Travel Reference
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changes, 10-16 hours). Note that these are all TrenItalia connections; the new Italo company
may offer additional options (check
www.italotreno.it
).
The SITA bus station (100 yards west of the Florence train station on Via Santa Caterina da
Siena) is traveler-friendly—a big, old-school lot with numbered stalls and all the services
you'd expect. Schedules for regional trips are posted everywhere, and TV monitors show
imminent departures. Bus service drops dramatically on Sunday.
From Florence by Bus to:
Florence's
Amerigo Vespucci Airport
(2/hour, 30 minutes,
€5, pay driver and immediately validate ticket, always from platform 1). Generally, buy bus
tickets in the station, as you'll pay 30 percent more if you buy tickets on the bus. Bus info:
www.sitabus.it
or tel. 800-373-760 (Mon-Fri 8:30-12:30 & 15:00-18:00, closed Sat-Sun).
