Florence is located in central Italy in Tuscany and is perfectly accessible by air from all over Europe as well as by rail or bus from Italian destinations.

By air

The city has its own international airport, Florence FLR, with flights from major European airports.

One-way airfares to Florence from European destinations range from 50 eur to 160 eur.

Where to buy tickets to Florence?

The local airport is served by many airlines. You can compare flights by price on Skyscanner, for example. We recommend that you click through from Skyscanner directly to the airline's website.

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For example, the following airlines fly to the airport. Here are just a few examples of the most popular or frequented destinations.

• vueling.com - Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Paris, Madrid, Palermo, Catania
• volotea.com - Prague, Cagliari, Bordeaux, Bari, Catania, Hamburg, Nantes, Marseille and others
• Swiss.com - Zurich
• Lufthansa.com - Frankfurt, Munich
• klm.com - Amsterdam
• iberia.com - Madrid
• flytap.com - Lisbon
• British Airways - London
• Air France - Paris
• and more

Nearby airports

You can often get cheaper tickets with Ryanair, which doesn't fly directly to Florence, but to nearby airports.

• Pisa PSA - 84 km, direct buses caronnatour.com for 14,99 eur
• Bologna BLQ - 116 km direct buses appenninoshuttle.it for 20 eur

By bus from abroad

For those who are afraid of flying by plane or travellers with large luggage, only Flixbus can conveniently offer a direct connection without a change from abroad.

Green Flixbus buses run to Florence from the following international destinations:

• Ljubljana
• Zurich
• Basel
• Geneva
• Nice
• Prague
• Munich
• Innsbruck

Find out ticket prices and availability - Flixbus.com

By train in Italy

Florence has great rail connections to the rest of Italy. You can reach all major Italian cities from the Alps to Sicily very frequently and comfortably.

Florence is on Italy's main high-speed line connecting Rome and Milan. There are no direct international trains to Florence.

For long-distance tickets (i.e. all trains marked as Inter City IC, Frecciargento, Frecciabianca, Frecciarossa), buy your tickets for the lowest price ideally online at least 3 weeks in advance at trenitalia.com or from the private carrier italotreno.it.

On the other hand, for regional services (R - Regionale or RV - Regionale Veloce) the ticket price is always the same until departure. You can also buy them online, but you can also buy them before departure at the ticket office or at a ticket machine.

For detailed information on local connections around Tuscany, see for example the Activities chapter of this guide or the Transport chapter of the Tuscany guide.

There are several train stations in Florence:

• Firenze Santia Maria Novella (S.M.N.) - the main station, where the vast majority of trains stop.
• Firenze Campo Marte - the station in the east of the city, where some long-distance and night services that do not go through the S.M.N. station stop.
• Firenze Rifredi - a major station in the north of the city where, in addition to regional trains, some long-distance trains stop

Florence is served by Trenitalia and Italo Treno trains. You can easily compare tickets on the Trainline website, where you can buy them directly at the same price as on the carrier's website.

Compare train ticket prices - thetrainline.com

By bus in Italy

While international bus services from Florence are not very frequent, domestic buses run to a large number of destinations around Italy.

Long-distance connections

There are several bus companies to Florence, but the journey to the vast majority of cities is always significantly slower and, more importantly, significantly less frequent than travelling by train. This can have the advantage of lower prices, but even this is by no means the rule.

The cheapest tickets are offered by Itabus, starting from about 5 eur on long-distance routes when bought online at least a month in advance at itabus.it. For this price you can buy tickets from Florence to Turin or Rome, for example. Shorter connections to Genoa and La Spezia start from 2 eur.

Another major carrier is Flixbus, which offers connections to Genoa, Rome, Naples and more. Prices usually start at around 15 eur and tickets can always be purchased online at flixbus.com.

The last major carrier going to Florence is Marinonus, which offers connections throughout Italy, but prices are usually the most expensive (from about 30 eur upwards). Tickets can be purchased online at marinobus.it.

The long-distance bus station can be found in the south of Florence at the final stop of the T1 tram line , Villa Costanza - see location on map.