Turin is one of the main cities of Italy and this industrial powerhouse is located in the north of the country. It is home to the Italian football club Juventus and the car maker FIAT. Currently Turin is trying to attract more tourists, even though it is not usually on people s lists when they think of which Italian cities they want to see.
To get in you fly to the Sandro Pertini Turin international airport, which was named after an Italian prime minister. The airport has regular flights with the main Italian carrier Alitalia as well as low cost flights with companies such as Ryanair and Easyjet. Car hire Turin airport is a reliable way to get around as travelling by taxi is very expensive and it takes a long time if you want to use the local bus service. As soon as you come out of the arrivals section for domestic flights you will see the offices of major car hire companies like Avis and Hertz
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Alternatively you can fly into Milan Malpensa airport and drive it does not take so long using the six lane A4 motorway, which is a toll road. The A32, the A21, the A6 and the A5 all go through Turin and connect it with other parts of Italy.
More than one million people live in Turin which is ideally located close to both the mountain ranges of north west Italy and yet not far away from the coastline with the Mediterranean Sea. That is why the architect Le Corbusier claimed that a city could not possibly have a better location than Turin. Being close to the mountains you can do some great skiing here and the Winter Olympics were held in Turin in 2006.
Car hire Turin skiing packages are available cheaply online and you can rent a four by four vehicle complete with snow chains and snow tires for the journey. As long as you book ahead you can get all this plus ski passes to the best Italian Alps resorts without having to spend a fortune. Car hire is the most affordable way to get out and about from Turin. Within the city you will find an ultra modern new metro which was built for the Winter Olympics which operates without the use of drivers.
Turin was built along the banks of the Po River and has a very pleasant aspect which is best discovered over time. The city is not as in your face with its charms as Rome for instance, but is rewarding to those who have the chance to stay.
Turin is very close to the French border and in some ways the layout of the city is more French than Italian. Impressive baroque architecture is visible almost everywhere you go and there are some landmarks. As Turin is renowned for its car manufacture you should not miss the Museo dell Automobile.
It houses everything from Formula One sports cars to horse drawn carriages which were used in days gone by. The Mole Antonelliana is now one of Europe s foremost museums about cinema but it used to be a synagogue. The huge building is well worth a few photographs. The Quadrilatero with all its restaurants is one of the best areas to go out.
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