Location
Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca
Piazza San Francesco, 19
55100 Lucca (Italia)
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) next to the Campus and reachable from Porta Elisa.
By Train
The Lucca Train Station is located in Piazzale Ricasoli, near 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: the 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 close to platform 14, from which you can easily reach the other platforms and the 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 takes 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 are 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 Florence Airport is by taxi. You can catch a taxi just outside the airport for approximately € 100.
The alternative is to take a city line bus to the Santa Maria Novella Railway Station 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. The ticket price is € 4.50.
From Santa Maria Novella Railway Station the regional trains depart every 30 minutes approximately, timetables are available on the Trenitalia website.
Hotels/B&Bs
Here you can download a LIST OF HOTELS IN LUCCA. We recommend to specify that the stay in Lucca is linked to the participation in an event organized by the Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca to take advantage of agreed prices in case of existing agreements.
