Combo Torino
The flagship of the Combo chain in a converted convent on Corso Regina Margherita — fitness center, restaurant, live DJ sets, the maximalist option.
Combo Torino is a 240-bed design hostel-hotel hybrid at the edge of the Quadrilatero Romano, in a 19th-century convent the Combo chain renovated in 2022. Restaurant, bar, fitness center, in-house DJ schedule, shared kitchen, beds with charging USB and reading lights. The most full-service hostel in Turin.
Combo Torino sits at Corso Regina Margherita 128, two blocks east of the Quadrilatero Romano, in a sprawling 19th-century building that operated as a Catholic boarding school until 2018. The Italian-Dutch Combo chain (sister properties in Milan, Venice, and Bologna) bought it, kept the cloister, the high ceilings, and the long arched corridors, and gutted the rest into a 240-bed design hostel-hotel hybrid that opened in late 2022.
The ground floor is the social engine. The bar runs from 11h00 to 02h00 with a Turin-focused vermouth list and DJs three to four nights a week. The restaurant — properly run, not a token canteen — serves breakfast (07h00 to 11h00, included for hostel guests), lunch, and a full Italian dinner menu that locals also book. The cloister became the breakfast room, with arches looking onto an inner courtyard, which is the kind of detail that justifies the 8.8 rating on a 5,000-review base.
Rooms are mixed: 6-bed and 8-bed dorms (private bathrooms shared by the dorm), private twin and double rooms, family rooms with up to four beds. Every bed has a privacy curtain, an in-bed reading light, USB charging, and a key-card locker. There's an elevator, AC throughout, and one of the few in-hostel fitness centers in Turin (small but properly equipped — squat rack, treadmill, free weights).
Location puts you on the boundary between Quadrilatero Romano (the after-work aperitivo grid) and Aurora (cheaper food, the Porta Palazzo market). The Egyptian Museum is 750 meters south, the Mole 700 meters east, the Murazzi summer clubs 1.2 km southeast along the Po. Tram 4 runs along Corso Regina Margherita right outside — that's the line that runs all night, so you can drink at Murazzi until 3am and tram home.
- 01Original convent architecture — vaulted ceilings in the bar, the cloister kept as the dining room
- 02Beds have privacy curtains, USB charger, and individual reading lights
- 03Italian breakfast spread is the best in any Turin hostel by some distance
- 04The bar program is real — DJs from the Turin scene, not just Spotify on speakers
- 05Walking distance to Quadrilatero Romano aperitivo and the Murazzi summer clubs
- Converted 19th-century convent with original cloister courtyard for breakfast
- On-site restaurant + cocktail bar + DJ sets several nights a week
- Fitness center included (rare for Turin hostels)
- Three-minute walk to the Egyptian Museum and Piazza Castello
“Really comfortable beds and the rooms were amazing. The bar and kitchen area downstairs was the social spot — DJs on Friday and Saturday and the breakfast in the cloister is something else.”
“I have never seen this much space in a hostel — 8 people in a room but it never felt cramped, every bed had its curtain and reading light. Worth the slightly higher price.”
“Perfect location, walking distance from the Egyptian Museum and the Quadrilatero. Spacious clean rooms. The fitness center is small but it works. Only downside: the dorm bathroom shared by 8 was tight at peak times.”
- Egyptian Museum750 m
- Mole Antonelliana700 m
- Quadrilatero Romano (aperitivo grid)450 m
- Mercato di Porta Palazzo600 m
- Murazzi del Po (summer clubs)1.2 km
- Tram 4 stop (right outside)20 m
