Popular Airport | Turin Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 40 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 864 Km |
Although Shoreham Airport is located in Brighton, London Gatwick Airport is the most suitable airport for your return flight because Shoreham Airport only serves for private flights.
You can comfortable go to the airport from Brighton by renting a car. If you prefer public transportation, you can benefit from train option.
After renting an affordable car in Brighton, you can very easily reach Gatwick Airport by driving northward through the A23 road. The average journey takes about 35 minutes under normal traffic conditions.
You can reach Gatwick Airport directly taking the Gatwick Express line from Brighton city center. Transportation by train takes about 30 minutes. Train services begin at 6:30 am and continue until 10:55 pm. The station that you will get off is located right next to the South Terminal and it is possible to go to the North Terminal from this terminal through moving walkways. The train ticket costs less than 20 Sterlings.
Gatwick Airport, which is the second busiest airport in London that has five airports in total, is also the ninth busiest airport in Europe. The airport has two terminals as the South Terminal and the North Terminal, which are connected to each other with 0.75-mile long automatic moving walkways.
You can find something tasty to eat at one of 10 cafés, 9 bars and 22 restaurants and more in the entire airport. There are about forty shopping stores at the airport for those who want to spend time shopping. In addition, you can also enjoy the tax-free shopping at the duty-free shopping store.
There are four different lounges at the airport and you can take advantage of these comfortable lounges no matter which airline company you are flying with. Aspire Lounge is in the North Terminal and the Business Lounge is in the South Terminal. Entrance fee for My Lounge at the North Terminal is £20. No. 1 Lounge serves both at the South Terminal and the North Terminal and the entrance is £35. If you book in advance for each lounge, you will be charged a reduced rate of 6-7 Sterlings. There are many free mobile phone charging stands at the airport. In addition, you can benefit from the free Wi-Fi network for 90 minutes. There are also free stands for newspapers and magazines.
Turin Airport is one of the most popular airports in Europe, as well as in Italy, which has been developing since its establishment in 1953. It hosts more than 5 million passengers per year. Turin Airport is located 16 kilometers north-west of Turin city center. A large number of passengers landing at Turin Airport prefer train, bus or metro, which are much cheaper and faster compared to taxis, to reach the city center.
The city has a transportation network that is not complex and can reach every point within the city. The fares are very reasonable for the passengers. To get to Turin city center from Turin Airport, you can choose to take a train or a bus, rent a car or take a taxi.
When you reach the city center, you might see many people, both young and elders, with small suitcases using trains for their weekend vacations. Trains are widely used throughout Italy thanks to fast and convenient transportation network. From Turin Airport you can easily get to the city by train. Otherwise, if you want to drive, you can start your journey with your car by choosing one of the car rental companies located at the airport.
There is a railway network between Turin Airport and the city center. You can arrive in Turin city center in about 19 minutes by train from the airport station, which is only a few meters away from the airport terminal. The name of the station you will arrive is GTT Dora Train Station. The trains are extremely luxurious, modern and comfortable. The fare for the train from the airport to Turin city center is only 3 Euros.
Train tickets are sold at the ticket office in the arrival hall. Turin has a metropolitan railway system with 8 lines and 93 stations. A large part of this system consists of underground railway that runs both within and outside the city. The Turin-Ceres railway network is the first stop between Turin and the airport. From Turin Airport you can reach the city center by train in a convenient and inexpensive way. Expanding its transportation networks after the winter Olympics, Turin continues to carry out various projects to bring transportation to the next level. The project to connect Turin-Ceres railway to the Torino-Milan railway will start in the near future.
Turin passengers are used to reach the city center from the airport with the buses, as much as the train. SADEM bus services are available between Turin Airport and Turin city center. Bus stops are naturally busier than trains. There are many stops such as Porta Nuova train station, Porta Susa train station (via Stradella bus number 242/245), Borgaro and Caselle city center. One way fare is € 6.50; it is € 5 with Torino + Piedmont Card. The journey lasts an average of 45-50 minutes. You must buy your ticket before you board the bus.
If you would like to get information about SADEM Bus Service between Turin airport and city center, you can visit the website or call +39 011.3000611. Porta Nuova and Porta Susa FS train stations are connected to each other. By bus transfer you can reach Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx, Cesana, Sansicario, Claviere, Bardonecchia, Pragelato, Pinerolo, Limone Piemonte and French ski resorts (Montgenevre, Briancon / Serre Chevalier). There is a ticket office (Ricevitoria) and automatic ticket machines at the arrival terminal of Turin Airport. You can get your tickets from one of these points before boarding the bus.
You can choose to take a taxi for your journey from Torino Airport to the city center. Taxis are located to the left of the exit of the airport arrival terminal. In order to get to the city center from Turin Airport, you will be charged 30-50 Euros approximately. The duration of your trip may vary depending on traffic, but it usually takes about 30-35 minutes. The taxi fares are high; in fact, there is no need to take a taxi. You can easily find a taxi at the airport, but you cannot see the taxis in the city separately. All of them can be reached via a single and common phone number: +39.011.5737 / 5730.
If you do not want to use any public transport during your stay in Italy and would like to travel with your own car, it is a good idea to go to one of the car rental companies in the terminal when you arrive at Turin Airport. Make sure that you rent a car with navigation. It's a place you do not know, so you're more likely to get lost.
You do not have to worry about driving in Turin because there is not heavy traffic and the roads are not complicated. By car you rent from Turin Airport you arrive in Turin city center in 20-25 minutes on average.