Torino: a european metropolis, at the centre of trade and transport routes, the natural meeting point of the continent and the mediterranean.

Torino is part of the most densely populated and economically active regions of the continent: a backbone that runs from London to Torino through Benelux, Germany and Switzerland.
A region which has been the main stage for the history of Europe. From Roman Britain to Flanders, from Franche Comté to Burgundy, from Switzerland to the western provinces of the Empire, the cities in this belt are the original urban heartland of Europe.
But Torino is also strategically projected towards new markets and new trading partners - along the "Latin axis", that runs from Madrid and Barcelona to the Midi in France, through the Po Valley and on to the south and east.
Torino's historical and economic links with Europe are confirmed by its efficient infrastructure network.
Torino is served by an ultra-modern airport: Caselle, thanks to the extension inaugurated in December 1993, it has a capacity of over three million passengers a year. Intercontinental links are provided by Malpensa 2000, one of Europe's largest hubs with its 17 million passengers a year.
Five railway stations, two of them international, guarantee easy access from all of Italy and bordering countries: four pairs of high-speed trains travel between Torino and Paris in little more than five hours. In themeantime, work has begun to transform the Torino-Milano line into a high-speed rail link, wich in just a few years will make it possible to travel between the two cities in less than one hour.
Six dierent motorways connect Torino to major European cities: Milan in 60 minutes, Genoa in 90, Nice and Geneva in two and a half hours, Lyon in three hours and Zurich in four.
New projects will further improve road links with Switzerland (completion of the Sempione motorway) and France (the new Mercantour and Colle di Tenda tunnels).