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Visiting Florence
Florence is easy and fast to reach thanks to a dual carriageway (RA 03) that is just 3km out of San Casciano. You have vary options at your disposal to reach Florence centre: using only your car, car and bus, coach only. Keep in mind that once you will be in Florence you probably use local bus service to move around the city. It's not strictly necessary as Florence is quite small, but could save you time.
We suggest you to plan places to visit, take your time, and explore the city by feet.
By car
Going in Florence by car is fast, the only problem could be the traffic inside the city, the parkings (you'll have to pay 1.5 euro an hour) and the ZTL, a zone with limited access.
If you don't dare about Florence traffic and parking cost locate parkings on a street map so you won't loose time in the search of one. Coming from Galluzzo, there are parkings with parking meter in the Porta Romana area (in the square, along Viale Petrarca, along the walls entering from Piazza della Calza).
Remember that you can not enter ZTL with your car unless you have an authorization by polizia municipale (also called vigili urbani) (they give it only for limited reasons).
Car + bus (car to Galluzzo and then ATAF bus)
If you don't want to use SITA coaches and you prefer going by car, you can drop the car into some free parkings just outside the city, in Galluzzo, and then take an ATAF bus (number 36 or 37) to the centre of Florence. We would not suggest this choice as reaching the centre using SITA will take you the same or less time. Instead can be a good choice if you go dining in Florence, as the last SITA bus depart at 21:00 while bus service still operates till midnight (bus number changes from 36/37 to 68 after 9 PM).
Public transport only (SITA)
Buy tickets, go to the Autostazione (bus terminal) below Viale Corsini where the trips start or wait at one of the SITA bus stops along the roads. The coach will take you to Florence within 22-35 minutes ( more details here) depending where you get down. You can choose to get down at the entrance of the centre, in Porta Romana, to visit Boboli, Pitti and Oltrarno; or drop off at the end of the trip in the heart of Florence, few metres away from the central railway station. By the way, Florence centre is quite small, from Piazza Porta Romana to Duomo is just 20 minutes walk, across the most characteristic florentine streets of Oltrarno. From Porta Romana you could also take an ATAF bus (line 12) to reach Piazzale Michelangelo with its great panoramic view of the Arno river crossing Florence and then go by foot down to the town centre.
ATAF is a different company from SITA so you need to buy tickets before getting on the bus.
The trip of SITA bus ends (and starts) in the very centre of Florence, few metres from main train station Firenze Santa Maria Novella.
ATAF vs SITA: ATAF is the bus service inside the city of Florence, SITA is one of the coach services that connects Florence to nearby towns and villages. Florence is a small city, so using the ATAF bus service can be avoided if you are not in a hurry.
This page was last updated on Tuesday 11 October 2011.