Travel to Florence

Every way to reach Florence: 3 modes compared, with fares.

From Piazza Michelangelo

Florence is reachable from 102 places across 20 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 35 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 26m door to door. The nearest origin is 52 km away.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Florence

Every mode that actually calls at Florence, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train96€11.891h 26m536 km7
Coach96€10.072h 1m770 km2
Flight73€31.413h 54m2,945 km26
  • 102Places you can arrive from
  • 102Places you can leave for
  • 20Countries
  • 35Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Florence is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Florence?

Sort by distance from Firenze Santa Maria Novella and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km8432%Siena, 52 km
200 to 600 km11242%Venice, 203 km
600 to 1,500 km6123%Taranto, 617 km
Over 1,500 km83%Edinburgh, 1697 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Florence that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Italy17466%
France166%
Germany104%
Austria83%
Spain83%
Bosnia & Herzegovina62%
Croatia62%
Hungary62%
Switzerland42%
Denmark42%
Belgium31%
United Kingdom31%
Norway31%
Czechia21%
Luxembourg21%
Netherlands21%
Portugal21%
Romania21%
Serbia21%
Slovenia21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Florence

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Florence

Rail
  • Firenze Santa Maria Novella
  • Florence Belfiore railway station
  • Stazione Leopolda
Bus
  • Firenze Villa Costanza
  • Hub Vittorio Veneto
Air
  • FLR

Landing at FLR after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from FLR into Florence

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Florence

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Florence, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Bologna to Florence bus€10.072h 1m80 km
Modena to Florence bus€10.072h 21m100 km
Reggio Emilia to Florence bus€10.072h 31m113 km
Rimini to Florence bus€10.072h 29m110 km
Livorno to Florence bus€10.072h 5m78 km
Parma to Florence bus€10.632h 50m135 km
Ferrara to Florence bus€10.632h 48m121 km
Bologna to Florence train€11.891h 27m80 km
Livorno to Florence train€11.891h 26m78 km
Forlì to Florence train€11.891h 27m80 km
Verona to Florence bus€12.833h 41m186 km
Padua to Florence bus€12.833h 39m188 km
Rome to Florence bus€13.383h 55m234 km
Genoa to Florence bus€13.383h 45m197 km
Mestre to Florence bus€13.383h 56m206 km
Brescia to Florence bus€14.484h 7m212 km

A day in Florence hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Florence?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Florence

Common questions about Travel to Florence

How can I get to Florence?

Florence is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 102 places, across 20 countries, on services run by 35 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Florence?

The cheapest way into Florence is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 102 origins we sell into Florence over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Florence?

The fastest journey into Florence is by Train, at 1h 26m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 52 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Florence have?

Florence has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Firenze Santa Maria Novella, Florence Belfiore railway station, Stazione Leopolda. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Florence from within 200 km?

84 of the routes we sell into Florence start within 200 km. The nearest is Siena, 52 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Florence in Italy?

Florence connects to 102 places on our network across 20 countries, the furthest of them 2,945 km away in a straight line. Italy routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Italy

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Florence afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Florence before you go?

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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