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Getting to Florence by Air

Amerigo Vespucci Airport is situated on the north-west outskirts of Florence, just 4 km from the city center. The airport can be reached from the center of Florence, driving the whole length of Viale Guidoni up to the road leading to the "Firenze Nord/Firenze Mare" superhighway (A1 and A11).

The center can be reached in about 15 minutes by taxi, and in about 20 minutes with the SITA/ATAF "Vola in Bus" bus shuttle operating between the airport and the central railway station of Santa Maria Novella. The Florence Airport is connected to some of Europe's major airports such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Geneva, London Gatwick, Madrid, Munich, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Vienna. There are also flights to and from the following Italian cities: Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Milan Malpensa, Olbia, Palermo, Rome Fiumicino, Turin and Verona.

The airport is also easily reached from other Tuscan cities: 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 more information, visit the airport's website at: www.aeroporto.firenze.it/

Ataf-Sita "Vola in bus" service

It takes about 20 minutes to reach the bus station situated in front of the central railway station (S.M. Novella). Departures from airport are every 30 min from 6.00 am to 8.30 pm, then after every hour until 11.30 pm. Departures from city center are every 30 min from 5.30 am to 8.00 pm, then after every hour up until 11.00 pm. Tickets may be purchased on board. A one-way ticket costs 4,50 Euros.

Information from Ataf: www.ataf.net

Information from Sita: www.sitabus.it