Getting Around in Torino

Second Junior European Meeting
Control Theory and Stabilization

Torino, Italy, 3-5 December 2003

bullet Bus service between downtown Turin and Turin Airport has several stops enroute including Porta Nuova main railway station, where you have to get off.
bulletOne-way fare: Euro 5,00

bulletJourney time: about 45 minutes

bulletArrival location from airport to center: Porta Nuova railway station, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II at the corner with via Sacchi

bulletDeparture location from center to airport: Porta Nuova railway station, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 58 central roadway

bulletTimetable: see http://www.sadem.it/orari_tariffe.htm click on Torino-Caselle Aeroporto

bulletTickets: Bars nearby the bus terminal, and aboard (+ Euro 0,50 extra-charge)


bulletFrom porta Susa station to porta Nuova station.

Catch bus n. 1.

bulletFrom porta Nuova station to Residenza Universitaria.

When you are at Torino Porta Nuova station buy the tickets for the bus (newspapers kiosk, bar, tobacconist's) and catch bus n° 68 at the stop in front of the station and on the same side. You must get off at the stop "Piazza Cavour". The Residenza Universitaria is in via Cavour on the opposite side of the square. The complete address is
Residenza Universitaria
via Cavour 32
10123 Torino - Italy
ph. +39-0116531800
Otherwise you can walk: it takes about 20 minutes. Out of Porta Nuova Station turn right and walk down c.so Vittorio Emanuele. When you reach via Ormea you must cross to the opposite side of c.so Vittorio and walk down via San Massimo. You reach a square with a garden: you must cross the square on your right in order to reach the right side via Cavour: at n. 32 there is Residenza Universitaria.

bulletFrom Residenza Universitaria to Politecnico

Catch tram n. 16 in c.so Cairoli: it takes about 30 minutes. Get off at the stop on the corner between c.so Einaudi and c.so Duca degli Abruzzi and turn right in c.so Duca degli Abruzzi.

bulletFrom Porta Nuova to Hotel Abatjour

Hotel Abatjour is at walking distance from Porta Nuova (about 10 minutes). Out of Porta Nuova turn right and walk down c.so Vittorio Emanuele. After crossing some streets turn right in via Madama Cristina. When you reach a square turn right again in via Galliari. Hotel Abajour is at n. 19, 2nd floor.

bulletFrom Hotel Abatjour to Politecnico

Catch tram n. 16 in corso Massimo D'Azeglio. Get off at the stop on the corner between c.so Einaudi and c.so Duca degli Abruzzi and turn right in c.so Duca degli Abruzzi.

bulletFrom Porta Nuova to Hotel Bologna

Hotel Bologna is nearly in front of Porta Nuova Station: see the map below.

bulletFrom Porta Nuova Station to Politecnico

From Torino Porta Nuova station take busses n° 33 or 33/. They take about 15 minutes from the station to Politecnico. Otherwise you can walk: it takes about 20 minutes (see the map below). Corso Duca degli Abruzzi is the third large avenue crossed by corso Vittorio Emanuele (the next after the big monument).
 

Important. The following map is NOT precise: it may just help to have an idea of directions.
For a web page where a map of the Turin city center can be downloaded, see
http://www.turismotorino.org/Mappa/index.php?lang=en
Other maps at  http://www.viamichelin.com

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                                  river Po
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c.so Cairoli, tram n.16 ---->
__      ________________________

  |  v. |                             c.so Massimo d'Azeglio, tram n.16 --->
  |  C  |                          __        __________________________
  |  a  |                            |     |
  |  v  |                            |     |
     o                               |     |
     u   Residenza                   |     |
     r   Universitaria               |     |
                                     |     |
__       __________           _______       _____

v. San Massimo                v.Ormea
___________________           _______       _____
                   |          |
                   |          |______|     |________________
                   |          |
                   |            via Madama Cristina
                   |          ________  v.  ________________
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                   |          | Abat-|  a  |
                   |          | Jour |  l  |
                   |          |      |  l  |
                   |          |      |  i  |
                   |          |         a
                   |          |         r
                   |          |         i
                   |          |
                   |          |
                   |          |
                   |          |
                   |          |bus stop:68
               _____             ______
                              |  train
                              | station  <------  train arrival direction
            Piazza      c     |     |building (Torino Porta Nuova)
            Carlo       o     |     |__________________________
            Felice      r     |
                        s     |               via Sacchi
               _____    o     |_______________________________
                   |          |                     bus stop:  33 and 33/
             Hotel |   V|E    |arrival of
             Bologna   i|m    |the bus from
                   |   t|a    |the airport
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                  corso Duca degli Abruzzi
              ----------------------------------->                    <-----
                                                    | Politecnico |
                                           The Department of Mathematics
                                       is at third floor of the main building.