Perspectives in Classification and Moduli Theory

October 14-20, 2002, Cortona



How To Reach Cortona

By Car By Train

Distances from main airports to Cortona by road:

Florence 130 kilometers
Rome 228 kilometers
Pisa 217 kilometers
Bologna 215 kilometers

Itinerary:

By car, whether coming north from Rome or south from Florence, you take the A1 autostrada and exit at USCITA VALDICHIANA, which is also the main exit for Perugia.

On leaving the tollbooth turn right. After 500 yards bear right at the sign for Perugia and you will be fed onto the Siena-Perugia freeway, heading east. After 2 miles (3 kilometers) take the exit for Cortona and follow this road until you reach Cortona

How to reach Cortona by TRAIN:

RAILWAY TRAVEL (mainline to Florence, Milan, Rome and Naples):

Cortona's closest railway station is TERONTOLA (10 kms from Cortona centre)

For on-line timetables and bookings use the Trenitalia web site.

Cortona is well served with regular trains that take you directly to Arezzo, Florence, Bologna and Milan in one direction, or Orvieto, Rome and Naples in the other. National express trains stop frequently at Terontola railway station. Perugia can be reached by train from Terontola station quite quickly, via a branch line, and Siena via another branch line from Arezzo station.

TERONTOLA railway station are connected by hourly buses to the centre of Cortona (the bus terminal is in Piazza Garibaldi). Bus tickets can be bought at all tobacconists, newspaper stalls, and most coffee bars, but not on the buses themselves. So remember to buy your tickets in advance and always punch the ticket after getting onto the bus (there's an automatic time puncher on every bus). Perugia can be reached by train from Terontola station quite quickly, via a branch line, and Siena via another branch line from Arezzo station. Taxis can be hired from the railway stations of Terontola and Camucia, or in the centre of Cortona in Piazza della Repubblica.

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