HOW TO GET HERE
The farmhouse is 2 km away from the centre of San Marcello Pistoiese. The first 700 metres is an asfalted public road. At the end of the public road there is a 1300 metre track, which is in poor condition and steep in some parts. Nevertheless, it is possible to drive up it in any kind of car, even if particularly low ones must go very slowly. We regret that due to the maintenance of the track being legally out of our control, we are unable to improve this.
- BY FLIGHT
- Nearest Airports
- Florence : 50 Km
- Pisa : 70 Km
- Bologna : 90 Km
- Rome : 240 Km
- Milan : 170 Km
- BY CAR
- From North : recommended way If you come from the north, once in Bologna you take the motorway A1 to "Florence North" (1 hour drive) ; from there you take the motorway A11 to Pisa and you exit at Pistoia. From there you follow the signs for Abetone and after 23 km you arrive in San Marcello Pistoiese. It is a 50 minute drive From Florence to San Marcello Pistoiese. This is not the shortest way but it's the easiest because it's all motorway apart from the last half an hour of good normal road.
- From North : shortest way If you come from the north, once in Bologna you take the motorway A1 to Florence. 10 minutes after Bologna you exit at Sasso Marconi and follow the road to Pistoia. After more or less 40 km you will reach the village of Ponte della Venturina and you turn right towards Pracchia, San Marcello Pistoiese and Abetone. This is the shortest way but there is an hour and a half of small roads with many turns.
- From North : not recommended Along the motorway Milan-Bologna A1 exit at "Modena Sud". Then follow the road to Abetone and then San Marcello for more than 100 km. It may look like the shortest way in terms of distance, however it is not recommended because there are 2 hours of small roads, driving through the Apennine chain. The other routes are faster.
- From West (Pisa, Lucca) If you come from Pisa you take the motorway to Lucca-Florence and you exit at Pistoia. From there you follow the signs for Abetone and after 23 km you arrive in San Marcello Pistoiese. It is an hour and twenty minutes drive from Pisa. 50 minutes from Lucca.
- From South (Rome, Florence) If you come from Rome you take the A1 motorway for Florence (240 km - 2 hours drive). Once you reach "Florence North" you take the A11 motorway to Pisa and you exit at Pistoia. From there you follow the signs for Abetone and after 23 km you arrive in San Marcello Pistoiese. It is a 50 minute drive From Florence to San Marcello Pistoiese.
- BY TRAIN
- From Florence and Rome If you come from the south, you need to get to Florence train station (Rome-Florence: 2 hours). From there you take the train to Pistoia (30 minutes). From Pistoia you can either go by bus to San Marcello Pistoiese or you go by train to Pracchia and by bus from there to San Marcello Pistoiese (both take 1 hour).
- From Pisa and Lucca If you come from Pisa you take the train to Lucca and from there to Pistoia. From Pistoia see the instructions above.
- From North If you come from the north, once you reach Bologna's main train station, you get the train to Porretta Terme and from there to Pracchia (Bologna-Pracchia is an hour and half). From Pracchia there is the bus to San Marcello Pistoiese, which is 10 km away.
- BY BUS
- From Florence Every hour there is a bus to and from Florence. It takes 2 hours to reach "San Marcello Pistoiese".
- From Pisa and Lucca Either by train to Pistoia and then by bus to San Marcello Pistoiese, or directly by the private bus-company "Lazzi" that does "San Marcello-Lucca" and vice versa twice a day.
