| Venue |
The Unconference will take place at the Castello del Valentino (Valentino Castle), 39 Viale Mattioli, Torino, Italy.
This beautiful 16th century royal residence, now housing the Politecnico’s Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, is located in the Valentino park alongside the river Po. Excellence point of Savoy historical architecture, the Valentino Castle is part of the Savoy Royal Residences tour, an extraordinarily interesting path from a historical, artistic and landscape point of view that UNESCO declared World Heritage Site in 1997. Very close to the city centre, the Castle is surrounded by Valentino Park, a Torino ancient public park, running along river Po, the most important Italian river. The residence, inspired by French style, was designed in 1623 by Carlo di Castellamonte – it is U-shaped with four angle towers, “mansard” roof in transalpine style and a courtyard paved with geometrical decorations of cobblestones. Valentino Castle can be reached from the city centre (Porta Nuova, Porta Susa railway stations) in about 15 minutes by tram (line 9, stop in front of the Castle) or by Metro (closest stop Marconi, 10 minutes’ walking distance).Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas non leo laoreet, condimentum lorem nec, vulputate massa.
| Travel to and from Torino |
There are several ways to reach Torino, including:
High-speed trains (45 to 50 mins from Milan) and regular trains also: trenitalia.com, italotreno.it, sncf.com. Torino has two main stations, both connected by the metro line
Torino International airport: aeroportoditorino.it/en
Milan international airports: milanomalpensa-airport.com/en, milanolinate-airport.com/en, orioaeroporto.it/en/
All airports are connected to Torino city centre by a bus service operated by SADEM: sadem.it/en/home.aspx
Torino International Airport is 16 km far from the city centre and is linked by a bus service and a railway connection running every half an hour and taking about 35 minutes. If you choose to catch a taxi, the maximum fare with the main taxi companies is about 34 euros to the city centre.
More info can be obtained at www.aeroportoditorino.it/en
| Travel within the city |
Buses, tram lines, metro: gtt.to.it/cms/en
Torino Metro line service usually runs from 5.30 until 00.30 except at weekends (until 01.00) and on Mondays (until 22.00).
Taxi: dial +39.011.5750 or +39.011.5737
Bike: Torino has a bike-sharing system but … the website is only available in Italian: tobike.it. Plenty of information in English available here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToBike
Travel arrangement for the invited expert to the SHAPE-ID - TrUST writing workshop:
Flight and long-journey train tickets have been booked and sent to the ticket holder. For any question write to Giorgia Galvini: ggalvini@isinnova.org.
For all tickets booked by yourself (short-journey trains and few flights) you have to fill in the reimbursement form that you find at the end of this document. Please you to send the invoice to Giulia Cali (in CC: gcali@isinnova.org) and Giorgia Galvini (ggalvini@isinnova.org) within the 29 of January 2020.