This will be a short chapter that I believe is worth including on this trip, although I took very few photos at Turin airport and almost none at the Jet Hotel. This was my first visit to TRN airport, an airport that had somehow escaped a visit from me until now. My flight arrived from Paris CDG very late at 22h50 and I was through arrivals in a matter of minutes (I did not check a bag). It reminded me of Italian provincial airports in the 1980s, which appeared to be mostly empty of people and activity. I expect that TRN gets pretty busy when the low cost carriers come and go. There were several flights with Ryanair and other LCCs, just a few with Air France Hop! and Air Dolomiti, as well as a couple of BA flights. Not a huge amount of flights overall and the departure board was already displaying the entire flight offer for the following day.


An odd and eye catching advertisement at Turin airport


A look at the shopping area in Turin airport


From the business lounge there are great views over the airfield

I had booked the Jet Hotel just next to the airport due to my late arrival and, I have to say, it turned out to be better than any of the Lonely Planet hotels that I stayed at on this trip. I didn't stay at any of my usual hotel chains (IHG, Hilton, Accor) on this trip and I somewhat missed their consistency. Jet Hotel was friendly and welcoming, had spacious rooms and an excellent breakfast which was included in the rate. In addition, it was quiet and there was a real smell of the countryside (yes, cow manure as well as the smell of fresh grass). I highly recommend staying here if you are coming in late or leaving early. At reception I was told that I could have a decent discount if I called and booked directly with the hotel. So, in the light of the upcoming merger of hotels.com into the Expedia platform, I think I will do this in the future. I have to say, I am disenchanted with hotels.com due it's almost total lack of customer service.


I took almost no photos at the Jet Hotel, but it was one of the best hotels of the whole trip in terms of comfort


The breakfast was excellent at the Jet Hotel

Lastly, getting to and from the Jet Hotel. Well, you really should get a taxi and not attempt to walk like I did. It's technically only about 10 minutes walk from the airport terminal but it takes you along an unlit and busy trunk road with no sidewalk whatsoever and there's a bit of a road junction to navigate. There is a slight hard shoulder between the white line and the grassy embankment, only about 30-50cm wide at best, but it was a bit hairy and I used the flashlight of the smartphone all the way. In reality, the stretch along the road takes up about 6-7 minutes of the time if you walk fast. Coming back in the daylight the next day I cut through the fields beside the roads, which was not fenced and had no grazing animals (but it did have a large advertising board). The ground is totally firm and there are no boggy parts, but don't do it at night because there is an unfenced fast flowing stream that you could splosh down into face first!
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I walked across this landscape to get back to the airport bus stop and you can just see the stream on the right, which you could fall into if it were dark


The crowded bus from Turin airport to Porta Nuova main train station, which cost €7.50