How to reach us PREMIO PAOLO BORCIANI Teatro Municipale Romolo Valli Piazza Martiri del 7 Luglio – 42100 Reggio Emilia - Italy Reggio Emilia is in the northern part of Italy, approximatively 60 Km north-west of Bologna. http://www.mappy.com http://www.viamichelin.com http://www.earth.google.com BY CAR From the highway A1 also called "Autostrada del Sole" (Milano/Roma): exit of Reggio Emilia (the distance between the exit and the Theatre is of about 2 km). From the Via Emilia (that links Piacenza to Rimini). The Theatre is right in the heart of the old centre of the city, next to the ancient Via Emilia. BY PLANE From Bologna airport "Guglielmo Marconi" (50 kms from the airport to the Theatre). From Milano airport "Linate" (130 kms from the airport to the Theatre). BY TRAIN Reggio Emilia railway station is less than 1 km from the Theatre (taxis available just outside of the station) Teatro Valli Train station AIRPORTS MILAN is served by two airports: Malpensa and Linate. Malpensa airport has two passenger terminals called: Terminal 1 (Malpensa West Terminal), and Terminal 2 (Malpensa North Terminal). Please, check beforehand at which airport (Linate or Malpensa), and terminal your flight is landing. Malpensa Terminal 1 and Malpensa Terminal 2 are connected to the Central Railway Station by shuttle services run by different companies. All shuttles leave in front of exit 6, Terminal 1, and stop at Terminal 2, too, every 20 to 30 minutes. Tickets can be purchased on the bus. The trip lasts about one hour. Taxis are also available, just outside the arrivals’ floor. Of course, from Milan Central Railway Station you may travel to all destinations on the national rail system. Linate: Departures from Linate to Milan Central Railway Station leave from the arrivals floor every 30 minutes every day, from 6.05 am to 11.45 pm. The tickets can be purchased on the bus. The trip lasts about 20 minutes. You can also take a taxi. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/en/ BOLOGNA Bologna’s Airport is the nearest to our town, at a distance of only 50 Km. Connection to the railway station is by a bus service, leaving every 15 to 30 minutes from the airport. The ticket can be purchased on the bus and the travel time is about 20 minutes. Aerobus Service: www.atc.bo.it FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: www.bologna-airport.it LOW-COST FLIGHTS Please note that many low-cost flights reach Italy, the closest airports for these are: Forlì (www.forliarport.com); Verona (www.aeroportoverona.it); Orio al Serio (www.sacbo.it). It is not easy to reach Reggio Emilia by train from there, but if you need assistance for this, we’ll be pleased to help! FROM THE AIRPORT TO REGGIO EMILIA You can either catch a train or rent a car. The maps of the national railway and highway systems are included. TRAIN: Reggio Emilia’s railway station is very well connected both with Milan and Bologna. The stretch from Milan lasts one hour and a half; from Bologna only fourty minutes. There are many trains leaving from Milan, approximately one every hour (but in the busiest parts of the working days, trains leave even oftener) and the same happens from Bologna. You can check the trains timetable, choose the one that fits you better and buy train tickets on this website: www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html. Be careful: on ES (EuroStar) and on most IC (Inter City) trains reservation is needed. From this site you can book and buy the tickets. If you miss the train you booked for, you can catch the following one with the same ticket; only the reservation is lost. CAR: if you prefer to move freely during your stay in Reggio Emilia, at your arrival at the airport you can rent a car. We attach a list of the car-rentals having agencies all over Italy, so that you can pick your car up in Milan or Bologna and leave it directly in Reggio Emilia, or you can contact them directly on visiting the airports’ websites. We can provide permissions for parking in the Teatro Valli area (it is a restricted area): you just have to tell us what type car you’ll be having, the name of the owner (or of the driver, in case the car is rented) and the plate number. IF YOU LAND AT Milano Malpensa: Car Rental Agencies in Terminal 1, open from 7.30 am to 11.00 pm, are located in the underground, Floor -1. Car Rental Agencies in Terminal 2 are located on the ground floor, just in front of the arrivals area. AVIS AT TERMINAL 1: +39-02-5858481 – www.avisautonoleggio.it AVIS AT TERMINAL 2: +39-02-58583803 – www.avisautonoleggio.it EUROPCAR: +39-02-5858621 – www.europecar.it EASYCAR: +39-0111-9834238 – www.easycar.it MAGGIORE: +39-02-58581133 – www.maggiore.it IF YOU LAND AT LINATE: Car Rental Agencies are located on the arrival’s floor: AVIS: +39-02-715123 – www.avisautonoleggio.it EUROPCAR: +39-02-76110258 – www.europecar.it HERTZ: +39-02-70200256 – www.hertz.com MAGGIORE : +39-02-717210 – www.maggiore.it EASYCAR: +39-0111-983 4238 – www.easycar.it IF YOU LAND AT BOLOGNA AIRPORT: Car Rental Agencies are located on the ground floor: AVIS: +39-051-6472032 – www.avisautonoleggio.it EUROPCAR: +39-051-6472111 – www.europecar.it MAGGIORE: +39-051-6472007 – www.maggiore.it HERTZ : +39-051-6472015 – www.hertz.com CLIMATE The weather in June is usually very warm and sunny, with temperatures between 24/28°C during the day, and 18/22°C in the evenings. Humidity rate is always quite high. Sudden showers are not unusual, so remember to take a pully and a raincoat with you! ITALIAN HIGHWAYS (AUTOSTRADE) ITALIAN RAILWAYS (FERROVIE)