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USEFUL
INFO
SIENA
Tourist bus access in the city is heavily regulated.
Please check the link below:
http://www.sienaparcheggi.com/sienaparcheggi/index.jsp
Payment must be made before accessing the drop-off/pick-up points in the city.
Payment can be made directly at the check points on arrival or in advance.
We advise that payment is made in advance to enable direct access to the drop-off/pick-up points without having to detour to the check points. This will avoid unnecessary waiting times (advance payment at least 1 month ahead).
During school term-time, between 12:00 and 14:00 tourist buses are not permitted in the drop-off/pick-up areas located in the city. During the times indicated above, Siena-Parcheggi runs a free shuttle service between il Fagiolone car park to risalita di Fontebranda for tourists who have paid the entrance fee.
Check point:
Exit Siena ovest [Siena west], FAGIOLONE car park
Or
Exit Siena nord [Siena north], PALASPORT basket [basketball stadium] car park.
Information & Bookings
Siena Parcheggi: 0577 228711
Special conditions apply on parking charges to groups presenting a booking for one of the Museo Civico [City Museum] (subject to a minimum number of places reserved).
MUSEI CIVICI DI SIENA [SIENA CITY MUSEUMS]
Santa Maria della Scala, Palazzo Pubblico
Information on opening times, ticket prices and booking for Siena Civic Museums:
http://www.comune.siena.it/main.asp?id=3537
OPERA DEL DUOMO
Opera del Duomo Museum Network (Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral, Baptistery, Crypt, Museo Opera del Duomo, Oratory of San Bernardino)
Information on opening times, ticket prices and booking for Opera del Duomo Museum Network:
0577/283 048
operaduomo@operaduomo.siena.it
http://www.operaduomo.siena.it/pdf/orari_prezzi.pdf
http://www.operaduomo.siena.it/english/pdf/orari_prezzi.pdf
PINACOTECA NAZIONALE DI SIENA [SIENA NATIONAL ART GALLERY]
Palazzo Buonsignori - Via San Pietro, 29
Information on opening times, ticket prices and booking:
http://www.spsae-si.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/77/musei
Taxi
24h available
Tel. 0577 49222
Emergency Room
Policlinico Le Scotte Tel. 118
SAN GIMIGNANO
Tariff:
€70.00 euro large bus - €40 euro per day for minibuses (max. 25 seater)
Discounts:
50% with an overnight stay in one of the San Gimignano hotels
30% with a meal reservation at a San Gimignano restaurant
100% with bookings for all the Municipal Museums
50% with a booking for 1 of the City Museums
NB: Entry to Collegiata [collegiate church] and Museo della Collegiata do not entitle a discount on the parking charges.
Check point:
BACCANELLA car park, Coop shopping centre (pick-up and drop-off only).
MUSEI CIVICI DI SAN GIMIGNANO [SAN GIMIGNANO CITY MUSEUMS]
City Museum, Palazzo Comunale; Spezieria di Santa Fina [Santa Fina spice and herb pharmacy], Museo Archeologico [Archaeology Museum], Museo di Arte Moderna [Museum of Modern Art], Museo Ornitologico [Ornithological Museum])
Information on opening times, ticket prices and booking:
PIENZA
Palazzo Piccolomini
Information on opening times, ticket prices and booking:
http://www.palazzopiccolominipienza.it/
MUSEUMS IN THE PROVINCE OF SIENA
Sienese Museums Network
Advisable to contact in advance for group visits to the museums.
Train timetables
Bus timetables (in town and out of town)
FLORENCE
Tourist bus access to the city is subject to heavy regulation.
There are seven different types of entrance fee plus differentiation between busses of less than 8 meters and those above 8 metres.
The company which manages the check points is:
S.A.S . BUSPASS : www.buspass.it
all fee types and costs can be found on the website.
For telephone information:
Information office: V.le XI Agosto, opening times: 08:30-13:00 and 14:00-17:00 Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, telephone: (+39) 055/37.42.77 - (+39) 055/37.48.36, fax (+39) 055/34.06.65
Florence North Check Point - V.le XI Agosto, opening times 07:30-19:30 daily, telephone (+39) 055/40.40.650 and (+39) 055/40.40.651 - fax (+39) 34.06.03
Florence South Check Point - V. Visconti Venosta, opening times 07:30-19:30 daily, telephone (+39) 055/65.04.675
email: ztlbus@serviziallastrada.it
Drop-off and pick-up points for coaches without hotel reservations:
Via La Pira - beginning of Via La Marmora: drop-off only - max. 5 mins
Lungarno Pecori Giraldi - Torre della Zecca: drop-off and pick-up - max. 15 mins
Piazzale Montelungo - Fortezza: drop-off and pick-up - max. 15 mins
Piazzale Galileo: drop-off and pick-up - max. 15 mins
Florence Museum System: “FIRENZE MUSEI” www.firenzemusei.it
For all information on the museums of Florence, exhibits and for online ticket bookings
Telephone booking for Florence Museums: 055 294883 – 055 2650420
Useful numbers:
TRENITALIA: www.trenitalia.it
Florence airport: 055 3061300 www.aeroporto.firenze.it
Transport in the city:
ATAF Tel. 199 104245 www.ataf.net
Outside the city:
SITA: www.sitabus.it
LAZZI: 055 363041 www.lazzi.it
CAP: 055 214637 www.capautolinee.it
TAXI: 055 4242, 055 4798, 055 4390
Emergency services: 118
Volunteer Emergency Services (Misericordia): 055 212222
VINCI
No entrance fee for buses
Bus access (pick-up and drop-off) Via Montalbano at the entrance to the walled town
Tourist Information Office: tel. 3357174875 www.prolocovinci.com
Leonardo da Vinci museum: 0571933251 0571 56055
Museo Ideale da Vinci 057156296
CERTALDO
No entrance fee for buses
Bus access is not permitted in the old part of the town which is reached on foot or by funicular railway
Useful numbers:
Proloco: 0571 652730 www.prolococertaldo.it
Tourist information: 0571 656721
Palazzo Pretorio 0571 661219
Funicular railway: 0571 652853
UMBRIA Region
ASSISI
Basilica of St. Francis and the Sacro Convento
tel. 075819001 fax 0758190035
Opening hours:
Lower Basilica:
We are open from Easter to November:
Weekdays 06:30 - 18:50/Holidays 06:30 - 19:15
open from November to Easter:
daily 06:30 - 18:00
Upper Basilica:
We are open from Easter to November:
Weekdays 08:30 - 18:50/Holidays 08:30 - 19:15
open from November to Easter:
daily 08:30 - 18:00
S.S. Masses and religious services:
Weekdays 07:00 am - 08:00 - 09:00 - 10:00 - 11:00 to 18:00
Pre-holidays 18:00
Holiday 07:30 am - 09:00 to 10:30 - 12:00 - 17:00 to 18:30
CAR RENTALS
The major car companies have their own section at the Airport of Sant'Egidio.
ADDRESSES
AVIS Perugia Airport - PEG
Phone (+39) 0756929796
Sun closed, Mon-Sat 8am -2pm, 3pm - 07.30 pm
EUROPCAR Perugia Airport Courtesy point (PEG02)
Phone 0755731704
HERTZ Perugia Airport - PEG
Phone 0755002439
Mon - Sun on request, only Flight number
MORE: International Reservation Center +39 062291530
TRAINS
AIRPORT
UMBRIA REGION
PERUGIA PROVINCE
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