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OVERVIEW
Turin is located in northern Italy, close to the Alps and to the French border.
It is the main city of the Piedmont region. Owing to its position, Turin is the
natural reference point for the surrounding Alpine valleys and also the meeting
point of large national and international routes.
For more information, see the web site of the
City of Turin
and its
Tourist pages.
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HOW TO GET TO TURIN
We'll give here just brief directions. Please, for more information,
give a look at the City of Turin
travel info pages.
- By Airplane:
Turin has its own international airport ("Sandro Pertini"), located in
Caselle.
The airport is connected to the city by both
train
and
bus
services (even though, at the moment, the railway reaches a secondary station, Torino Dora).
A
taxi
service is also available.
- By Train:
Turin has three main railway stations: Porta Nuova, Porta Susa and Lingotto.
The first two of them are in the city centre.
In order to check schedules and timetables, you can either use the web sites from
Trenitalia
(Italian Railways), or from
Die Bahn
(German Railways).
- By Car (main highway connections):
- A4 (Turin-Milan-Brescia-Venice)
- A5 (Turin-Aosta)
- A6 (Turin-Savona)
- A21 (Turin-Piacenza-Brescia)
- A32 (Turin-Fréjus-[France])
HOW TO REACH "INFN"
A
street map
is available.
You can find
maps
of the town, including bus and tram lines, from the
G.T.T. web site.
Other maps are available at
Informadove
and
Virgilio.
- From Porta Susa Railway Station:
Take the tram #1 in the direction of "Caio Mario".
It goes to "Porta Nuova Railway Station"; get down there.
- From Porta Nuova Railway Station:
From the street in front of the station (C.so Vittorio Emanuele)
take the bus #9 and get down at the last stop ("Torino Esposizioni").
You have to cross corso Massimo d'Azeglio, take via Valperga Caluso and turn left at the first cross.
This page has been last updated on: Monday, 19-Jun-2006 10:55:00 CEST
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