By car, whether going north from Rome or south from
Florence, take the A1 autostrada and exit at " USCITA
VALDICHIANA " which is also the main exit
for Perugia. On leaving the tollbooth, turn right.
After about 1/2 kilometer (.3 Mile) bear right at
the sign for Perugia and onto the Siena-Perugia freeway, heading east. After 3 kilometers (2 miles)
take the exit for Cortona and follow this road until you reach the village of Camucia at the foot
of the Cortona hillside. Follow the signs that lead
you up the hill to Cortona.
Take the Direettrain (direct mainline train) for
Milan-Bologna-Firenze-Roma and get of at Terontola-Cortona station or the Camucia-Cortona station.
The Terontola and Camucia stations are very close
to each other. The Terontola station is 1 1 km. south
of Cortona and the Camucia station is 5 km. south
west of Cortona. There is bus service to Cortona from
the stations and taxi service is usually available.
The Terontola station is the larger of the two with
a coffee/snack bar and has more scheduled arrivals
and departures. It is 194 km. from Rome (about 2 hours,
10 minutes) and 122 km. from Fiorenee (about 1 hour,
20 minutes).
You can view the official timetable and purchase
your train tickets with a credit card by visiting
the Trenitalia web site.
While in Cortona you can go to the tourist
office with the " i " logo on Via Nazionale,
42 to ask about scheduled arrival/departure times
and purchase tickets.
Cortona has regular trains that take you directly
to Arezzo, Florence,
Bologna and Milan in one direction, or Orvieto,
Rome, Naples and Amalfi in the other. National
express trains stop frequently at the railway station
in Camucia at
the bottom of the Cortonese hill, or even more frequently
from Terontola station (further south). Perugia can be reached by train from Terontola
station quite quickly, via a branch line, and Siena via another
branch line from the Arezzo
station, about 20 minutes north of Cortona.
CAMUCIA AND TERONTOLA railways station are connected by hourly buses to
the center of Cortona (the bus terminal is in Piazza
Garibaldi). Bus tickets can be bought at all
tobacco shops, newspaper stands, 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). Taxis can be hired from the Terontola and Camucia
railway stations, or in the center of Cortona
in Piazza della Repubblica or Piazza Signorelli.
Cooking
Painting
Writing
Sketchbook / Collage
Textile Arts
Stone Sculpting
Cheese Making
Leather Tooling
Il Rifugio is a private Tuscan
farmhouse for rent by the owners,
located in the village of Montanare, community of Cortona, Italy