Florence’s historic centre is relatively small and has numerous pedestrian streets, making it difficult to travel to the city’s centre by car. If you prefer this means of transport, take care not to park in a parking street belonging to residents, otherwise, your car will be towed away and you will get heavily fine.

If you would like to visit other towns and villages in Tuscany like Siena, Lucca or Pisa, you can either hire a car or book a half-day or full day trip from Florence.

Another popular option is to fly directly to Rome or Milan and take a high-speed train from there to Florence’s central railway station (Santa Maria Novella). The central railway station of Santa Maria Novella is located five minutes on foot from the Congress center, and is connected to the other two railway stations (Rifredi and Campo di Marte) with local trains and city buses. The fast trains Freccia Rossa and Freccia Argento connect Florence with other important Italian cities: Rome in 1,30h, Milan in 1,40h, Venice in 2h, and Turin in 3,30 h.

You can check timetables and prices in the TGV website or Ferrovie dello Stato website or Italo.
If you book online, it is usually cheaper than buying the ticket directly on their website.

• Ferrovie dello Stato Trenitalia
• Italo
• The TGV Europe

Railway stations:

• Santa Maria Novella, piazza Stazione, 1 – Florence
• Campo di Marte, via Mannelli, 12 – Florence
• Rifredi, via dello Steccuto, 1

TIP TAP VISA

In Tuscany, you can pay contactless for your bus and tram tickets using credit/debit cards, prepaid cards, smartphones, and enabled wearables.

Hold your card/smartphone/smartwatch in front of the contactless ticket validation machine located near the doors. Wait for a green light on the ticket validation machine screen to confirm your purchase, while a red light indicates that your ticket has not been activated.

For urban lines, identified by the green colour, just tap once! If your journey includes changing buses and trams, tap every time you board. Within the validity time of the ticket purchased with the first tap, you will not be charged additional tickets.

For mixed-fare lines identified by the orange colour, suburban lines identified by the blue colour, and fast route lines identified by the purple colour, tap when you board and tap when you get off!

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Bus

Urban transport is managed by Autolinee Toscane. The ticket is also valid on the tramway network: ordinary (a single use 90 minutes ticket) and multiple-ride tickets (one single ticket valid for four 90 minutes rides) can be purchased from authorized sales points and at the train station.
Bus tickets can also be purchased at most coffee bars and kiosks.
Fares (updated at December 2025): 90 minutes-tickets: 1,70 € – tickets on board: 3,00 €.

Tramway

Tram tickets can be bought directly at the vending machines in the tramway stops.
The trams run through Florence from 5:30 am to midnight; normally they run every three to four minutes during the day, or every twelve minutes at night.
You can see the kinds of tickets, and discounts available here: Florence tickets and travel passes.

Taxis

Getting around the city on a taxi is not difficult, but in Italy taxis cannot be flagged down as they pass along the street. They are instead “stationed” at special taxi parking stands, which are located in most of the major city squares, stations and airport. They can be requested by phone.
The telephone numbers to dial for calling a taxi are:

0039 055 4242
0039 055 4390
0039 055 4798
0039 055 4499

Bike Sharing

Florence offers several bike-sharing services, perfect for quick trips around the city center. You can rent a bike via an app, pick it up at one station, and drop it off at another.