Il Ciocco is situated 500 metres above sea-level, in the north of Tuscany (40km from Lucca, 60km from Pisa and 110km from Florence) not far from the village of Castelvecchio Pascoli in a private thousand-acre estate overlooking the Serchio Valley and the Apuane mountains.

Il Ciocco is situated on two thousand acres of natural park in the Garfagnana Valley. This is a modern conference center that caters for meetings. Recreation opportunities include, among others, roller skating, open air swimming pool, eight tennis courts, ping-pong tables, billiards and a health club.

There is wireless connection at Il Ciocco. To use it, you pay reception 6 euros for 1 hour / 15 euros for 3 hours. You will receive a pin number to enter and use the system. Wireless connection is in the hotel reception area only.

Airports:

Pisa International Airport

Direct daily flights from London, Paris, Frankfurt and Brussels and from the most important Italian cities and islands.

Florence International Airport

Train

Florence, Pisa railway station (with almost hourly, EuroStar, inter-city trains arriving from the south (Naples-Rome) and from northern Europe (via Turin-Milan). Line: Pisa Centrale - Lucca– Aulla; train stop: Barga-Gallicano (approx. 5km to Il Ciocco).

Highways

From Rome or Bologna: A1 motorway until Florence, then A11 motorway until exit for Lucca.

From Genoa: A12 motorway to Viareggio then A11 motorway until exit for Lucca.

From Milan: A15 "Cisa" motorway to Viareggio then A11 motorway until exit for Lucca.

From Lucca: follow signs to "Abetone". When signs for Castelnuovo di Garfagnana appear, follow them. At 31.6 km, you will reach Galiciano, and at 36.6 km you will reach Ponte di Campia. At 36.9 km, turn right and cross a bridge over the river. Immediately turn left, up the hill. At 38.4 km, turn left into Il Ciocco.