1
stInternational Training School on
“Convective and volcanic clouds detection, monitoring and
modeling”
Castiglione del Lago, Italy, 4 –9 October, 2015
Logistic Info for
Training school venue:
Ex Asilo Reattelli, Castiglione del Lago, via Asilo Reattelli
Castiglione del Lago is located half way between Florence and Rome, it is easily reachable by car or train from both cities. The nearest international airports are:
- Rome (Ciampino & Fiumicino), http://www.adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en-/pax-fco-fiumicino - Florence http://www.aeroporto.firenze.it/en/
- Pisa http://www.pisa-airport.com/index.php?lang=_en - Perugia http://www.airport.umbria.it/en
Perugia Castiglione del Lago
By car
The main Italian highway (Autostrada 1 - A1) connecting Naples to Milan, passes close to Castiglione and the nearest exits are: - Fabro (coming from south and Rome)
- Bettolle (coming from north and Florence)
Distance from Rome 180km, about 2hours, highway cost ~10€
Distance from Florence 125km, about 1hour and 20min, highway cost ~8€
From Rome Ciampino airport (191km, about 2h): GRA direction Florence, A1 direction Florence, exit Fabro, follow direction to Chiusi, follow
direction to Castiglione del Lago
From Rome Fiumicino airport (210km, about 2h and 30min): GRA direction Florence, A1 direction Florence, exit Fabro, follow direction to Chiusi,
follow direction to Castiglione del Lago
From Florence airport (133km, about 1h and 30min): follow direction Autostrada A1, A1 direction Rome, exit Bettolle/Perugia, E45 direction
Perugia, exit Castiglione del Lago, follow direction Castiglione del Lago
From Pisa airport (201km, about 2h): FI-PI-LI direction Florence, A1 direction Rome, exit Bettolle/Perugia, Raccordo autostradale Perugia-Bettolle
direction Perugia, exit Castiglione del Lago, follow direction Castiglione del Lago
From Perugia airport (56km, about 45min): Raccordo autostradale Perugia-Bettolle direction Bettolle, exit Castiglione del Lago, follow direction
Castiglione del Lago By train
The main Italian railway passes through Castiglione del Lago. Careful, the train station is called Castiglion del Lago (without e!) there are regional trains every 2h from Rome and Florence, you can get all the timetable, prices or you can buy the tickets online at the website
http://www.trenitalia.com/tcom-en
Distance from Rome 2hours, ticket cost ~10€
Distance from Florence 1hour and 30min, ticket cost ~10€
From Ciampino airport: bus (Terravision or BusShuttle) to Stazione Termini (3€), regional train to Castiglione del Lago (10€)
AVOID the taxi you´ll get stuck in the traffic and get money stolen by the drivers, but if you really wanna get the taxi, there are fix prices: - form Ciampino to Termini 30€ all inclusive (per car, so you must share it with other passenger)
From Fiumicino airport: train to Stazione Termini (14€), regional train to Castiglione del Lago (10€) OR the cheapest solution train to Stazione
Tiburtina (7€), regional train to Castiglione del Lago (10€).
AVOID the taxi you´ll get stuck in the traffic and get money stolen by the drivers, but if you really wanna get the taxi, there are fix prices: - form Fiumicino to Termini 48€ all inclusive (per car, so you must share it with other passenger)
- from Fiumicino to Tiburtina 55€ all inclusive (per car, so you must share it with other passenger)
From Florence airport: bus to Santa Maria Novella (6€), regional train to Castiglione del Lago (10€)
From Pisa airport: bus terravision to Firenze Santa Maria Novella (5€), regional train to Castiglione del Lago (10€)
From Perugia airport: shuttle bus to Perugia Stazione (ACAP-SULGA) (8€), train to Terontola-Cortona (4€), train to Castiglione del Lago (2€) OR
the cheapest solution urban bus (Umbria Mobilitá) to Perugia (1.9€), bus from the center to train station (same ticket), train to Terontola-Cortona (4€), train to Castiglione del Lago (2€)
Once you are in Castiglione del Lago …
Castiglione del Lago is a peninsula on the Trasimeno Lake, the venue will be in the medieval village (center of the town). From the train station there are no buses or taxi available so if you do not want to walk please let us know when you arrive and we will manage to pick you up at the station.
Train station
Hotel Trasimeno
Hotel Aganoor
- If you come by car, just go directly to the hotel (you will soon receive an email telling you in which hotel you will be accommodated) - If you come by train: to the Hotel Trasimeno, via Roma 174 (about 1 km)
Hotel Trasimeno Train station
- If you come by train: to the Hotel Aganoor and Restaurant La Cantina, via Vittorio Emanuele 91 or to the Venue (about 2 km)
Train station
Ex Asilo Reattelli Hotel Aganoor
Events Locations 1 3 2 4 5 6
1. Restaurant La Cantina: Icebreaker (Sunday 4 October, 19.30), everyday lunch, dinner on Wednesday 7 October 2. Training school venue
3. Palazzo della Corgna: start of the excursion to the medieval building and castle 4. Restaurant L´Acquario: dinner on Tuesday 6 October
5. Restaurant La Capannina: dinner on Thursday 8 October 6. Restaurant La Pigra Tinca: dinner on Monday 5 October
For those interested
Please bring your running shoes with you!! We will go running all together on Tuesday and Thursday morning! For students
If you will be selected for poster presentation and you do not want to bring with you the poster, we can print it for you for 10€ in Castiglione del Lago, just send us the pdf or ppt
