Getting to Florence

Arriving in Florence by air, rail, car, bus, or cruise ship

For more info:
www.firenzeturismo.it

Trains in Italy: www.trenitalia.it
Coaches to Florence: www.trainspa.it,www.sitabus.it
Florence airport: www.aeroporto.firenze.it
Pisa airport: www.pisa-airport.it
Florence public buses: www.ataf.net
Parking in Florence: www.firenzeparcheggi.it

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First of all, you're going to need some plane tickets to get to Italy. That's easy; just follow my step-by-step guide to finding the cheapest airfare every time.

Useful Italian
ticket - biglietto
train - treno
train track - binario
station - stazione
coach/intercity bus - pullman
local bus - autobus
bus stop - fermata
parking - parcheggio
airport - aeroporto

Arriving in Florence, in brief

By train

Trains to Florence pull into Stazione Firenze-Santa Maria Novella (don't accidentally get off in suburban stations Firenze-Rifredi or Firenze-Campo di Marte).

By car

Arriving by car is frustrating as ,any streets in the historic center are closed to traffic entirely, most others are officially open only to card-carrying locals or merchants (or to tourists dropping off luggage at their hotels—that's you), and nearly all are annoyingly one-way. Best to get rid of your car as fast as possible. Parking is cheapest in the city-run parterre lot.

By plane

Bus 62 shuttles passengers every 20 minutes between the train station and Amerigo Vespucci Airport, 3 miles northwest of town. Mainly national and a few continental flights land at Florence's airport.

By bus

The main bus station in Florence is just across the piazza from the train station at Via S. Caterina da Siena 17R.

Most flights from Europe land at Pisa's Galileo Galilei Airport, 60 miles and an hour's shuttle train ride from Florence.

By ship

Cruise ships can't get anywhere near landlocked Florence, so they usually put in at the port of Livorno, on the Tuscan coast just south of Pisa, about 90–120 minutes away by train or private transfer.

Here are more details on each

Getting around in Florence: by foot, by bus, by car, by taxi, by bike, by scooter
Florence map
Florence itineraries: How to see Florence in 1 day, 2 days, or 3 days
Florence FAQ
Florence homepage

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This material was last updated February 2011. All information was accurate at the time.

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