Perugia is a City of art, one of Italy's most beautiful and vital.
Mighty Etruscan center and important mediaeval city after that, Perugia guards lovingly precious traces of its luminous historical periods. The city is a major tourist and cultural destination and the site of the University for over 700 years. The historical Academy of Fine Arts, the Music Conservatorium, and its University for Foreigners, with students coming from all over the world, define furthermore the marked international vocation.
Perugia is the capital of the Italian region of Umbria, crossed by the River Tiber on its way to Rome. The city and the province of the same name are roughly equidistant between Florence to the north and Rome to the south.
How to reach Perugia
Shuttle services will be organized from Rome Airports. If you need a shuttle service, please ask for it in the Registration form adding all the usefull details of your arrival and departure.
You can easily reach Perugia by train or bus (Flixbus) from Rome Termini and Rome Tiburtina Stations and Florence also.
Perugia also has an Airport, "Sant' Egidio" (code PEG), which connects the city with Barcelona, Bucarest, Cracovia, London Heathrow, Milan, Rotterdam, London Stansted, and Bruxelles.
The Hotel Giò and its Congress centre are just 1 km from the Perugia Train Station and can be reached by walking or taking a taxi.
Other logistic remarks
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If you're not flying to Perugia, Rome or Florence we strongly advise you to check the availability of convenient connections (e.g. via bus or train) before you book your flight. Travel from relatively close cities might not be easy as distance alone would suggest!
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If you're flying to Rome and you plan to use the shuttle service we are arranging, please consider that we plan the last shuttle to leave around 3 PM on Monday 17, as it takes about 3 hours to get from Rome to Perugia,. This will allow to arrive in good time to enjoy the welcome event in the evening,
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The EPOS Days are an integrating part of the EPOS ON project. For this reason, all EPOS ON partners can claim as project costs the participation costs (fee included), within the limits of their travel budget.
