By plane
Fly to Firenze-Pertola Airport (Amerigo Vespucci) with direct flights to the European hubs: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Lyon, London (City, Gatwick), Madrid, Paris, Vienna, Munich.
http://www.aeroporto.firenze.it/en
It is also possible to land at Pisa International Airport “Galileo Galilei”, connected in 50 minutes to the Florence Central Railway Station by a very comfortable shuttle train, which has an hourly frequency. Destinations with direct flights to Pisa include: Alcante, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhaguen, Krakow, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edimburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Ibiza, Leeds, Liverpool, Malta, London, Maastricht, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Marrakesh, Moscow, New York, Newcastle, Oslo, Palma di Mallorca, Paris, Porto, Prague, Rodhes, San Petersburgh, Stockholm, Tirana, Valencia.
From the airport to the city centre
The airport is located just outside the city:
- By tram: direct connection from Florence airport to the city centre with the line T2 - Vespucci (20 minutes). The tramway represents a comfortable, affordable and ecologic way of connection. More information
Frequency: every 5 minutes
Price: 1,70€
- By taxi: all drivers operate a flat fee of 30€ (daytime) to the city centre (20 minutes approximately outside rush hour). More information
By train
You can also chose to arrive by train: Florence is well connected with Direct Freccia Rossa trains to the central station Santa Maria Novella
- From Rome: 1h30min, frequency twice an hour
- From Bologna: 37min, frequency twice an hour
- From Milan: 1h45min, frequency every hour
- From Milan Malpensa Airport: 2h40min
- From Naples: 3h00min, up to 3 trains every hour
Freccia Rossa website: www.italiarail.com/frecciarossa