Arrival in Italy

To get to Florence, you should fly into Florence’s small, but efficient, airport (FLR) or the next closest one in Pisa (PSA), about 40 miles away.

From Florence-Amerigo Vespucci Airport (Peretola):
1) Taxis from the Florence airport to the city center have a fixed rate of €22.00; €24.00 on holidays and €25.30 after 10:00 pm. A luggage fee of €1.00 per bag is added to the fixed rate for up to a total of 5 bags. Taxis are stationed in front of terminal or can be called by radiotaxi (tel. +39 0554242 – 0554390 – 0554798)
https://www.aeroporto.firenze.it/en/the-passengers/transport/taxi.html  

2) Tramway [Line T2 Vespucci] runs directly to/from the airport and city center (near the Santa Maria Novella train station) from 5:00am to 0:00am (Friday-Saturday until 1:44am) .  The single tickets to and from the airport cost € 1,50. Updated information can be found here: https://www.aeroporto.firenze.it/en/the-passengers/transport/tramway.html

3 ) Bus Shuttle “Volainbus” is suspended till April 10, 2022. The bus shuttle runs between the airport and the city center of Florence every 30 minutes. The service is available from 10:00 am to 8:00 p.m. and the cost of a ticket is €6,00.  For more information, visit:  http://www.fsbusitalia.it/content/fsbusitalia/it/turismo/servizi-speciali/collegamento-aeroporto-di-firenze—volainbus.html

From Pisa-Galilei Airport (PSA):
1) Train to Florence: A transportation service called PisaMover works as a shuttle from the airport to the central train station, Pisa Centrale.  From there, you can take a train to Santa Maria Novella, the principal railway station in Florence. The trip is just under an hour and a half (1.5 hours); the service is available every day form 6:00am to 0:00am; the trip costs approximately € 14,00.   For tickets online, visit: https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html

 From the Santa Maria Novella train station in Florence, take a taxi to your final destination.

2) Buses travel from the Pisa airport directly to the Florence central railway station, Firenze SMN (Santa Maria Novella). The service is available every day from 8:00am to 00:00am.  Tickets range from € 1,00 to € 14,00.  More information can be found here: https://www.caronnatour.com/bus-line-pisa-airport-florence-en/.

For more information, please check the website of the airport you will be flying into:
Florence (FLR): http://www.aeroporto.firenze.it/it/
Pisa (PSA): http://www.pisa-airport.com/

From Rome’s Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
Students who fly into Rome’s Fiumicino airport (FCO) will find a train service called Leonardo Express from the airport to Termini train station. Trains leave every 30 minutes and cost €14.00. Several bus shuttles connect the airport with Termini train station and vice versa. For information on timetables, routes, and the cost of tickets, see the websites of the various bus companies: https://www.adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en-/pax-fco-bus