Torino

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Torino
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Country:
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Italy
Population: 906,000
Licence plate: TO
Major roads: A4, A5, A21, A32
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Torino is a city in Italy close to the French border. The city is a famous haven for car manufacturers and thus it's surroundings are not exactly beautiful once outside of the city centre. However, there are plenty of fields to sleep in, public transport is cheap and the pizza is superb.

Hitching Out

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West towards France, Chambery, Lyon, Grenoble

On the A32 (E70) in Susa (about 20km from Torino), there is a truck stop (with petrol station and restaurant) where you will find a lot of trucks going both ways (to Chambery or Turin). You can get in Susa by train and the spot worth the effort.

An efficient way to get a ride westwards is to get to the toll (pedaggio in Italian) at Bruere. Take a bus to Macario stop on Corso Francia and walk along Via Bruere until you across the bridge and see the tollgate on your left. Get off the road and walk through the maize field along the motorway direction, you will see the toll office. There is a rail fence which is easy to climb over, other places along the edge are splitted by net fences. Stand by the outmost toll ramp with a sign indicate your direction and waiting for your ride. The next service area is just 1km ahead.

North

Whisperingofthestars attempted to hitch out of here for four hours from the industrial north of the town. Not a scratchling. Either be prepared for a lot of walking or get public transport out a little way.


Public transport

You can get a train from Porta Nuova for very cheap (€7) to the french border town Modane (train and bus) from which it is relatively simple to hitch out of to France. Likewise for other smaller towns outside of Torino in different directions.

Sleep

Walk out of the city a little way and you'll find many abandoned fields in front of factories and if you keep searching, some form of shelter. Bon chance!

There are many squares with benches around in the whole city, good places to stay over at a summer night.