Florence Useful Info in Florence

The useful info section of the site is where you will find all the essential travel advice that you need to know before visiting Florence as well as some local expert advice to ensure you have the very best experience while you are here.

Find information about transport, visas, airports, traditions & customs, local holidays, language basics, travelling with kids and much more in this area of our site.

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Bus System in Florence

Bus System in Florence

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Our guide to Bus System in Florence by our Florence local expert - Florence has a good bus system to move in and around the city. You can save quite a bit of money getting around in Italian cities by using the bus instead of taxis, consider that a minimum taxi fare is usually more or as much as 3 bus tickets. ATAF is the local bus company in Florence and the surrounding areas, ATAF busses are orange in different sizes,  some run on natural gas and some run on electricity. 
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Firenze Card

Firenze Card

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Our guide to Firenze Card by our Florence local expert - It is a Tourist tool promoted by the Municipality of Florence, the Ministry for the Arts and Cultural Activities, the Regional Direction of Cultural Heritage, the Special Superintendence for Historical, Artistic and Ethnic-anthropological Heritage and for the Museum Circuit of the city of Florence, the Province of Florence and the Chamber of Commerce of Florence, in collaboration with ATAF, (Florence Public Transportation, orange Busses).
Florence Airport & Transfers

Florence Airport & Transfers

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Our guide to Florence Airport & Transfers by our Florence local expert - The FLORENCE AIRPORT is dedicated to Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), the local Italian merchant, cartographer and navigator, one of the first explorers of the New World. The Airport consists in 2 Terminal buildings (Arrivals and Departures), a short macadam Runway of 1,688 meters long and 30 meters of width. The Airport is quite small like the planes landing here - International Flights are handled by the Pisa International Airport (45minutes from Florence by car). 

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