Felcino Bianco - where are we?
Felcino Bianco is a wonderful old Tuscan farmhouse situated some five hundred metres up a mountainous hillside in an area known as the Valtiberina, famous for its food. Close by are the ancient hill-top towns of Anghiari, Monterchi, Sansepolcro and Citerna. The view that you see on Music@ Felcino Bianco's home page looks out past Monterchi into Umbria and towards Perugia and Citta di Castello, both famous for visits. Florence is some fifty minutes away by car/train. Citta di Castello, known as the jewel of Umbria, is some 20 minutes away and Perugia 50 minutes, both by car.
Below: a countryside view near Felcino Bianco
Our Summer Schools are based upon facilities in Citerna, including the main hotel, a church and a small theatre. In 2007 we are planning for a violin course in nearby Monterchi - Violino Bel Canto. Faculty will be accommodated in Felcino Bianco itself and thus readily available to those attending the courses. We are able to recommend local accommodation - whether students attend singly or with partners/families (although the latter will need as much advance notice as possible). There are various grades of accommodation close to us from Agriturismo - bed and breakfast - through to hotel accommodation of a high standard. There are many, many restaurants around, variably but reasonably priced and almost all offer most excellent wines and dining.
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Above: the view from Felcino Bianco in late autumn (left), and
autumn mists in the valley below (right)
To see exactly where we are, you can visit this clickable map.
We have another page describing more about the region: its mediæval towns, paintings, markets and so on.
Travel & accommodation
Airports serving our region, with car hire available, include Bologna, Pisa, Florence, Ancona and Rome. Note that from 2007 flights are available to and from Perugia and the UK. Trains generally stop at Arezzo, the only railway point near to us - 30 minutes by car. We are working on details of possible accommodation over the coming weeks, but have options on rooms in the Hotel Sobaria in Citerna, where we expect to be holding classes, or conversely in Monterchi.
