Florence: By Air

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By Air

Florence's Aeroporto A. Vespucci, commonly called Peretola, receives flights from Milan, Rome, London, and Paris. To get into the city center from the airport by car, take the A11. Tickets for the local bus service into Florence are sold at the airport's second-floor bar. Take Bus 62, which goes directly to the train station at Santa Maria Novella and runs every hour; the airport's bus shelter is beyond the parking lot.

Pisa's Aeroporto Galileo Galilei is the closest landing point with significant international service. It's relatively easy to get to Florence, as the SS67 leads directly there. For flight information, call the airport or Florence Air Terminal (which is an office at Santa Maria Novella, Florence's main train station). A train service connects Pisa's airport station with Santa Maria Novella, roughly a 1 1/2-hour trip. Trains start running about 7 AM from the airport, 6 AM from Florence, and continue service every hour until about 7 PM from the airport, 4 PM from Florence. You can check in for departing flights at the Florence Air Terminal, which is around the corner from train tracks 1 and 2.

Airport Information

Aeroporto Galileo Galilei (12 km [7 mi south of Pisa and 80 km [50 mi west of Florence. 050/849300. www.pisa-airport.com). Florence Air Terminal (Stazione Centrale di Santa Maria Novella. 055/216073). Peretola (10 km [6 mi northwest of Florence. 055/373498. www.aeroporto.firenze.it).