Travel Reference
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Forsmall groupswith more money than time, zipping to nearby towns bytaxi can be a good
value (e.g., €120 from your Florence hotel to your Siena hotel).
A more comfortable alternative is to hire a private car service. Florence-based
Transfer
Chauffeur Service
has a fleet of modern vehicles with drivers who can whisk you between
cities, to and from the cruise ship port at Livorno, and through the Tuscan countryside
for around the same price as a cab (tel. 055-614-2182, mobile 338-862-3129,
Florence's
Amerigo Vespucci Airport,
also called Peretola Airport, is about five miles
northwest of the city (open 5:10-24:00, no overnighting allowed, TI, cash machines, car-
rental agencies, airport code: FLR, airport info tel. 055-306-1630, flight info tel.
055-306-1700—domestic only,
www.aeroporto.firenze.it
)
. Shuttle buses (far right of airport
asyouexitarrivalshall)connecttheairportwithFlorence'sSITAbusstation,100yardswest
of the train station on Via Santa Caterina da Siena (2/hour, 30 minutes, €5, buy ticket on
board and validate immediately, daily 6:00-23:30, first bus leaves for airport from Florence
at 5:30). If you're changing to a different intercity bus in Florence (for instance, one bound
for Siena), stay on the bus through the first stop (at the train station); it will continue on to
the bus station nearby. Allow about €25 and 30 minutes for a taxi.
Pisa's
Galileo Galilei Airport
also handles international and domestic flights (TI open
daily 8:30-23:30, cash machine, car-rental agencies, baggage storage from 8:00-20:00 only,
€7/bag; self-service cafeteria, airport code: PSA, tel. 050-849-300,
www.pisa-airport.com
).
You can connect to
Florence
easily by train (2-3/hour, 1.25 hours, €5.80, most transfer
at Pisa Centrale) or by Terravision bus (about hourly, 1.25 hours, €10 one-way, ticket kiosk
is at the right end of the arrivals hall as you're facing the exits, catch bus outside and to the
far right of the bus parking lot,
www.terravision.eu
)
.
