Villa San Giovanni

Villa San Giovanni is a bed and breakfast sitting on Via Roma in Turin, a city better known for its grand boulevards and Baroque architecture than for intimate small-scale accommodation. With a rating of 9.5 from its guests, it punches well above what its category might suggest, offering a quieter, more personal alternative to the larger hotels that dominate the city center.

The property has a garden and terrace with outdoor furniture and a dedicated dining area, which shifts the rhythm of a stay here away from the transactional and toward something more residential. Guests who book a B&B in Italy are often looking precisely for this — a place where breakfast feels less like a buffet and more like a meal, and where an evening glass of wine on a terrace is a reasonable expectation rather than a pleasant surprise. The cooking class on offer deepens that domestic quality, giving guests a reason to spend time in the property rather than treating it purely as a base.

For travelers arriving after a long journey, rooms are available from 3 p.m., leaving the morning free for the city before check-out at 11 a.m. The presence of a coffee machine and electric kettle in the room means early risers are not dependent on set breakfast hours to start their day. Villa San Giovanni suits couples or independent travelers who want to feel hosted rather than processed, and who prefer a garden view over a hotel corridor.