Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Fri, 7am-7.30pm Sat & Sun)
underneath the main bus station in Piazza Gramsci; there's also a
left-luggage office here (per 24 hours €5.50).
Frequent
Corse Rapide
(Express) buses race up to Florence (€7.80, 1¼ hours); they are
a better option than the standard
Corse Ordinarie
services, which stop in Poggibonsi and
Colle di Val d'Elsa en route. Other regional destinations include the following:
Arezzo
€6.60, 1½ hours, eight daily
San Gimignano
€6, one to 1½ hours, 10 daily either direct or changing in Poggibonsi
Montalcino
€3.65, 1½ hours, six daily
Poggibonsi
€4.35, 50 minutes, every 40 minutes
Montepulciano
€5.15, 1¾ hours
Colle di Val d'Elsa
€3.40, 30 minutes, hourly, with connections to Volterra (€2.75)
Services to Montalcino, Montepulciano and Pienza depart from outside the train station.
Sena
( 861 199 19 00;
www.sena.it
)
buses run to/from Rome Tibertina (€23, 3½ hours, six
daily), Fiumicino Airport (€23, 3¾ hours, two daily), Turin (€36, 8¼ hours, one daily),
Milan (€36, 4¼ hours, two daily), Venice (€29, 5½ hours, one daily) and Perugia (€12, 1½
hours, one daily). Its
ticket office
(
8.30am-7.45pm Mon-Sat)
is also underneath the bus sta-
tion in Piazza Gramsci.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
For Florence, take the RA3 (Siena-Florence superstrada) or the more attractive SR222.
TRAIN
Siena isn't on a major train line so buses are generally a better alternative. You'll need to
change at Chiusi for Rome and at Empoli for Florence.
Getting Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
A Siena Mobilità bus travels between Pisa airport and Siena (one way/return €14/26, two
hours), leaving Siena at 7.10am and Pisa at 1pm. Tickets should be purchased at least one
day in advance from the bus station or online.
BUS
