking arm in arm beneath a tree by the water in Turin, the autumn leaves and the river lit gold by a low sun

The Po in Turin, green with reflections, a stone bridge with statues on its piers and the church of the Monte dei Cappuccini on its wooded hill

Portraits

Where to take your portraits

Monte dei Cappuccini
The square by the church on top of the little hill across the Po, a couple of hundred metres from the river, looks back over Piazza Vittorio, the Mole Antonelliana and, on clear days, the Alps. It is at its best in the last hour of light: on 15 June 2027 the sun sets at 21:18, with golden light from 20:33 to 21:40 (NOAA’s solar equations); on 15 September at 19:41.
Piazza Vittorio and the Murazzi
A square of 31,000 m² under continuous arcades, running down to the river and the bridge to the Gran Madre church; below it, the Murazzi, the 19th-century embankments with their boat arches, give portraits by the water.
The arcades and Piazza San Carlo
More than 12 km of arcades run through the centre, so portraits can go on in the rain. Piazza San Carlo, the city’s “drawing room”, is 168 metres long, and its arcades, 7.5 metres across, are the widest in Turin.
The Valentino and the Borgo Medievale
A 42-hectare park on the left bank of the Po, closed to traffic, with avenues of plane trees, the Savoy Castello del Valentino and the Borgo Medievale, a medieval village built for the 1884 exhibition. Photo and video shoots at the Borgo need its authorisation.
Superga
Juvarra’s basilica, finished in 1731, on its 672-metre hill, with the city, the plain and, on the clearest days, Monviso below. The rack railway from Sassi climbs to it in about 20 minutes, hourly — except on Wednesdays, when it doesn’t run.

Through the year

When to marry in Turin

At Turin’s airport station (Torino Caselle, 1971–2000 normals) May is the wettest month, with 145 mm on about 11 days; June has 104 mm on 8–9 days and September 84 mm on about 6, with average highs of 24.8 °C and 23.0 °C. July is the hottest month, at 27.9 °C, with 30 °C or more on about eight days. Fog belongs to winter: some 45 foggy days a year, most of them from November to February. In June 2027 EuroPride comes to Turin (18–26 June), ending with a parade through the city.

Piedmont, month by month

January: Quieter
February: Quieter
March: Quieter
April: Quieter
May: Good with planning
June: Best
July: Good with planning
August: Good with planning
September: Best
October: Good with planning
November: Quieter
December: Quieter

Practical

Good to know before the day

Getting there
Turin’s airport, at Caselle, is 16 km from the centre: a train runs to Porta Susa in about half an hour every day, and a bus to Porta Nuova and Porta Susa takes 45–50 minutes. High-speed trains reach Milan in about 50 minutes.
Cars and the ZTL
The central limited-traffic zone is closed to cars without a permit from 7:30 to 10:30 on weekdays (not on Saturdays), and cameras watch its gates. Guests driving to a wedding inside it can ask GTT for an exemption, sending the invitation within ten days. The Valentino park is closed to traffic all day.
Museums and drones
Inside the Musei Reali, flash, tripods and professional equipment are banned and commercial shoots need the museums’ permission in advance; drones over the Royal Gardens and at Villa della Regina need authorisation. Anywhere in Italy a drone may not fly over a gathering of people, and the operator must check the D-Flight map before every flight.
The legal route
Foreign partners need a nulla osta from their consulate, legalised at the Prefettura di Torino unless a convention exempts it, or the multilingual certificate of capacity if they come from a Munich Convention country; an interpreter must be present if either of you or a witness doesn’t understand Italian. Our guide to getting married in Italy sets out the steps.

How to marry legally in Italy

Questions

Questions about marrying in Turin

Can we get married in Palazzo Madama?

Yes, on a Saturday afternoon: the comune celebrates civil weddings and civil unions in the Salone del Senato, the smaller rooms or the castle’s garden, for up to 150 people. As of October 2026 it costs €2,000, paid in full the month before, and you book it with the comune’s office for historic venues.

How much does a civil wedding in Turin cost?

In the comune’s ordinary rooms it is free if one of you lives in Turin and €352 if neither does. On Saturday afternoons ceremonies move to the historic venues: €800 for the Sala Marmi of the town hall, €2,000 for Palazzo Madama, the Accademia delle Scienze, the Museo del Risorgimento or the Teatro Carignano (October 2026).

Can same-sex couples marry in Turin?

Italy gives same-sex couples a civil union (unione civile), not marriage. Turin celebrates civil unions in the same rooms, on the same days and with the same €352 fee for non-residents, and the historic venues are open to them too.

Can we throw rice after the ceremony?

Only outside: the comune allows no food, drinks or toasts in its buildings, rooms or courtyards, and rice, confetti and petals only on the pavement outside.

When is the best time to marry in Turin?

June and September: average highs around 23–25 °C and rain on six to nine days a month at the airport station. May is the wettest month of the year, July the hottest, and from November fog is frequent. The arcades keep portraits going whatever the weather.

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Where couples marry in Turin

The comune’s wedding rooms

Palazzo Madama

The town hall, the Accademia, the Risorgimento, the Carignano

The royal residences around the city

Where to take your portraits

Monte dei Cappuccini

Piazza Vittorio and the Murazzi

The arcades and Piazza San Carlo

The Valentino and the Borgo Medievale

Superga