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How to Reach IMT
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By Plane

The nearest airports from Lucca are Pisa International Airport "Galileo Galilei" and Florence International Airport "Amerigo Vespucci".

From Pisa Airport to Lucca

The easiest way to get to the School is to take a taxi just outside the airport for a cost of approximately 50 €. As an alternative, immediately next to the airport you will notice a little train station: every twenty minutes a train leaves in order to connect Pisa Airport to Pisa Central Station where you will find train coincidences to Lucca Station.
Another way to get to Lucca is to take an interurban bus of the "Autolinee Lazzi" leaving from the airport. The journey will take approximately one hour and you can check the schedule visiting the page: Pisa airport - Lucca by bus.

From Florence Airport to Lucca

Once again the easiest way to get to the School is to take a taxi just outside the airport for an approximate cost of no less than 80 €. The first alternative is to take a city line bus to the Train Station of Santa Maria Novella, in order to take a train coincidence to Lucca. There is a bus leaving every 30 minutes from the airport and you can get more information at the following websites: www.ataf.net. The whole journey (bus+train) will take approximately two hours.
The second alternative to get to Lucca is to take an interurban bus of the "Autolinee Lazzi"; there is a dedicated bus stop immediately next to the airport and you can visualize the schedule of the connections on the following website: www.lazzi.it. The journey will take approximately one hour and forty-five minutes.

From the Bus Station to IMT

Lucca bus station is located in Piazzale Verdi and the School is only fifteen minutes walking: take Via S. Paolino, just opposite the tourist information office, and go straight on until Piazza S. Michele, easily recognizable for the marvellous white marble church. Cross the square and go on through Via Roma, Piazza Bernardini and Via S.Croce (the same straight path, just changing names). Pass the SS. Gervasio e Protasio door to get into Via Elisa: go straight on to Piazza San Ponziano and turn into the courtyard on your left to get to IMT main building.

(tel. 0583-5411 or 0583-587-897) CLAP
(tel. 0583-584-877) Lazzi

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By Car

From Northern Italy:
Highway A11 from Bologna - Firenze (Florence)
Highway A12 from Genova (Genoa) - Livorno (Leghorn)
From Southern Italy:
Highway A11 from Firenze (Florence) - Pisa Nord
www.autostrade.it

From the Highway to IMT

We recommend to take the highway's exit "Lucca Est"; at the crossroads turn left in order to enter Viale Europa; go straight on until you reach a roundabout where you will turn right and take Viale Carducci; follow the road, keeping the marvellous walls on your left until you arrive in Piazzale Ricasoli, where the train station is located. Here you should turn right, still keeping the walls on your left, and go straight on until you see Porta Elisa, a white marble entrance door to the town. As soon as you enter the town you are in Via Elisa, where you can follow the directions in order to leave the car in one of the many parking lots nearby, while Piazza San Ponziano, where IMT main building is located, is the first square on your right.

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By Train

Lucca Train Station is directly connected to the main Tuscan provinces and tourist locations such as: Pisa, Viareggio, Montecatini, Pistoia, Florence, Aulla. You can check connections and timetables at the website of the Italian State Railways website

From the train station to IMT

There are two possible ways to reach IMT from Piazzale Ricasoli, where the train station is located: you can take a taxi just outside the station or, if you prefer, you can have a ten minutes walk following the subsequent directions. Go out from the station, cross Piazzale Ricasoli and then turn right in Viale Giusti, a large boulevard where you'll be able to admire the outstanding walls of Lucca on your left; go straight on through Viale Pacini until you see Porta Elisa, a white marble entrance door to the town. As soon as you enter the town you are in Via Elisa: follow the road until the first square on your right (Piazza San Ponziano) where you will find IMT main building.

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How to move around

By car

20 km from Pisa and 70 Km from Florence, Lucca is located in a suitable position to get almost everywhere in Tuscany within few hours. The historical center (mainly a pedestrian area) is closed to private vehicles. The best way to visit Lucca is, actually, on foot. There are many parking lots located near the principal access routes and public transport facilities: you can check on the map the most convenient parking for you.

By train or bus

If you don't have your own mean of transportation you can rely on Clap buses (tel. 0583-5411 or 0583-587-897) or Lazzi buses (tel. 0583-584-877).
Both lines are based at Piazzale Verdi.
Clap is dedicated to local transportation (within Lucca province), while Lazzi destinations take you also outside the province.
A scenic railway line ducks in and out of tunnels alongside the Serchio River - you ride under an arch of the Devil's Bridge - and goes out onto the Lunigiana plain to Aulla.

www.clapspa.it
www.lazzi.it
www.trenitalia.it

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