Location & Access

Lo Scopeto is located between the villages of Palleggio and San Cassiano di Controne, north east of Bagni di Lucca (LU), in Northern Tuscany.

Pisa airport 1hr Florence airport 1.5hrs.

The house is approached from the road via a reasonably steep & windy driveway. We would advise against hiring a stretched limousine!

Directions

Directions from Pisa airport to Lucca, via motorway

Follow green (not blue) motorway signs out of airport and follow Genova then Firenze (Florence) direction. I can't emphasise this point enough, as people often come out of the airport, follow signs to Firenze (Florence) immediately and end up getting very lost. Follow the signs to Genova from the airport. Get on the motorway, A12, (taking ticket at barrier). Come off at Pisa Nord exit, and keep following Firenze direction still on the motorway system. Take 2nd exit for Lucca 'Lucca Est' (east) not first exit, Lucca Oest (west) which is also signed for Viareggio & Abetone. You will come off the motorway system at Lucca, cost is about 3 euros. Speed limits are 130 kph when dry 110 kph when wet. You come off at a roundabout with a McDonalds restaurant nearby - drive past, keeping right! (Do not worry, this is the only one for miles around, and about 40 minutes drive from the house!) Drive straight ahead until you see the Lucca walls in front of you, you will pick up signs for the SS12, direction Abetone. Always follow these signs. You should not drive in through the walls of Lucca, but stay on the ring road that circles the town. NB -when returning to Pisa airport, if signs to the airport (or Pisa) run out (which they do), follow Livorno until you pick up the signs for the airport again.

Driving north from Lucca & finding the house

Drive up the Serchio valley, past Borgo a Mozzano and the Devil's Bridge and from then on keep the River Lima on your left. There are various points you can cross & cross back but there is no need. Drive past Bagni di Lucca on the SS 12 still keeping river Lima on your left. Leave the SS 12 at next turning left which is about 10 mins drive along the river valley, and signed to San Cassiano and Palleggio. (The turning is on a bend just past Astracaccio.) Wind up steep hill for a few minutes. After you go through Palleggio and out the other side, our house is visible on the hillside opposite in daylight. If you're arriving at night, let us know so we can arrange to leave lights on. After about 100 metres, you pass a ruined old stone building on the right. After another 200 metres, you'll see a stone wall rising up on the right and a rickety looking stone shed. This is the driveway. You can't really turn straight in unless you have a tiny car. It usually requires a 3 point turn because the turn is so tight. We advise actually driving past the entrance up to the bend in the road & turning around in the lay-by on the left. You can then approach the drive entrance from up the hill.

Latitude: 44.0394320, Longitude: 10.6351733

GPS Coordinates: 44°02'21.96" N, 10°38'6.62" E