La Mandria Regional Park Park

Address: Parco Regionale La Mandria, 10078 Venaria Reale (TO), Piedmont, Italy

Website: https://www.parcolamandria.it

Hours: Park grounds open daily (sunrise-sunset). Visitor centers and guided services have varying hours.

Admission: Free entry to the park. Paid guided tours and rental services vary.

La Mandria Regional Park is a large protected area in Piedmont, north of the city of Turin, conserving woodland, pasture and historic buildings from a former Savoy hunting estate. The park combines natural habitats with cultural heritage linked to the royal grounds.

Visitors use the park for walking, cycling and horseback riding on a network of tracks that cross forests and open meadows, and to visit the estate buildings associated with the former hunting grounds. Guided visits and interpretive materials cover both natural and historic features.

The park was created in the late 20th century to protect the estate landscape and its biodiversity while allowing public access for recreation. Management maintains a mix of habitat conservation and cultural-site preservation.

La Mandria lies immediately north of Turin and is accessed from the Venaria/Turin area, forming one of the larger green belts adjoining the metropolitan zone.

• Savoy estate: The area protects a former royal hunting estate of the House of Savoy and includes both natural habitat and restored historic buildings.
• Access and recreation: Access is commonly from the north side of Turin and from nearby towns; the park contains a network of surfaced and unsurfaced routes used for outdoor recreation.

What to See#

• Castello and estate buildings: A historic Savoy hunting estate complex containing the principal residence and associated farm buildings that formed the centre of the royal grounds.
• Woodland and trails: Extensive woodland and pasture that preserve original open-land management and are crossed by tracks used for walking, cycling and horseback riding.

La Mandria sits to the north of Turin, adjacent to the town of Venaria Reale. From Turin take the Strada Provinciale toward Venaria (approx. 20-30 minutes by car). Public transport: buses from Torino (GTT services) run to Venaria; from the town center it is a short cycle or 20-40 minute walk to park entrances such as Borgo Castello.

• Enter via the Borgo Castello or Cascina Brero entrances to avoid long walks from the rail stops.
• Rent a bike at the park gate if planning to cover several kilometers-the avenues are long and flat.
• Keep an eye out for fallow deer and the odd wild boar near dusk; they are habituated to the park's large open areas.
• Combine a visit with the nearby Reggia di Venaria (10 minutes by car) for a contrasting royal-and-wild day.