Siena is a small city about 250km north of Rome and 80km south of Florence (Firenze). The most convenient airports are Florance and Pisa. Participants travelling from outside Europe will probably arrive into Rome, where they can take the bus or train for 3 hours to Siena.
HOW TO REACH SIENA (MAP)
By plane: • from Florence: "Amerigo Vespucci" Airport, Shuttle bus to “S. Maria Novella” railway station every 45 minutes and then take the train or bus to Siena (see below) • from Pisa: "Galileo Galilei" Airport Airport - Pisa Centre by bus and then take a bus to Siena (see below) • from Rome: “Leonardo da Vinci”, Fiumicino Airport – bus for “Roma Termini” railways station How to reach Termini Station
By train: Italian Railways
• from Florence: direct line and/or Florence-Empoli-Siena (1h30’) • from Rome: from “Roma Termini” Railway Station to Chiusi and from Chiusi to Siena (3h) • from Pisa: from “Pisa Centrale” Railway Station to Empoli and from Empoli to Siena (2h)
The railway station in Siena is about 2 km from the city centre. Buses to the centre
By bus:
• from Florence: Bus Station opposite “Santa Maria Novella” Railway Station ‘rapida bus’ (1h 15’) ‘diretta bus’ (1h 35’) Siena - Florence • from Rome: Bus Station “Roma Tiburtina”, (2h 45’) - Siena - Rome • from Pisa: Pisa to Siena
By car: Calculate your route using viaMichelin search engine • from the North: A1 exit “Firenze Certosa” - Dual carriageway Firenze/Siena (40m) • from the South: A1 exit “Valdichiana”, then Bettolle-Siena link road (2h 30m)
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Taxi - Siena tel. (+39) 0577.49222
Collegio Santa Chiara Il Refugio (the accomodation) Via Valdimontone, 1 - 53100 Siena Via del Refugio 4 - 53100 Siena [email protected] tel.(+39) 0577 . 280376 - [email protected]
For further information contact: Barbara Iasiello Tel +33 (0)14524 [email protected]