La Colonica is 12 miles south of Arezzo; 26 miles from Siena (dual carriageway); 7 miles from A1 motorway (Florence-Rome) exit Monte San Savino.

RAILWAY STATIONS: Arezzo, Castiglion Fiorentino. For Italian rail timetable and bookings in English, click here.  http://www.trenitalia.com

AIRPORTS: Florence 1 hour; Pisa 1.5/2 hour; Bologna and Rome 2.5 hour.

Florence:  London Gatwick (Meridiana and Alitalia).

Pisa: Bournemouth (Thomsonfly), Bristol (Easyjet), Coventry, Doncaster (Thomsonfly), Manchester (BA and Jet 2); Gatwick (BA); Stansted (Ryanair); Dublin (Ryanair, Brussels (Ryanair).

Bologna: Gatwick (BA), Stansted (Easyjet).

Rome:

Ryanair from  London Stansted, East Midlands, Glasgow, Durham Tees Valley, Liverpool, Luton,  Dublin, Brussels
Easyjet from London Gatwick, Bristol, Newcastle, East Midlands, Belfast.
BA from London Gatwick and Heathrow, Birmingham, Manchester.

AIRLINES
Ryanair www.ryanair.com
BA www.ba.com
Alitalia www.alitalia.com
Easyjet www.easyjet.com

CAR-HIRE
Holiday Autos www.holidayautos.co.uk; www.autoeurope.com