TURIN: 2006 Olympic host city may offer more after the games are over AP Worldstream | January 19, 2006| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-19-2006
Dateline: TURIN, Italy
Can't find a hotel room in Turin for the Olympics? Worried about getting stuck in traffic on the single-lane road that leads to the games' Alpine hub? Don't want a repeat of the nightmare at the Salt Lake City airport the day after the 2002 Winter Games ended?

Visiting Turin after the Feb. 10-26 Olympics may have its advantages.

The one million people expected for the games will be gone, making travel, hotel reservations and the city's world-class food and wines much more accessible. Post-Olympic visitors ...

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