Higgs miniWorkshop
23th - 24th November 2009
"Torino Incontra"
Conference Centre
Via Nino Costa 8, Torino
Organization:
Partenership:
Registration before 10th November.
23th - 24th November
Travel information
How to reach Turin:
- By car:
Torino can be easily reached from all over Europe by means of 5 motorways:
- A32 Torino - Fréjus from France;
- A5 Torino - Monte Bianco from France and Switzerland;
- A4 Torino - Milano - Venezia from Central and Eastern Europe;
- A6 Torino - Savona from Liguria and the south of France;
- A21 Torino - Piacenza from Central and Southern Italy.
- All motorways link up with the Torino ring road (tangenziale), from where you can easily reach the city centre.
- By train:
Torino has three main railway stations:
- Porta Nuova - corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 53
- Porta Susa - piazza XXVIII Dicembre, 8
- Lingotto - via Pannunzio, 1
- By plane:
The Sandro Pertini International Airport at Turin (Torino) Caselle is situated 16 km from the city centre and has very good connections with many European cities, including many low cost options.
Overseas participants arriving at the major Europeans hub, usually have a connecting flight to Torino Airport within two hours.
There is a bus connecting every 30 minutes the Airport to downtown Torino, near the Porta Nuova Railway Station, from 5:15 to 22:30. Cost is 5.50 euros (one way).
Taxis are available too: approximate cost is 40 euros from the airport to downtown.
"Sandro Pertini" International Airport
Strada San Maurizio, 12 - Caselle Torinese (Torino)
Tel. +39.011.5676361/362 Fax +39.011.5676420
How to reach the conference centre:
"Torino-Incontra" is in Via Nino Costa 8 near the Valdo Fusi square park, downtown, at a walking distance from Porta Nuova.
Maps of the town, including bus and tram lines, can be found here G.T.T..
By bus, tram, Metro:
Tickets, 1 Euros, should be purchased in advance at newsagents, tobacconists and coffee-shops showing the GTT label.
- From Porta Susa Railway Station:
Take the Metro direction "Porta Nuova Railway Station"; get down there. - From Porta Nuova Railway Station:
In front of the Porta Nuova Station locate the bus stop, take bus #68 and get down at the "Cavour" stop. Go across Valdo Fusi Square, up the stairs, and reach Via Nino Costa.
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