One of the great contributions of the 2006 Winter Olympics towards Turin is the construction of Torino Caselle airport to enable it to deal with the large number of passengers flocking as both participants and spectators for the sporting events.

While before Turin was relatively isolated from the air it is a now accessible from many major airports across Europe from both traditional and low cost airlines alike.

The best flight deals to Turin are often found with the low cost operators - easyJet and Ryanair both fly from London, while passengers who are unable to find a direct flight and are happy to complete part of the journey on a combination of bus and train will find that easyJet and Ryanair both have flights to Bergamo from several locations, although the additional journey time can amount to several hours depending on connections via Milan.

If the budget airlines don’t fly to Turin from your local airport and you don’t want to fly to Bergamo you’ll need to resort to one of the major airlines, or if you’re already in Italy visiting Rome then you can catch an internal flight from one of Rome’s Airports, while those visiting Milan can drive or take the train from what is Turin’s nearest big city neighbour.

As always it pays to do some research to get the best prices and while prices have dropped over the last few years in the wake of the best advice is always to visit easyJet or Ryanair to get a benchmark price for the dates you are travelling.

Once in possession of this data you are in a position to visit some of the major travel websites for their prices. It is sometimes possible to get up to 30 per cent off published ticket prices, although this is becoming less common as the airlines sell more tickets direct, but in a few minutes you can establish whether there are any good deals going for your travel dates.

For more information on flights to Turin and other useful travel information visit http://www.bella-torino.com.