Travel

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By plane

The airport of Perugia provides the nearest point-of-arrival for those looking to fly, and Ryanair have conveniently started to fly there from London Stansted, albeit at criminally early hours. They currently operate a service from London on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7:35 AM GMT and return flights at 11:25 AM CET on the same days. Otherwise, Florence, Bologna, Pisa & Rome are alternatives. Should you want to off-set the carbon emissions associated with you flight, there are a host of options. Without getting either too political about the necessity or pedantic about the science, we recommend a donation to Carbonfund.org as a seemingly effective off-set organization.

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By train

A good website for italian rail information & tickets is Italia Rail. The train station of Terontola is the nearest to Tuoro, only 15 minutes away. Many services run to the station including the convenient Inter-City trains. There are overnight services from Paris to Florence from ~50 GBP, return, and there are many services running to Terontola from Florence (from Santa Maria Novella, a different station to the one the Paris train comes into). In Terontola, there are no car rental agencies at the station, but taxis are available and reasonably priced.

An example journey from London (or Paris):

Travel from London to Paris by Eurostar, leaving London Waterloo at 12:09 (5 minutes earlier on Sundays) and arriving in Paris (Gare du Nord) at 15:59. Cross Paris by métro to the Gare de Bercy. Travel from Paris to Florence overnight on the 'Palatino', leaving Paris at 19:00 and arriving at Piacenza at 04:44, Parma at 05:12, Bologna at 05:58 and Florence at 07:16 next morning. The train arrives at Florence Campo di Marte station on the edge of the city centre. Frequent local trains link Campo di Marte with Santa Maria Novella, journey time 5 minutes. There's no taxi rank at Campo di Marte station.

It couldn't be easier. Just take an afternoon Eurostar from London to Paris in 2 hours 50 minutes, down a drink or two in a Parisian café, then take the overnight sleeper from Paris to Florence. Enjoy a meal in the restaurant car as the sun sets over the rolling green hills and picturesque villages of the French countryside, then wake up in your sleeper or couchette to coffee and croissant and a classic Italian landscape with red-roofed houses and poplar trees.

Fares start at just £59 return for the Eurostar plus £52 return from Paris to Florence in a basic 6-bunk couchette or £89 return in a more spacious4-bunk couchette. More comfortable 1-, 2- & 3-bed sleeping-cars are also available, with breakfast included in the fare.

Then hire a car or take a train to Terontola and you're there!