AIRPORTS
- PERUGIA
San Francesco d’Assisi airport – 1h 30mins drive to Villa Simonicchi, taking the E45 north to Pieve Santo Stefano then following signs for Caprese Michelangelo on the SP208 and the SP47.
RYANAIR flights from Stansted are a cheap and easy way to travel.
To know more about the other flights, please check Perugia’s airport website. - ROME
Leonardo da Vinci Airport (at Fiumicino) is used by the major airlines.
Ciampino Airport is used by budget airlines Easyjet and Ryanair.
3 hour drive to Villa Simonicchi, taking the E45 north to Pieve Santo Stefano, then following signs for Caprese Michelangelo on the SP208 and the SP47. - PISA
Galileo Galilei Airport – 3hrs 16mins drive to Villa Simonicchi.
First stage, 1h 30mins drive to Florence. Then take the Arezzo ring-road, A1/E35, and then the SS73 for Caprese Michelangelo. - FLORENCE
Amerigo Vespucci Airport – 2 hours drive to Villa Simonicchi, taking the Arezzo ring-road, via A1/E35 and then the SS73 for Caprese Michelangelo. - BOLOGNA
Guglielmo Marconi Airport – 2 hours drive to Villa Simonicchi taking the E45 to Cesena exiting at Pieve Santo Stefano, then following signs for Caprese Michelangelo on the SP208 and the SP47. - CAR
A car is a necessity and can be hired from the usual agencies with pick-up at any of the airports listed above. - RAIL There is a rail service linking Florence and Rome which stops at Arezzo, giving the option of taking a train to visit traffic-congested cities. See the Trenitalia website.