The Centre for Migration Studies and Documentation "Scalabrini" is located in Piacenza in Via Roma 162 and can be reached on foot within a few minutes from the railway station in the city.

by plane
To arrive by plane in Piacenza you can refer to several airports some of which allow you to arrive in the city in less than an hour: Milan Linate (60 km), Parma (60 km), Brescia (80 km), Milan Malpensa (90 km), Bergamo (110 km), Verona (140 km), Genoa (150 km), Bologna (150 km), Turin (170 km).

by car
To reach Piacenza, you can take the A21 Turin-Piacenza up to the Piacenza West, or the A1 up to Piacenza East. The toll gate of Piacenza East is located on A1 Milan - Naples, which conveys traffic from France via Turin, and Switzerland via Chiasso - Como, Campania, Calabria and Sicily. Travellers from the Adriatic regions arrive in Bologna with the A14 via Bari - Pescara - Ancona - Rimini, while those coming from Autobrennero via Verona take the A1 in Modena or always via Verona take the A21 at Brescia.

by train
Piacenza station is easily reached from the south, via Rome - Florence - Bologna or Genoa - La Spezia, from the northwest, via Venice - Bologna or Brennero - Verona - Bologna and northeast, via Turin - Milan.
Approximately, the Milan-Piacenza trip takes less than an hour.
For information: railway station in Piacenza, Piazza G. Marconi.
Customer Service Office, tel. +39 051 6306405
Trenitalia, 24-hour call center, tel. 89 20 21


Getting Around Piacenza

by taxi
Radio Taxi Piacenza, tel. 0523 591919
Taxi - Piacenza direct:
Piazza Cavalli, tel 0523 322236
Train Station, tel, 0523 323853
Via IV Novembre, tel. 0523 754722

by car
Avis car rental Piacenza
Piazzale Marconi 5, tel. 0523 388747
Europcar Piacenza
Via Alberoni 93, tel: 0523 332276
Hertz Piacenza
Viale S. Ambrogio 33/B, tel. 0523 06067

by bus
Tempi, hotline 800 211 173
Tickets, information, Piazza Citadella – Piacenza, tel 0523 305431
Out-of-town bus Terminal - information and schedules, Piazza Cittadella – Piacenza, tel. 0523 390637
Renting office, via Arda, 21 – Piacenza, tel. 0523 571035 / 390777