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How Do I Get the Best Airfare to Italy for the Olympics? You might think this would be a huge expense. It won't. Would you believe airfares in the Olympic region start as low as $500 round-trip?
THE 2006 OLYMPIC GAMES are being held in Torino (Turin), capital of the Piemonte region in the northwest corner of Italy. There are no direct flights from the United States into Turin, though you can fly there with a plane change in another major European city (Rome, Paris, Brussels, etc). Perhaps easier all around would simply be to fly direct to Milan's Malpensa airport, which is only a two-hour drive from Turin and which sees far more daily flights. I have a whole 12-step program designed to help you find the cheapest airfare every time. Follow these steps, and you will end up with the cheapest ticket. Just what is the cheapest airfare in this case? I ran the numbers through the best search engine (Kayak), booking engine (Orbitz
Of course, those prices will vary with the dates you choose and for departures from different US cities. People living in New York, Chicago, Boston, Miami, and Washington will fare best in the fare game for the simple reason that Italy's national carrier, Alitalia, flies directly from those cities to Rome (and, in some cases, Milan). This is one instance in which waiting to book airfare closer to departure time is probably not the wisest choice. Airlines will have no problem filling seats on flights in and out of Northern Italy during the Games, so there will be no incentive for the airlines to discount. In other words, as with every other aspect of planning an Olympics vacation, go ahead and book your plane tickets right now. They'll only get pricier as game time approaches.
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