How to reach us

BY CAR:

Coming from the North (Milan, Bologna)  leave the autostrada A1 at the exit of Barberino di Mugello, then follow signs for S. Piero a Sieve, Borgo S. Lorenzo.  After passing the lake of Bilancino and the locality of Cafaggiolo you arrive at a rotary:  here  following signs for Via Faentina (S.P. 302) pass a short viaduct and a tunnel, and follow straight until the intersection for Via Faentina  (S.P. 302).  Enter Via Faentina on the right, and follow in the direction of Firenze, passing the villages of Polcanto and Mulinaccio.  Several kilometers after Mulinaccio you arrive at the locality of Vetta Le Croci, and here as soon as you descend the hill, turn right on Via Casa al Vento, following signs for Vaglia Bivigliano.  Via di Campolungo is the first section on the left (about 700 meters from the intersection).

Coming from the South (Rome) leave the autostrada A1 at Firenze Sud exit, and follow signs to Fiesole.  In the main piazza of Fiesole (Piazza Mino), follow straight and exit from the town.  Then continue the Via del Bosconi, always continuing straight for several kilometers until the intersection of Via Faentina (S.R. 302)in the locality of Le Quattro Strade.  Cross Via Faentina, turn into  Via Casa al Vento, and  followi signs for Vaglia Bivigliano.  Via di Campolungo is the first inhabited area  on the left (about 700 meters from the intersection).

Coming from the West  (Pisa, Genoa, Autostrada A11) exit from the autostrada following signs for Piazza della Liberta/Stadio.  Shortly before arriving at the stadium, cross the overpass of the train tracks of Piazza delle Cure, and from here follow signs for Via Faentina (S.R. 302), continuing always straight until arriving at the locality Le Quattro Strade (a few kilometers after the center of Caldine).  Turn left in Via Casa del Vento following signs for Vaglia Bivigliano.  Via di Campolungo is the first neighborhood on the left (about 700 meters from the intersection).

BY TRAIN / BY BUS:

By train get off at the Florence station of S. Maria Novella, and take a regional train for Borgo San Lorenzo that stops at the station of Fiesole/Caldine.  When you arrive there phone il Fornaccio for pick-up (to arrange ahead of time).

By bus (bus company Sita  www.sita.on-line.it) from the bus station in Via S. Caterina da Siena, 50 meters from the train station of S. Maria Novella.  Take the bus for Borgo San Lorenzo (Via Polcanto) and get off at the "Olmo" stop.  Then follow Via Casa al Vento following signs for Vaglia Bivigliano.  Via di Campolungo is the first neighborhood on the left (about 700 meters from the intersection).  Alternatively one can arrange for pick-up service at the bus stop, calling il Fornaccio (by pre-arrangement).

BY PLANE:

From the airport of Peretola take bus #52 (or a taxi) to the train station of S. Maria Novella.  From there,  follow the instructions above for "train" or "bus".  Alternatively, one can take a taxi directly to "Fornaccio"  (approximately 18 kilometers from the airport).