HOW TO JOIN US TRAVELLING BY CAR
For those people coming from the the sea side in the Highway A11 – FIRENZE MARE get off at the Montecatini Terme exit and take the S.S Lucchese in direction to Serravalle Pistoiese-Pistoia.
For those people coming from Florence and Bologna on the highway A1 get off to the Pistoia exit and take the S.S Lucchese in direction to Montecatini Terme.

GPS COORDINATES
N43 54.220
E10 51.480

TRAVEL INFO ABOUT ITALY
Language: Italian
Capital City: Rome
Population: 59 million
Area: 116,000 square miles
Electricity: 230 V,50 hz

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
A valid passport is sufficient for a 90-day stay. Italy, member of EU, does not require visas for citizens of the United States.
A valid passport is sufficient for a 90-day stay.

MONEY
As of 11-February 2011 1 US DOLLAR= 0,73724565

CALLING TO ITALY
Telephone calling code from Europe: +39
Telephone calling code from USA and Canada: 0139
And then the desired number ,including the local area code starting with 0. For example if you want to call a number in Pistoia, the Salicone area code, from abroad dial 0039 0573 51528.

CALLING FROM ITALY
Dial 00 followed by the country code and the desired number.

TIME
Italy is an hour ahead of the Greenwich zero meridian (GMT). In the early hours of the morning on the last Sunday of March, clocks are set forward one hour. An extra hour of sun and fun for inhabitants and visitors to the peninsula, wich ends in the early hours of the morning on the last Sunday in October, when clocks are set back an hour.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS
113 Police National helpline for all emergencies,to report robberies, thefs or assaults, accidents and also health emergencies
112 Carabinieri police headquarters
115 Fire, smoke or gas leaks
118 healthcare and ambulance national network