Travel to Florence how to get there Trains Bus Airport connections
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Travelling to Florence
TRAINS
Frequent services run from the central station in Florence (Santa Maria Novella) to many Italian cities (Rome is less than two hours).
Train services also connect Pisa airport with the centre of Florence.
Tickets can be bought in the station (timetables on the following link), eurostar trains can be booked on line at www.trenitalia.com For rail pass see the following link www.railchoice.co.uk
AIRPORTS
Florence Airport: Florence Airport (Amerigo Vespucci)located 4km north-west of Florence (Peretola) is served by around forty domestic and international flights each day.
The local bus companies SITA and ATAF run a bus service between the airport and the central Station
Pisa Airport: You will find more economical flights to Pisa Airport (Galileo Galilei) which is served by budget airlines from a range of UK regional airports.
There is a shuttle coach service run by Terravision http://www.terravision.eu/ from Pisa Airport to Florence (Santa Maria Novella Station).
Tickets can be bought in advance online or at the airport and cost around 10 Euro. The journey takes 70 minutes.
BUS & COACH
Bus and coach services connect Florence to the rest of Tuscany and Italy. Most tourist sights are within walking distance, however, daily & weekly bus tickets can be bought from bars and newspaper kiosks and from the ATAF kiosk by the railway station.
Number 7 bus will take you to the small hillside town of Fiesole, a popular tourist destination
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