Turin, in brief
“Local media call Hollywood 'the temple of Turin swinging' - 30 themed alcoves off a red corridor, and roughly 35,000 membership cards issued in a single year.”
Turin's scene is real, sizeable, and - like the rest of Italy - speaks the language of the associazione privata. By law these aren't 'clubs' at all but private cultural associations, which is why you buy a yearly membership card (tessera) before you buy a drink, why none of them put a sign on the street, and why the phone goes in the locker on the way in. Legal explainers for operators are blunt about it: no direct street access, no bar or restaurant signage, members-only entry (Studio Allievi). The texture here is wellness-led - naturist spas, pools, a park - and the venues are scattered across the city's outer ring, so this is a drive-to affair.
The lay of the land
Three pillars carry the city. Hollywood Club Privè on Corso Vigevano in Aurora bills itself as Turin's most-frequented privè - imperial-style velvet, statues, and 30 themed alcoves off a dim red corridor - and local media reported it issued roughly 35,000 membership cards in 2024 with tens of thousands through the door (Today.it, hollywoodprive.com). Out in Vallette to the north-west, New Olimpia is one of the largest club privè in Italy - around 1,750 m2 indoors plus a 1,500 m2 outdoor park with a pool - pairing a disco, BDSM/dark room, cinema and spa (olimpiaprive.com). Its sister venue Imperial Club (branded 'Infinity Club by Imperial') in Mirafiori Sud is the same group's intimate, couples-leaning option and shares a single card (infinityclubtorino.it, Modern Lifestyle review).
| Venue | Who goes | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Club Privè (Aurora) | Big crowds; couples & single women | City's busiest privè; 400 m2 naturist spa split from a 600 m2 'luxury couples' suite wing; about 35,000 cards reported in 2024 (Today.it, official) |
| New Olimpia (Vallette) | Couples & singles; weekdays lean single | Among Italy's largest - indoor club plus outdoor park & pool; disco, BDSM/dark room, cinema, spa; card expires 31 Dec (official, review) |
| Imperial Club (Mirafiori Sud) | Couples seeking singles | Same group as Olimpia, single shared card; bar-disco-dark-cinema with a wellness corner and mid-week aperitivo; reviews say Wednesday is dedicated to the trans/trav world (official, review) |
How entry actually works
The membership card isn't a formality - it's the legal mechanism that lets the place exist. The pattern mirrors the rest of Italy: couples generally pay only the yearly tessera, single women get in cheaply or free, and single men pay a per-night door that venues frequently set per evening and confirm by phone or quote only at reception. Olimpia and Imperial run an annual card that expires every 31 December; Imperial is the cheaper of the two and Olimpia leans single-heavy on weekdays, so couples are advised to check the night's programme before turning up (olimpiaprive.com, Modern Lifestyle review).
The two house rules every Italian club privè repeats: discrezione e rispetto - discretion and respect. Phones stay in the locker, and a 'no' is a 'no', full stop (Studio Allievi).
Beyond the clubs, Turin keeps a quieter consent-forward thread: Poliamore Torino runs local polyamory/CNM meetups, and the national Rete Poliamore lists the city among its public-meeting hubs (Poliamore Torino, poliamore.net).
Myth: A 'private club' in Turin is a euphemism - basically a paid-sex venue. Reality: Legally these are non-profit cultural associations, and the law draws a hard line: the moment organised paid sex or 'coppie pilota' enter the picture, the operation crosses into prostitution and loses its cover. The membership-card model is exactly what keeps it on the legal side (Studio Allievi, Il Fatto Quotidiano).
Communities
Groups, forums and meetups in Turin.
Facebook page and group for dialogue on consensual non-monogamy, organising aperitivi and poly-afternoons around Turin.
National Italian polyamory network whose shared events calendar has in the past included public meetings in Turin.
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- Legal age is 18+; bring government photo ID.
- Legal status: Legal in practice. Clubs operate as private, members-only venues.
- Consent is explicit and ongoing. Always ask; no means no.
- Photography is prohibited inside almost every venue.
- Swinging between consenting adults is lawful in Italy when it takes place in a genuinely private setting, and Turin's clubs operate on that basis: each is constituted as a non-profit private association (associazione/circolo) - Imperial is registered as a cultural APS-ETS - so a personal membership card issued against government photo ID is mandatory, premises carry no street signage, and the venue cannot present itself as a public bar or restaurant. The card requirement is explicitly framed by operators as the mechanism that keeps the club outside Italy's 'atti osceni' (obscene acts) law, which is an offence only when committed in a place exposed to the public, not inside a closed members-only association. The legal grey zone is narrow but real and the same nationwide: a club privè stays lawful as long as guests pay only an entry/membership contribution and interact with each other, but it crosses into facilitation of prostitution (a crime) if it organises paid sex or uses paid 'coppie pilota' (decoy couples). Minimum age is 18 and ID is checked at the door; venues serve alcohol; phones and recording devices are banned inside as a near-universal house rule (New Olimpia even states its CCTV never covers the privè or dark room). Because the compliance posture is interpretive and has been litigated elsewhere in Italy, the scene is best described as legal-in-practice/tolerated rather than expressly regulated.