How to arrive in Turin
By car
Highways:
A4 Turin-Milan-Venice,
A5 Turin-Ivrea-Aosta,
A6 Turin-Fossano-Ceva-Savona,
A21 Turin-Asti-Alessandria-Genoa,
A21 Turin-Asti-Alessandria-Piacenza,
A32 Turin-Frejus-(Francia).
Connections:
N.10 Lower Padana (Turin-Moncalieri-Alessandria-Piacenza-Cremona-Mantua- Monselice);
N.11 Upper Padana (Turin-Chivasso-Vercelli-Novara-Milan-Brescia-Padua-Venice); N.20 from Colle (Pass) della Maddalena (Turin-Borgo San Dalmazzo-French Border,);
N.23 from Colle (Pass) of Sestrieres (Turin-Stupinigi-Pinerolo-Sestrieres-Cesana);
N.24 from Monginevro (Turin-Susa-Cesana-Monginevro-France);
N.25 from Moncenisio (Turin-Collegno-Susa-Moncenisio);
N.26 from the Valle d'Aosta (Turin-Chivasso-Ivrea-Aosta-Piccolo San Bernardo);
N.27 Gran San Bernardo (Turin-Aosta-Gran San Bernardo);
N.10 Lower Padana, direction Liguria (Turin-Alessandria-Novi Ligure-Genoa).
By train
Turin has three train stations: Porta Nuova (Piazza Carlo Felice), Porta Susa (Piazza XVIII Dicembre), and Lingotto (via Pannunzio).
Porta Nuova is the Central Station, from which trains arrive and depart for every destination. Situated in the center of the city, it is easily reached by foot or by public transport. It faces the beautiful Piazza Carlo Felice, from which one can reach Via Roma, the central road in Turin. Inside the train station there are car rentals, restaurants, newsstands, a Duty-Free Shop, automatic teller machine, tobacco shop and bars.
The main lines are:
/Milan, Verona, Bolzano, Brennero, in the direction of Austria and Germany /
/Venice, Trieste/
/Alessandria, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Reggio Calabria /
/Bardonecchia-Modane, Paris and France /
/Cuneo, Savona, Ventimiglia, in the direction of France /
/Aosta /
/ Pinerolo, Torre Pellice/.
The station is at Piazza Carlo Felice/Corso Vittorio, tel. 011-5613333.
Porta Susa is the usual station for trains running through Milan and in general for trains coming and going to the east and west. Situated in Piazza XVIII Dicembre, it allows easy connections with bus and inter-city and suburban transportation lines. Within this station are a bar, restaurant, newsstands, tobacco shop, and automatic teller machine. Tel. 011-538513.
Turin Lingotto is a station of strategic importance. Once it only connected transport services, but now it connects Turin with southern Italy. Some Intercity trains also stop here. It offers every possible convenience, having been built only recently. It is located in the south of Turin, near Moncalieri and the Conference Center (Centro Congressistico). Tel. 011- 6653757.
By airplane
Open to commercial and international traffic, Turin Caselle Airport is 15 km to the north/northwest of downtown Turin and is connected to the highway system (northern section).
The modernization now going on in this airport makes it the most up-to-date in Europe and will make it even safer and more reliable, as well as increasing its already high level of capacity as time goes on. It is a natural arrival point for international tourism, especially in winter when people head for the splendid mountain locations of the Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta.
From the airport there is continual round-trip bus service for Turin.
Information: 011-3111616
Tickets: 011-5676372/373
Lost Baggage: 011-5676200.
How to get around in Turin
By car
The city, with its wide streets and generous boulevards, facilitates easy driving. Exiting from the various highways, one can enter the circumferential and the principal arteries leading downtown. From the southern part of the circumferential, at the Stupinigi exit, one arrives at Corso Unione Sovietica, which leads directly to the Porta Nuova Station, in the middle of the city.
From the A32-Frejus, following Corso Francia e Corso Peschiera, we reach Porta Nuova. Or, taking the Corso Allamano e Corso Sebastopoli, we come into Corso Turati, in the very center of the city. From the circumferential to the north, from Caselle Airport and from the A5, one comes into Corso Lecce, and continuing along Corso Peschiera we once again reach the downtown area.
Public Transport
Getting around by bus in Turin is easy and economical. Tickets can be bought at tobacco shops, bars, or offices of the TT (Turin Transportation Consortium).
For information:
TT (Turin Transportation Consortium), tel. 167019152
Bus Terminal: Corso Inghilterra, tel. 011/43322525.
Taxi
Taxi service is easy and efficient but certainly less economical than bus service.
The numbers to use for calling a taxi are:
5737 - 5730 - 3399.
Shopping
Search along the city streets, through the historical center, and walk under the 14 km of arcades, so that you can savor the high-quality international shops of famous Via Roma, piazza San Carlo, piazza Carlo Felice, Via Po, Via Garibaldi (the longest pedestrian zone in Europe) and many others. These will surely not escape you if you love to shop.
Food
As is well known, Torinese cooking boasts excellent products, superb meats, wines famous throughout the world, and well known traditional sweets. Among the most famous dishes we can mention are fresh pastas (tajarin), filled pastas (such as agnolotti) and meat dishes (fritto misto and bollito alla piemontese). Not to forget chocolate, which is the mainstay of major pastry shops in the city. Obviously in a city like Turin there are numerous restaurants where one can taste the typical Piedmont fare.
Nightlife
THEATRES
TEATRO REGIO, Piazza Castello 215, tel 011/8815241
TEATRO CARIGNANO, Piazza Carignano 6, tel. 011/547048
AUDITORIUM RAI, Via Rossini 15, tel.011/8104653
TEATRO COLOSSEO, Via Madama Cristina 73, tel. 011/6698034
LINGOTTO, Via Nizza 294 tel.011/6644111
TEATRO DI TURIN, Piazza Massaua 9, tel.011/7795803
TEATRO ADUA, C.so Giulio Cesare 67, tel.011/2482276
TEATRO ERBA, Corso moncalieri 241, tel.011/6615447
TEATRO AGNELLI, Via Paolo Iserpi 111 tel. 011/6192351
TEATRO FREGOLI, Piazza S.Giulia 2/bis tel.011/8122312
TEATRO ALFA, Via Casalborgone 16,tel.011/819352
TEATRO JUVARRA, Via Juvarra 15 tel.011/5175084
T.ALFIERI, Piazza Solferino 2 tel.011/5623800
CAFE' PROCOPE, Via Juvarra 15 tel.011/5175084
TEATRO ARALDO, Via Chiomonte 3, tel 011/331764
FOLKCLUB, Via Perrone 3 bis tel.011/537636.
