San Giustino
The Tuscany map below shows three kind of roads: Highways (in green), fast roads (that is highways without tolls) in blue and regular roads in yellow. San Giustino lays on the regular (yellow) road that links Pistoia to Empoli. So you can get there either from Pistoia or from Empoli.Our customers either drive all the way from home or fly to one of the closest airports (Florence, Pisa or Bologna), then drive here with a rented car. Except for those landing in Pisa (see later), all the others reach Pistoia through the A11 highway ,called Firenze-Mare which connects Florence to Lucca and the coast. The highway A11 has only one exit in Pistoia so it's impossible to miss it. Passed the toll booth take the first road on your right to a roundabout and then take the first on your right again that is twice right (click here to see it). Street signs vary depending on where you are, but don't forget that this road takes to Vinci (the town of Leonardo) and then to Empoli.
Basically you go straight, through an underpass (which goes under the highway), a tree lined road for about 5 Kms (3 miles) until you reach a Cantagrillo ("Singing cricket") sign. At that point you turn right, for the third time, and follow the road to Monsummano which, half a mile after the Cantagrillo's sign, starts climbing up the hill. The first house on the right, half hidden behind tall trees, surrounded by stone walls is San Giustino.
Coming from Pisa
There are two ways to come here from Pisa's airport. The simplest and quickest is through the A12-A11 highway. Out of Pisa's airport look for the A12 highway to Lucca and at Lucca take the A11 to Florence. Get off the highway at Pistoia and follow the directions described in the previous paragraph.
The second way is to take the fast road (called FI-PI-LI and shown
in blue in the map) that connects Livorno,
Pisa and Firenze (Florence).Get off the FI-PI-LI at Empoli, follow
the signs to Pistoia up to Cantagrillo. At Cantagrillo
follow the signs to Monsummano. This second road is very nice,
winding up over the hills, but is more confusing and probably takes
longer. I would suggest you take the highway coming and, if you want,
you might take the winding road on your way back.
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 | NB. Signs in green are for highways, while those on blue are for state roads. |
