Tuscany is a charmed land, equally blessed by the genius of man and nature, and often by the combined efforts of both. The extraordinary variety of the landscape traditions, superb artistic and cultural patrimony, make Tuscany the emblem and the synthesis of Italy in general.
Think of the vineyards: rows of baby green vines that manage somehow to march in arrow-straight formation up the gently rolling hillsides, bounded by single files of darker green cypress trees, snaking sandy roads leading to rust-colored farmhouses and moss-coated castles, symmetrically rounded hilltops surmounted by towns so homogeneous as to seem one single building. Every inch of land has been sculpted, first by the elements and then by generations of inhabitants whose goals were always twofold: make the land produce as much as possible, make the land as beautiful as possible. Tuscany enchants us today because it holds together as a region, from the tiniest hamlet to Florence the Magnificent. You could be anywhere in Tuscany, and we dare you not to fantasize about living here.
 

The International Center “Il Ciocco”  (www.ciocco.it)

Is situated in the Northern Tuscany at approximately 40 Km from Lucca, 60 Km from Pisa, and 110 Km from Florence. In the heart of Garfagnana, one of Tuscany’s most enchanting valley, in 2,000 acres of natural park it offers great hospitality and all the facilities for living the Congress in absolute relax.
It can be reached by motorway: from Rome (airport) and from Milan (airport) by taking the A11 motorway (Florence-Sea) till the exit for Lucca. Direct flights from London, Paris, and Frankfurt arrive daily to the Pisa airport where a free shuttle will drive you to the Center the day of arrival and departure. The railway station of Pisa where almost hourly Inter-City trains arrive from the South (Naples-Rome) and from the Northern Europe via Turin and Milan.