Italy Guide
Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta
Galleria Sabauda
The Galleria Sabauda Address: Via Accademia delle Scienze 6 Opening time: Tues, Fri, Sat & Sun 8.30am–2pm, Wed 2–7pm, Thurs 10am–7pm; closed MonPrice: €4, or cumulative ticket with Museo Egizio €8 was built around the Savoys' private collection and is still firmly stamped with their taste: a crowded miscellany of Italian, Dutch and Flemish paintings punctuated by some real masterpieces. Of the Italian paintings, the most arresting is perhaps Botticelli's Venus. She is not nearly as elaborate as her Uffizi counterpart, but every bit as alluring.