Turin

By plane
By plane

Turin's international airport is placed 15 km north of the city and is named after Italy's former President Sandro Pertini. It is located in the town of Caselle, connected to Turin city by a convenient motorway.The main carriers to reach Torino from abroad are Lufthansa, Air France, Turkish Airlines and Alitalia if flying from Rome or Naples (http://www.alitalia.com/), Italy's flagship airline, which operates flight from some European and Italian cities. Caselle is also a destination for some low fares airlines, for example Ryanair and Easyjet. The airport is connected to the city by train to the station of Porta Dora, which is useless. Arriving at the Porta Dora really is like arriving in the middle of nowhere., bus with a regional bus service, which is long and taxi 30 euro one way to city centre at December 2010.

The SADEM bus service runs every 30-40 minutes from the airport to Torino's Porta Nuova train station. If you buy a ticket at a ticket kiosk inside the airport terminal, it will cost 6.50 euros. If you buy it on the bus, it's 7 euros. If you bought the Turin + Piemonte Card, the ride is only 5 euros. The voyage from the airport to the center of the city takes approximately 40 minutes.

Turin is also reached from Malpensa airport, which may be cheaper to fly to. There is a bus service running five times daily between the city and the airport (http://www.sadem.it/Orari...). The ride lasts 2 hours and costs 20 Euros as of March 11, 2012.