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From the Autostrada A12 (Livorno/Genoa), take
the exit VIAREGGIO & CAMAIORE. (If you are arriving from Lucca
direction, please ask for directions. We recommend not using a GPS
as it has been known to direct people over hills and not the best
route. From Pisa Airport the drive will take you about 45 minutes.
When you leave the car hire place, the first choice of direction
is ‘Airport’ or ‘Florence’. Take AIRPORT
(to the left) and then follow green sign for AUTOSTRADA, then direction
of GENOVA (not LIVORNO).
Leave Autostrada at exit for VIAREGGIO/CAMAIORE. Head for CAMAIORE.
Tree lined road - over 2 sets of traffic lights and then a round-about
where PIEVE is signalled on first road to right off roundabout.
You are now bypassing CAMAIORE and you can see the town on your
left. Once past the town, you find yourself on a tree-lined road
and you quickly come to a very small turning on the left with a
very small sign marked PIEVE. First, look out for a blue sign to
Marignana on your right – the sign to Pieve is immediately
afterwards on the left. Take this turning and bear left. Follow
this road and you come to a cemetery (on your left). The road goes
to the right, uphill, and then swings round to the left. There is
a church above you on the right. (It is possible to buy some groceries
at this point. Continue straight past the right hand turn for Peralta,
and 20 metres down the hill is a grocery/fruit/veg shop on your
right). Having swung round to the left, you immediately turn to
the right, (there is a wooden sign for Peralta and you find yourself
in a large area with the church on the righthand side). In front
of you is an arch and a shrine to the Madonna in the wall. Turn
left here (sign says Buchignano). Wind your way up the hill, giving
a hoot on the corners to warn people you are coming (road is narrow).
You then get to a Y fork in the road with a wooden signpost that
marks PERALTA to the left. Take this left fork, continue winding
your way through the lovely woods and you soon see another sign,
blue this time, which marks PERALLA (the local spelling of Peralta).
The road swings round to the right and you continue. You soon get
to Agliano. This last bit of road through the hamlet of Agliano
is very steep and narrow and twists round a couple of hairpin bends
– don’t take any right turns, keep going up and round
to left. Don’t despair! The best way to tackle this last bit
of road is to stay in first gear, take all the corners as wide as
possible, and do not stop. Give a good hoot with the horn to let
people know you are coming, and just slowly but surely wind your
way up. If you find your car lacks power, turn off the airconditioning.
We recommend hiring a smallish car, although the largest car can
certainly make its way up without a problem! Also recommend taking
the extra daily insurance – a good precaution in Italy! You
arrive in our carpark, leave your car, walk along the path to PERALTA
where we will welcome you. If you have a lot of luggage, we can
bring it from carpark in our little 3 wheel truck (9.30 to 18.00
except by prior arrangement).
If you have a problem on the way, please either call the Peralta
tel. no. below, or you can contact Kate on her mobile +39 349 359
7900.
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a printable doc file of the directions
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