Transport in Florence

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You can reach Florence by most means of transport, as it has excellent connections to the rest of Italy and abroad.

By train
National Railway Line (Ferrovie dello Stato). Information Bureau Tel: 166 10 50 50.
Santa Maria Novella Central Train Station. Ticket Office Tel: 147 880 88 / 2351.
Firenze Rifredi Train Station. Ticket Office Tel: 055 243 344.
Campo Di Marte Station. Ticket Office Tel: 055 411 138.

By air
Florence Airport. Information Bureau Tel: 055 373 498.
Amerigo Vespucci Florence-Peretola Airport is connected to Santa Maria Novella Train Station (Florence's main train station) by the SITA, LAZZI and CAP bus companies.
SITA. Information Bureau Tel: 055 483 651 / 214721.
LAZZI. Information Bureau Tel: 055 351 061.
CAP. Information Bureau Tel: 166 84 50 10.
Pisa Airport. Information Bureau Tel: 050 150 070.
Galileo Galilei Pisa Airport is connected to the Santa Maria Novella Train Station (Florence's main train station) by an hourly shuttle train service.

By car
Motorway/Highway Authority (Società Autostrade). Information Bureau Tel: 06 436 3212 1
There are several exits to and off the motorway, depending on which part of Florence you need to go to or from where you leave: Firenze Nord (Florence North), Firenze Signa, Firenze Certosa and Firenze Sud (Florence South). Italy has a reasonable amount of motorway tolls, which can be paid for by cash (make sure you have change on you) or by VIAcard, which is available at the toll stations. Please note that payment must be in Euros.

Travelling within Florence

Taxi
The major taxi firm in Florence, Socota (http://www.socota.it) has its own website, where you can find details on their fares, where they have taxi lots and how to contact them.

There are several other taxi firms in Florence which are listed below:

Taxi Radio. Tel: 055 4499 / 4390.

Taxi. Tel: 055 4242.

Goods Transport. Tel: 055 4242 / 4798.

Electric Scooter Taxis. Tel: 055 434 143.

Coach excursions outside Florence

Lazzi (Piazza Stazione, 1. Tel: 055 351 061, http://www.lazzi.it) offers its guests a comprehensive coach service to many cities and towns in Tuscany. To find out more details on their timetables, routes and fares, etc visit their website (which is also available in English).

There are several other coach firms in Florence which are listed below:

Cap. Largo F.lli Alinari, 9. Tel: 055 214 637, http://www.capautolinee.it.

Sita. Coach Station: Via S. Caterina da Siena, 15. Tel: 055 294 955, http://www.sita-on-line.it.

Urban buses

ATAF and LI-NEA (the orange busses) together maintain the city's public transport system. Tickets and bus passes can be purchased at the ATAF ticket booth at Piazza Stazione or newspaper stands, tobacconists and in bars which can be found throughout the city. All tickets must be stamped using the machines onboard the buses. During night time (9.00pm to 6.00am) tickets can usually be purchased from the bus driver. Fares, timetables and the city bus map are available from the websites: http://www.li-nea.it and http://www.ataf.net or by telephone: 800 424 500.

Parking

Firenze Parcheggi (Tel: 055 500 1994, http://www.firenzeparcheggi.it), S.C.A.F. (Tel: 055 363 362, mainly for tourist coaches) and S.A.P. (Tel: 055 321 5325) are the companies who maintain the city's parking areas and car parks. In most cases motorists should leave their car in a car park requiring payment. Parking areas are regulated by ZCS (Zona Controllo Sosta), which provides a variety of different types of parking: residents, workers commuting to Florence and occasional users.
The occasional user can park in the guarded parking areas and also in the blue 'pay and display' parking spaces marked with a 'P' for a maximum of two hours between 8.00am and 8.00pm and charged at an hourly rate. In the 'yellow' parking spaces, you can park at a low rate for the first 90 minutes but after the initial 90 minutes, the rate is dramatically increased to circa 5.00 Euros per hour. Furthermore, in the over-ground guarded car parks there is a fixed rate for the first 2 hours and another (higher) rate for each successive hour.
From 7.30pm to 7.30am, overnight parking at ZCS and in the yellow parking places is possible by using the 'gratta e sosta' (scratch and display) vouchers available from various outlets.
There are also special rates for tourists at Parcheggio del Parterre (Piazza della Libertà) and Parcheggio della Calza (Porta Firenzena). The rates are prefixed for 24 hours, overnight (6.00pm to 9.00am) and for a week. Parking at the Parcheggio del Parterre from 8.00am to 8.00pm will also give you the possibility of renting an electric car.

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