Day 7 - Morning view from Pienza (Phil Simnett) 
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£820.00 (2012)
7 nights
7 B&B, 1 evening meal, 1 picnic, luggage transfers between hotels
Medium
3 ½ - 6 hrs per day
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Southern Tuscany (Italy)
Renaissance hilltop towns and classic wines
How to get there:

ARRIVING BY AIR

 

The best 'local' airports are Pisa and Florence.  Most intercontinental flights use Rome. Flight information can change rapidly and not all flights run daily. Please do check directly with the airlines' websites before finalising any booking with us and do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.

 

Land by: 17:30 (Pisa or Florence*) for public transport connections to Siena.

Return flight earliest:  13:30 (Florence*), 15:00 (Pisa). Earlier flights possible missing breakfast. No time limit if using taxi.

 

Flights from UK and Eire airports (P = Pisa; F = Florence*):
Belfast Jet2 (P, not daily, seasonal);

Birmingham Ryanair (P);

Bournemouth Ryanair (P, not daily);

Bristol Easyjet (P, not daily);

Dublin Ryanair (P, not daily)

East Midlands Airport Ryanair (P, not daily), Jet2 (P, not daily, seasonal)

Edinburgh Ryanair (P, not daily);

Gatwick Easyjet (P), Thomson Airways (P, not daily, seasonal), BA/Meridiana (P);

Glasgow Prestwick Ryanair (P, not daily);

Heathrow  BA (P);

Leeds-Bradford Jet2 (P, not daily), Ryanair (P, not daily);

Liverpool Ryanair (P, not daily);

Luton Easyjet (P);

Manchester Thomson Airways (P, not daily, seasonal);

Newcastle Jet2 (P, not daily, seasonal);

Stansted Ryanair (P);

 

* Flight timetables Gatwick/Florence are not currently available from Meridiana

 

See "Getting to the start of your walk" below for transfer information.

 

ARRIVING BY TRAIN

 

Nearest railway station:
Start:  Siena
Finish:  Chiusi-Chianciano Terme


 

Typical rail journey from/to UK via Paris and Florence: 

London: Eurostar to Paris (N) transfer to Paris Bercy for night train to Florence.  Transfer next morning onto the Siena train. ~16 hrs

Chiusi-Chianciano Terme:  Train to Milan, TGV to Paris Lyon, stay overnight (NB late arrival, so pre-book a hotel room), next day Eurostar arriving London St Pancras International. ~15.5 hrs (excluding overnight in Paris).

For the stretch between Paris and Florence, Milan or Turin, see www.seat61.com/Italy.htm for details and other ideas.  For local trains, see www.bahn.de.

 
Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is in Siena and the last in Montepulciano. Suggested airport transfer methods are given below, together with railway station transfers.  Transfers from Rome are also straighforward - contact us for advice.

 

Airports: Pisa or Florence

Outward:  Direct bus to Siena (Pisa only) 2 hrs, OR bus/train (one/two changes, 1½ - 2 hrs).  Pisa has a railway station at the airport.

Return: Bus/train (and airport bus for Florence) c. 2 hrs (Florence), 3½  hrs (Pisa)

 

Transfers from railway stations:

Outward: Local taxi from Siena railway station (10 minutes)

Return: Bus from Montepulciano to Chiusi-Chianciano Terme station takes about one hour - or local taxi.

 

No pre-bookable transfers available on this route (but try www.a-t-s.net for an efficient shared taxi service).

 

Full transfer advice, including timetables, is provided in your Walkers' Pack. Contact us if you would like additional pre-booking information.