Perspectives in Classification and Moduli Theory
October 14-20, 2002, 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.