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Whatever means you choose to come to Florence in
this section you'll find very useful information for your trip
into the realm of the Renaissance...
Moreover we've selected for you the best links as how to find the easiest
way to get to Florence!
TRENITALIA.IT
(Call 848 888 088)
For your tours in Italy we suggest you to visit this website. On trenitalia you'll
find all the useful information about the timetables, the prices, the
discounts of the Italian Railways...
The website is available in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish...
Very useful!!
ITALIAN
AND INTERNATIONAL RAILWAYS
Here are listed 25 official websites of the main European and International
Railway Companies... Don't miss this page for your train tours abroad....
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
AIRPORT
Every useful information about the main city airport: timetables, passenger
services, airlines companies...
AUTOSTRADE
Informations about motorways. Info Traffic (Florence area) call 055 420
32 00 - 055 420 32 50.
SITA
COMPANY
Coach Station: Via S.Caterina da Siena, 15 - Free phone number 800
373 760 (inter regional routes 055 294955)
| BY FLIGHTS |
 A-
Florence airport 'Amerigo Vespucci'.
B- Santa Maria Novella Railway Station.
The Florence Airport Amerigo Vespucci is about 5 kilometres
northwest the city center. It can be reached driving the whole
length of Viale Guidoni up to the road leading to the Firenze
Bologna / Firenze Mare highways (A1 and A11).
The airport also has good connections to the center of the city,
which can be reached in about fifteen minutes by taxi, and about
twenty minutes by the Sita/Ataf service VOLA
IN BUS (Fly by Bus) between the airport and Santa Maria Novella
railway station. To reach the city centre:
- CITY BUS N. 62, EVERY 25/30 MINUTES, last stop in S.Maria
Novella railway station (more info call 800
424 500 or website www.ataf.net).
- TAXI. Tarifs are determinated by meter and applicable
supplements: Transfer from airport to the railway station is more
or less Lit. 15-20 Euro.
- SHUTTLE BUS ('VOLA IN BUS') by SITA COMPANY. Connection
with flights arrival, last stop near S. Maria Novella railway station.
Departures every 30 minutes from Sita Coach Station (Piazza Stazione,
Via Alamanni side). Tickets, 4,00 Euro, can be purchased on board,
at the Ataf ticket booth and at Sita coach station.
The airport can be even easily reached from Prato (8 km), Pistoia
(24 km), Montecatini (36 km), Lucca (65 km), Siena (68 km), Arezzo
(77 km), Pisa (86 km), Carrara and Massa (117 km), Grosseto (143
km), as well as from the sea and its ports: Livorno (115 km) and
Piombino (170 km). For having information about connections, timetables,
passenger services, etc. you can visit the airport official site: www.safnet.it.
Pisa airport
'Galileo Galilei' located 80 kilometres from Florence.
email: sat@pisa-airport.com,
055 84 91 11 (switchboard)
Check-in in Florence, S.M. Novella train station,
ph. 055 21 60 73
Flight and Tourist Information: 050 84 93 00
Connections Florence/Pisa Airport:
- SITA COACHS. Connection with flights arrival.
- TRAIN. A direct service links Pisa airport with
Florence railway station (about one every hour). Inside Florence S.M.Novella station Air
Terminal at track number 5. There is passenger and baggage check-in and tickets
on sale for all flights leaving from Pisa Airport.
- TAXI. Taxi service available round the clock.
For reservation call 050 54 16 00, reach Florence in about 50 minutes.
Click here for
a list of all the official website of the most important companies
in the world. |
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BY TRAIN
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 A)
Stop central railway station 'Santa Maria Novella' with Eurostar
or Intercity trains.
B) Stop railway station 'Rifredi' with Pendolino train 2 miles far
outside the old centre.
C) Rifredi Railway Station
Services:
Assistance for passengers, Ph. 055 23561 20
Assistance for disabled (7.00-21.00), Ph. 055
235 22 75
Information about railways (Via Alamanni side),
Ph. 055 89 20 21
Telephone booking service, open 9.00-13.00 15.00-18.00,
Ph 055 89 20 21
Tickets can be booked in advance on the phone and collected
at the station. Home deliveery is possible. |
| BY CAR |
 To
reach the city centre the best exits are:
FROM NORTH,
MOTORWAYS A1 (MILANO), A11 (PISA-LIVORNO)
TO HISTORICAL CENTER:
Best higway exit 'Firenze Nord'or 'Firenze Certosa'
and follow white road signs to Santa Maria Novella Railway Station
TO PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO:
Best highway exit 'Firenze Certosa'
and follow yellow signs road to Piazzale Michelangelo.
FROM SOUTH, MOTORWAY A1 (ROMA)
TO HISTORICAL CENTER:
Best higway exit 'Firenze Sud'or 'Firenze Certosa'
and follow brown road signs to Santa Maria Novella Railway Station
TO PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO:
Best highway exit 'Firenze Certosa' or 'Firenze sud'
and follow brown road signs to Piazzale Michelangelo.
FROM SIENA (MOTORWAY)
TO HISTORICAL CENTER:
Brown road signs, straight way, to Santa Maria Novella Railway
Station.
TO PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO:
Brown road signs, before to come into the old area turn of the
right and follow direction Piazzale Michelangelo. |
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HITCH HIKING
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Agenzia Autostop B.go dei Greci 40r
tel. 055.280626
Allosanfan Via V. Emanuele II 135 tel. 055.496670
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Top of the Page
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| ... the Amerigo Vespucci airport
of Florence it's the third one in Italy for number of passengers
carried per year only after Roma-Fiumicino and Milano-Malpensa. |
| ... The first flight field in Florence was created on the
Campo di Marte in 1910 when military authorities allowed the great
field to be used for Experiments in Air Navigation. |
| ... Florence has a large pedestrian zone (Zona Blu),
the area within the boulevards circling the city: to drive into this
area during the day, it's necessary a special permission or be a
resident. |
| ... In the USA exist cities named 'Florence'
in 13 states out of 50? A 'Florence' is - in fact - present
in : Alabama, Arizona,
Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky,
Massachussets, Mississipi, Missouri, Montana, New
Jersey, Oregon, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin... |
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