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There are two airports servicing Florence, Pisa’s Galileo Galilei and the Florence City Airport. Galileo Galilei is the international gateway to Florence and is located 80 km (50 miles) from the city. Airport facilities include a bank, bureau de change, ATMs (bancomat), restaurants, shops, tourist information, a post office and car hire operators. The most conveniant way to travel to Florence is by train. Trains depart from the station (Pisa Airport) hourly between 8.30 am - 7 pm and the journey time is one hour. The ticket office is at the far end of the terminal.
Florence City Airport (Amerigo Vespucci) is situated just 5 km (3 miles) northwest of the city. Airport facilities include tourist information, car hire, banking and exchange facilities (available during office hours), a restaurant (lunchtime only) and snack bar. The “fly by bus” shuttle departs to Florence’s central railway station approximately every 30 minutes. The journey time is 15 to 30 minutes and tickets can be bought on board. The local ATAF bus runs to the same station approximately every 25 minutes, between 6.30 am - 8 pm, and then every hour until 11.20 pm. Taxis from the airport take up to 30 minutes, depending on the traffic.
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Florence’s central train station is Santa Maria Novella (or Firenze SMN) and is situated in the north of the city. Facilities include a tourist office, a bureau de change, luggage lockers, an all-night pharmacy and an accommodation booking service. An InterCity service runs to Milan (journey time is 3 hours and 25 minutes) and to Rome (journey time 2 hours and 15 minutes). The luxurious Pendolino line travels to Naples, with a journey time of 3 hours and 30 minutes. There are also regular trains to Venice, changing at Bologna, and to Genoa, changing at Pisa. The EuroCity trains link Florence with more than 40 other European destinations, including Paris, Basel and Brussels. All train tickets must be validated by stamping them in the yellow machines on the platform before boarding.
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Italy has an excellent network of motorways (autostrada). The main north-south link is the A1, which connects Florence to Milan, Bologna, Rome and Naples. The Autostrada del Mare (A11) is the main road to Pisa and the coast, linking the city to Tuscan towns such as Lucca, Prato and Siena. All motorways are tolled. The driving time to Florence from Bologna is 1 hour, from Rome 2 hours and from Milan 3 hours. There are two or three large car parks just outside the historical center where you can leave your car, as most of the tourist areas are off limits to traffic.
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Tuscany has a good network of buses that link this area of Italy to many other cities in Europe. There are different lines for local, provincial and regional services. SITA buses travel to many different cities in Tuscany for about the same price as the train. The buses are sometimes more convenient, however, because they stop at a variety of locations within the city centres, while the train stations are often a bit outside of the cities.
The company that runs the regional intercity coaches is called Pullman, and these kind of buses are simply called “autobus” in Italian. Cap is another bus line in Tuscany, mostly servicing the nearby small towns like Pistoia, Siena and Galuzzo.
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