The Palazzone in Cortona, a villa belonging to the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.
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Il Palazzone, Via Case Sparse, 193, 52044 Cortona (AR), Italy. Tel: +39 050 509396 (it is the green arrow in the map above).
How to get to Cortona:
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By car: take the Valdichiana exit from the A1 highway, which is called “Autostrada del Sole”. Right after the toll gate exit take the E45 freeway (slip road from Siena to Perugia) in the direction of Perugia and then take the second exit for Cortona (Cortona San Lorenzo). You will just need to follow the street signs to arrive to the SS71 road in Camucia and to continue to Cortona.
By train: there are two railway stations, Terontola-Cortona and Camucia-Cortona, on the line between Florence and Rome. Both are connected to Cortona by bus: you can find the bus schedule here (legend: F, FT = Monday-Saturday; L* = Monday-Friday; A6 = Saturday; H* = Sunday). The Terontola station is 11 km from Cortona and the Camucia station is 5 km from Cortona. The train schedules can be obtained from the official timetable of the Italian Railroad company, or alternatively at the DB, which also covers non Italian stations. Furthermore, here you will find the train schedule from Roma Fiumicino Airport to Terontola-Cortona on Sunday 2, and here you will find the train schedule from Terontola-Cortona to Roma Fiumicino Airport on Friday 7 (in the other days there are similar schedules). You can buy the train tickets directly at the airport or, at most one week in advance, here.
By bus: if you arrive by train to Camucia, Terontola, Arezzo or Castiglion Fiorentino train stations, you can go to Cortona using the “Etruria Mobilita’” bus service. For up-to-date information about the timetable and ticket prices, see http://www.etruriamobilita.it/index.php?SEZ=16 (only in Italian); in particular, here you will find the schedule of the bus from Terontola and Camucia to Cortona and back (legend: F, FT = Monday-Saturday; L* = Monday-Friday; A6 = Saturday; H* = Sunday). The bus from Terontola station arrives in Cortona after 25 minutes; it is the last stop, in Piazza Garibaldi, just in front of Hotel S. Luca. On Sunday 2 there are only three buses from Terontola Station to Cortona (at 8:35, 17:37 and 19:00). We shall try and organize an alternate means of transportation to Cortona for people arriving in Terontola on Sunday morning or early afternoon (no promises here: it’ll depend on the number of cars available). At worst, one can go from Terontola to Cortona by taxi.
By plane: It seems that the most convenient airport is
Roma Fiumicino International Airport (about 230 Km away) - www.adr.it
here you will find the train schedule from Roma Fiumicino Airport to Terontola-Cortona on Sunday 2, and here you will find the train schedule from Terontola-Cortona to Roma Fiumicino Airport on Friday 7 (similar schedules hold in the other days).
Other possible airports are:
Florence Peretola International Airport (about 120 Km away) - www.aeroporto.firenze.it
Perugia Sant’Egidio International Airport (about 60 Km away) - www.airport.umbria.it
Pisa International Airport (about 220 Km away) - www.pisa-airport.com
Hotels:
September is considered high season in Cortona. Thus we reserved a number of rooms for the conference in the following hotels:
Hotel S. Luca (21 rooms)
Piazza Garibaldi, 1- Cortona
www.sanlucacortona.com
Prices: single Euro 65.00 - double Euro 95.00.
Hotel Dolce Maria (4 rooms)
Via Ghini,12 - Cortona
www.cortonastorica.com/bedandbreakfast_cortona/struttura.htm
Prices: double single use Euro 75.00 - double Euro 90.00.
Hotel Sabrina (5 rooms)
Via Roma, 37 - Cortona
http://www.hotelsabrinacortona.it/
Prices: double single use Euro 70.00 - double Euro 80.00.
Istituto S. Margherita (2 rooms)
Via Cesare Battisti 15 - Cortona
(this hotel does not have a web site, but you can find some information here in Italian and here in English)
Prices: double Euro 64.00.
We shall take care of the hotel reservations for registered participants (from Sunday 2, day of arrival, to Friday 7, day of departure, or for a shorter period if requested).
This file contains the list of reservations we made, with the indication of departure and arrival dates. If there is any change please let us know as soon as possible.
At this link you can find a map with the location of the hotels, the restaurants, and of Palazzone.
Meals:
Breakfast will be served in the hotels (and it is included in the price).
Lunches will be served in the Palazzone, at the price of Euro 17.00 per person (drinks included).
For dinner, a few restaurants in town will offer a choice of set menus with special prices for participants to the conference. They are:
Osteria del Teatro, via Maffei 2 - Cortona, www.osteria-del-teatro.it, menus from 20 to 24 euro per person.
Taverna Pane e Vino, Piazza Signorelli 27 - Cortona, www.pane-vino.it, menus from 25 to 30 euro per person.
Ristorante “La Locanda nel Loggiato”, Piazza di Pescheria - Cortona, www.locandanelloggiato.com, menus from 15 to 25 euro per person.
Ristorante dell’Hotel Oasi Neumann, Via Le Contesse 1 - Cortona, www.hoteloasineumann.it, set menu at 15 euro per person.
A list of other restaurants can be found here.
Anyway, there will be a social dinner on Wednesday 5, offered by the Conference. All participants (and accompanying people) are invited; please let us know if you have any special dietary needs.