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Arrival, information and accommodation
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Arezzo is a major stop for
trains
between Florence and Rome, and is also served by a branch line from Perugia.
Buses
from Siena and elsewhere arrive diagonally opposite the train station. There are two distinct parts to Arezzo: the
old town
, on the higher parts of the hill, and the newer quarters which occupy the gentler slopes directly in front of the train station.
The tourist office is beside the train station, at Piazza della Repubblica 28 (April-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-1pm & 3-7pm, Sun 9am-1pm; Oct-March Mon-Sat 9am-1pm & 3-6.30pm; on Fiera weekends year-round Sat 9am-6pm & Sun 9am-1pm; tel 0575.377.678, www.arezzo.turismo.toscana.it ). Informative walking tours are run by AAAGIT (Arezzo Associazione Accompagnatori Guide e Interpreti Turistici), daily in summer at 10am (L15,000/a?¬7.75) and 9pm (L20,000/a?¬10.33; min 4 people) starting from their office at Via Vasari 13 just off Piazza Grande (office open Mon-Sat 9.30am-12.30pm; on Fiera weekends Sat & Sun 9.30am-6pm; tel 0575.356.859).
Accommodation
is hard to come by - doubly so when the Fiera is on. The best
hotel
is the
Cavaliere Palace
, Via Madonna del Prato 83 (tel 0575.26.836, fax 0575.21.925,
www.cavalierehotels.com
; L150,000-200,000/a?¬77.47-103.29), centrally situated but rather run-of-the-mill.
La Toscana
, Via Marco Perennio 56 (tel 0575.21.692; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48), is a quality one-star with and without en suite rooms; failing that, plump for good-value
Astoria
, Via Guido Monaco 54 (tel 0575.24.361, fax 0575.24.362; L60,000-90,000/a?¬30.99-46.48). The non-HI
hostel
A
Villa Severi
is 1km east of the old town at Via Francesco Redi 13 (tel 0575.299.047; L28,000/a?¬14.46; meals L17,000/a?¬8.78). Other useful information
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