The Venue
Auditorium Cappella Guinigi
@IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
The workshop will be held in Auditorium Cappella Guinigi inside the IMT School's state-of-the-art Campus, located principally in the newly restored San Francesco Complex. The entire campus is found within the historic city center of Lucca, which is completely surrounded by fully-intact Renaissance-era walls.
Address: Piazza S. Francesco, 19 - 55100 Lucca, LU, Italy
Getting Here
The IMT School Campus is located in the San Francesco Complex in Piazza San Francesco, 19.
By Car
Lucca is situated on the highway line that connects Florence to Pisa and Versilia, called “Autostrada A11 Firenze-Mare”. If you find yourself at Florence or Pisa airport, please follow A11 directions.
The nearest highway exit to the IMT Campus is Lucca-Est. You can leave your car at the Mazzini underground parking (Via dei Bacchettoni) that is next to the Campus and reachable from Porta Elisa.
By Train
The Lucca Train Station is located in Piazzale Ricasoli, near to Porta San Pietro.
It is directly connected to the main Tuscan provinces and tourist locations such as Pisa, Viareggio, Montecatini, Pistoia and Florence. San Francesco Complex is easily reachable by foot from the Train Station.
You can check connections and timetables on the Trenitalia website.
By Plane
From Pisa
The nearest airport to Lucca is the Galileo Galilei Internation Airport of Pisa.
Pisa Airport – Pisa Centrale Railway Station: transfer is provided by the Pisa Mover Bus service with a timetable departure of every 10 minutes and a journey time of 5/8 minutes. At the Airport, the stop is located just outside the check-in area. At the Pisa Centrale Railway Station, the stop is located close to platform 14, from which you can easily reach the other platforms and station’s main entrance. The ticket cost is € 2.70.
The CoTaPi taxi company is available at Pisa Airport. A taxi from Pisa Airport to Lucca center could cost around € 50.00 and would take about 30 minutes.
Trains to Lucca depart from Pisa Centrale Railway Station. Details are available on the Trenitalia website or via Google Transit. Direct trains are Regional trains, the journey is a little over 30 minutes and the ticket costs € 3.60. It is not possible to purchase Regional tickets more than 7 days in advance of the day of travel. Trains are less frequent on the weekend.
Bus travel from Pisa to Lucca is provided by VAI Bus: connections and timetables available on the website.
From Florence
The School can also be easily reached from the Amerigo Vespucci International Airport of Florence.
The easiest way to reach IMT from the Florence Airport is by taxi. You can catch a taxi from just outside the airport for an approximate cost of € 100.
The alternative is to take a city line bus to the Santa Maria Novella Railway Station, in order to catch a connecting train to Lucca. The transfer is provided by “Vola in Bus” of the ATAF Company: a bus leaves approximately every 30 minutes, 7 days a week, with a travel time of 25 minutes. Ticket price is € 4.50.
From Santa Maria Novella Railway Station the regional trains depart every 30 minutes approximately, timetables available on Trenitalia website.