 Poster: A snowHead
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It seems a lot of people dont like turin airport, im just wondering why?
Ive used it about 7 times in the last 5 years. It has improved significantly. I dont know why people always complain about it.
All airports are a place of waiting and queuing. I prefer much smaller airports and detest big ones like gatwick and heathrow. So i think Turin is a rather nice airport, especially with the backdrop of snowy mountains.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Christopher, I can take or leave airports, Chambery departures has to be one of the worst, and Charter flight arrivals at Geneva. Turin has usually been OK though when I've used it. we use Geneva a lot these days as we can fly direct from Newcastle, and we can't do that to Turin.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Christopher, I agree with you - and it worked well for us getting to Champoluc, when we had to fly. Car hire return was a 'mare for a while though!
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David Murdoch, I think we have missed the car hire return sign on more than one occasion. Geneva has to be the best place for car hire. Desks immediatley in sight when you leave baggage collection, and cars easy to find. Return is very good too.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| David Murdoch, I think we have missed the car hire return sign on more than one occasion. Geneva has to be the best place for car hire. Desks immediatley in sight when you leave baggage collection, and cars easy to find. Return is very good too. |
Yeah we've had that problem, but no problem in the end. Managed to find it.
Only thing i wish there was a good rail link to the main railway station in Turin (Pouta Nouva).
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I've never heard all this about Turin before, I'm flying there in January, so I guess I'll find out. It can't be any worse than Friedrichshafen at the end of the Christmas week 
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RachelQ, you will probably avoid the main transfer days for your short break, so it won't be too bad. Not a lot of choice for eating in there though, and they have a strange system (or did) where you had to pay for a drink at the till, then go to the bar to get it . Not looking forward to having to take Richard there on Dec 29th to catch his flight home though. #
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I've never been charter, for other flights Turin has always semed much like any other airport except the car rental which is even slower than usual and they take a long midafternoon break which you need to avoid.
Oh yes ,and the petrol station at the airport my be unmanned and I have never worked out how to use the pumps, fill up on the autostrada before you get there.
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Ohhhh how could i forget the cafe!!!
After 2 hours of queueling for check-in and security.....i then had the pleasure of double-queueing for a bite to eat.
The 'system' goes like this....
Step1: Two large lines of english people form, with everyone soon discussing whether this is the 'right queue'
Step2: News filters back from the front that some sort of 1980s-eastern-european-style queueing system is in place and there are in fact TWO queues. One for ordering and paying, one for collecting the grub.
Step3: 50% of people slowly realise that they are in the wrong queue and immediately begin to switch
Step4: Suddenly it feels like i am in the middle of a convention of Daily Mail readers as people spontaneously start to snigger at the inefficient Italians and say that it would never be like this is heathrow\Manchaser\Wigan\Sutton Coldfield
etc. etc.
It was an absolute pleasure...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Tips on eating at airports:
1. don't
2. er ...........
Having said that, I can recommend the salad bars at both East Midlands and Manchester's north terminal. Pleasant surprise, both of them.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Lizzard, eating at airports gets me into too much trouble these days, so I tend not to.
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