With the summer, FlixBus strengthens connections with Turin, the Canavese and Val di Susa and increases operational trips to holiday destinations such as seaside resorts and cities of art. In this way, the company wants to multiply the offer available for those leaving from the capital and encourage a more environmentally friendly travel idea, based on the use of collective means of transport.
From From Turin you can reach 150 cities in Italy and abroad, starting from the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II terminal and the Torino Lingotto and Torino Stura stations. FlixBus has also strengthened its presence in the Canavese area, strengthening the routes departing from Chivasso and inaugurating seasonal connections with Ciriè and Caselle airport. Furthermore, the company has strengthened connections with Oulx, in Val di Susa. Tickets can be purchased on sitethrough theFlixBus app free and in physical retailers.
Andrea Incondi of Flixbus Italia
«We want to allow anyone to move around easily, leaving the car at home, with an eye on the wallet but also on the environment.“, he has declared Andrea IncondiManaging Director of FlixBus Italia. «Also this summer, in addition to strengthening connections with the most iconic holiday locations, we also wanted to promote lesser-known destinations to help enhance the national heritage to the fullest. In this way, we also want to respond to the changing needs of those who travel: today people are increasingly looking for virtuous and responsible forms of travel, and want to experience their destination in an immersive way. By shedding light on the hidden gems of our country, we want to support this vision“, he added Incondi.
Turin: from the city center, Lingotto and Stura
to 150 destinations in ten European countries
Also this summer, Turin confirms itself as a strategic starting point to reach the holiday destination with FlixBus, in Italy or abroad. The centrality of the capital for the bus travel company is reflected in the three operational stops in the area: in Lingotto, Stura and at the bus terminal in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, where a few days ago the first FlixBus intelligent pole was installed.
Those aiming for the sea can take advantage of the direct seasonal connections operating from Turin to 20 locations in the Ponente Ligurian which include, among others, Spotorno, Noli, Loano, Albenga, Alassio and Bordighera.
You can also easily reach the Romagna Riviera thanks to connections with Milano Marittima, Cervia and Cesenatico operating up to seven times a week.
Looking south, among the destinations connected in Puglia Polignano a Mare, Peschici and Vieste in the Gargano and Gallipoli in Salento stand out; among those connected in Calabria we can mention Sibari, Scalea and Cirò Marina.
Those who prefer the seaside mountain will be able to reach destinations such as Trento and Bolzano (up to 14 times a week), Aosta (up to 48 times) and Courmayeur (up to 13 times) without changing. The lovers of lake they will instead be able to benefit from connections with destinations such as Peschiera del Garda, reachable up to 21 times a week.
For those who prefer cities of art and destinations of historical-cultural interestFlixBus has strengthened connections between Turin and destinations such as Perugia, Lanciano and Benevento, also in line with the desire to contribute to the deconcentration of tourist flows and the promotion of internal areas, which public debate has recognized as possible development hubs for more sustainable lifestyles.
The routes with theabroad: every week, for example, up to 47 trips will leave for Paris, up to 28 for Nice and up to seven for Munich and Barcelona, some of which are night-time. From Turin you can also reach Brussels, Luxembourg, Zurich, Budapest, Ljubljana and Zagreb. Direct connections to Malpensa and Orio al Serio airports will also be available.
Canavese and Val di Susa: here are the destinations
reachable from Chivasso, Ciriè and Oulx
FlixBus also strengthens the operational service in the Canavese area: Chivasso it is connected with over 70 cities in Italy and abroad, as well as with the Malpensa and Orio al Serio airports; furthermore, from Cirie and from the airport Boxes the aforementioned seasonal connections operating with 20 locations in Western Liguria will stop throughout the summer.
In Val di Susa, however, the connections departing from will remain operational Oulx to cities such as Lyon and Milan, connected up to 14 times a week, or Paris and Chambéry, connected up to seven times.
How to reconcile sustainability and cost-effectiveness?
The bus as a possible solution
When considering emission factors in Europe, a personal car produces on average 166 grams of CO2 per passenger per km, while a FlixBus bus is characterized by an average emission factor of only 27.8 grams of CO2 per passenger per km , more than 5 times lower.
By preferring the bus to the car, those who travel will be able to reduce their impact at a low cost. The benefits of this approach to the choice of medium, which combines the needs of sustainability and cost-effectiveness, can be seen above all in the long term: in 2023, those who preferred FlixBus and FlixTrain to other solutions in the over 40 countries where the company operates made it possible to save over 1 million tons of CO2of which 152,000 in Italy alone.
