Please read carefully our profile. We generally won't accept last minute requests. We are not a cheap alternative to hostel. So please contact us ONLY if you are really interested in sharing experiences, knowledge, etc. I f you are 2 we request both CS profile (or family profile of course).
If you need information, useful tips about Turin, Piedmont and surroundings, don't exhitate to contact us via message, we'll answer you as soon as possible!

ABOUT US
we live in a popular-multiethnic part of turin and we take care of our area! We try to create connection with the different people that live here organising different activities in a local group...may be you can be involved (if you want).
We suggest a useful website http://www.vivoin.it that informs you about north neighborhood of Turin. There are all events, courses, festivals, news etc etc. Web site is translated in 10 foreign languages. Very useful to discover cozy places in the north area of Turin, and to be involved in lot of local events, often they are free events!

Daniela is an architect and tour guide and is better in english, spanish and german
Fabrizio is very good in history, geopolitic and is better in french
We have also a son he is a teenager very good in english, basketball and chess.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW WE PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
surfing hosting and participating to groups...mostly, travelling

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
We had positive cs experiences in Italy and during our trips abroad. We was ever hosted by interesting and trusted people...

Interests

Art, journalism, migrant's rights, history, architecture, sports, renewable energies, photography, cinema, geography, handicrafts, tai chi, popular dances, geography, books and books and books, critical mass, baroque music, indipendent music, travel, middle-east/east culture, etc etc

Fab and Daniela love travelling!!
visited 36 states (16%) Create your own visited map of The World

• arts
• books
• architecture
• photography
• dining
• organic food
• movies
• traveling
• cars
• music
• surfing
• sports
• ecology
• geography
• history
• journalism
• tourism
• tours
• iranian culture
• chess game
• tourism and travel

Music, Movies, and Books

We like lot of italian films....and
indipendent cinema of europe, asia, africa and america
"one angel at my table" by jane champion
"little miss sunshine",
"l'uomo in piu" by paolo sorrentino
"la vie revee des anges" by emile zonca
"la mala educacion" by pedro almodovar
"everything is illuminated" by liev schreiber
"l'imbalsamatore" by matteo garrone
"tehran taxi" by pahani
We usually read a lot. Some of our favorite books:
"Napoli '44" by Lewis
"reading Lolita in teheran"
"In Siberia" by Colin Thubron
"L'usage du onde" by Bouvier
"time of gift" by Leigh Fermor
Markaris' books
Freya Stark's books
All books of Anna Maria Ortese

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Knowing the culture mix in middle-east

Teach, Learn, Share

Here the north-turin web site with all events, workshops etc etc daily updated - 10 languiages' translation
http://www.vivoin.it
We appreciate the different cultures! Here a brilliant group pf italian broadcaster, "Casa surace" made a amazing video about foreigners that taste italian foood....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxp_hzq3eIA
they made really interensting italian cooking lessons...here for example how to cook pasta al forno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkkHZZsGc4I

In addition: our house was restored with natural materials...we try to improve materials recicling, use of organic food, and more..
We can share some knowledge in those fields!!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Curiosity, friendship, a good laugh and a lot of information about italian history, culture, literature, art, architecture....a touch of italian cuisine, if you like.
Good suggestion to discover our neighborhood, Turin and Piemonte in general.
***NEW SECTION***
FREE TOURS OPPORTUNITY IN TURIN
Turin welcome tour: offered by the tourism office. Book here https://turismotorino.org/it/visita/eventi/visite-guidate/welcome-tour-la-tua-prima-volta-a-torino
Here in general you can see if there are others free welcome tours https://turismotorino.org/it/visita/pianifica-la-tua-visita/proposte-turistiche/welcome-tour
Palazzo Lascaris (noble palace in the city center) Book here https://turismotorino.org/it/visita/eventi/visite-guidate/porte-aperte-a-palazzo-lascaris
Valentino Castel, free tour every saturday, book here for single and families https://castellodelvalentino.polito.it/?page_id=5196&lang=en

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy

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