Your first view of Turin airport
is likely to be from the bus that transports you to the baggage collection
area, and just like any other baggage collection area in the world
it consists of rows of conveyor belts, and people waiting anxiously for
them to start.
So
they wait and wait and then the conveyor starts, everyone hoping against
all odds that theirs will be the first case to arrive. And still people
wait with the conveyor going round until those first sporadic pieces
of baggage emerge to the world.
Turin
Airport (officially known as Torino Caselle airport) was built for the
2006 Winter Olympics and offers modern facilities including food and
snacks, various shops (including an official Juventus store), as well
as bookshops and music.
The facilities are a little limited however - once you've
in the departure lounge there are just two places to buy food.
Be wary of the soft drink machines!
We paid €1.50 for a Coke from the machine on
the first floor next to the check-in desks and departures.
First of all nothing came out until we "investigated"
the machine a bit more thoroughly. The can that eventually emerged
was 150 ml and leaking its content all over the place, so went straight
in the bin.
Car rental facilities are available when you arrive and
the airport also offers facilities such as a VIP lounge, toddlers play
area and banking facilities and the seats are perhaps the most comfortable
of any airport we've ever used.
So
they wait and wait and then the conveyor starts, everyone hoping against
all odds that theirs will be the first case to arrive. And still people
wait with the conveyor going round until those first sporadic pieces
of baggage emerge to the world.
Turin
Airport (officially known as Torino Caselle airport) was built for the
2006 Winter Olympics and offers modern facilities including food and
snacks, various shops (including an official Juventus store), as well
as bookshops and music.