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Florence Bus Services

international connections|regional connections|local connectons|airport|sightseeing tour

Internationl connections:

Eurolines offers numerous connections from Florence towards many European countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Bratagna, Ireland, Lituania, Lettonia, Morocco, Holland, Polonia, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakian Republic, Rumania, Serbia-Montenegro, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ucraina, Hungary.

The Eurolines buses have a higher comfort to the standard of the Countries of belongings: the conditioned air is an irrenounceable prerogative, therefore like generally available is the reclining and/or increasing seats, toilette, video and fridge. The baggages travel safely in closed compartement. Eurolines enters inside of many cities, concurring to see places that not necessarily they would be visited; the covered roads show landscapes that enrich the own knowledge. In bus it is travelled together. All the people have the possibility to know themselves during the movements and in the moments of pause in the equipped areas: during the day the pauses are at least every four hours.
For more information and timetable

The Ticket Point of Eurolines is in Adua square, and where to be parked the bus of Lazzi lines,only few steps from Alinari Hotel.

Regional connections:

Various companies of bus operate in the florentine area with connections with the cities of the Tuscany, with terminus near of the railway station of Florence SMN and therefore from the Alinari Hotel.

Lazzi bus service

The Lazzi operates connections with the cities of Lucca, Prato, Pistoia, Pisa, La Spezia.
It is advised to use the Lazzi service in order to visit the city of Lucca, using the directed connection, that they are faster than the train, and also to reach the Gigli Center Trades area, where it has been constructed of recent the biggest Cinema in Florence; the VisPathè.
The Lazzi offers moreover a service of bus and minibus rent.
Lazzi autolinee autolinee di firenze bus mezzi trasporto autobus noleggio
The terminus of the Lazzi bus companies is in Adua square.

For more informations:
Lazzi - Via Paisiello, 13/R - 50144 Firenze
Phone: +39 055.332.861/355.305

collegamenti lazzi con le città di Lucca, prato, pistoia, la spezia, lazzi autolinee

Sita bus service
The Sita bus service offers numerous connecntions especially for the cities of Siena area.The terminus is in Viale dei Cadorna 105 - phone +39 05547821 - fax +39 0554782272
For more information: Sita

CAP bus service
The CAP bus service offers connections with Prato, the Gigli Center and Pecci Museum.
The terminus is in Largo Alinari, opposite of the exit of the Hotel Alinari.

Local connections:

ATAF
The local lines are managed from ATAF that with its capillary net covers all the metropolitan area of Florence

Near the railway station of Florence SMN and near the Alinari Hotel, they are 3 terminus of the local lines.

One is on the entrance of railway station (exit to Adua square), where you can find a Information and ticket office.
An other is in railway station sqare, and the third is on station exit of Alamanni street.
Is possible to buy bus tickets also in the newsagents and tobacconists.
Open the ATAF map of Florence city.

Airport connections:

You can reach the airport using the Volainbus service managed from Sita and Ataf togheter, for a total of sixty-six trips every day. You take approximately 20 minuteren in order to reach the airport.
Departures every 30 min. from 5,30 to 20,30 and every hour after 20.30.
In order to use Volainbus it is necessary to acquire the appropriate ticket, sold on board from the bus-driver, that cost 4,00 €.
For more information about connections, timetable and price:ATAF bus service.

Amerigo Vespucci airport of Florence volainbus service to the town center of florence

The nearest stop of bus from the Alinari Hotel is the one located near the Lazzi Terminus, near the railway station (Adua square) only 2 minutes from the hotel.

For more information about the departures from the airport to the town centre: Florence airport.

Seightseeing tour:

FLORENCE CITY SIGHTSEEING
An ideal way to visit Florence is City Sightseeing Florence that will take you to the heart of the city. Each of the 15 strategic stops will leave you a few minutes walking distance from a museum, monument or shopping district. The tour, of the duration of 50 minutes approximately, includes a visit to the panoramic Piazzale Michelangelo, ideal point from which to take a souvenir photo.Hop off as you wish, visit then hop back on, within thirty minutes your fun red bus will pass by. Take a seat, make yourself comfortable and enjoy yourself with City Sightseeing Florence.

NEW FOR 2004 EVEN BETTER VALUE !
Now by purchasing one ticket you will have access to both lines Florence and Fiesole. Five convenient interchange points allow you to hop from one bus to another. Simply keep your ticket for inspection by the staff on board. The ticket has a validity of 24 hours on both lines.

Duration: 50 minutes

Start Point: Train Central Station (S.M. Novella)

N° of Stops: 15

Languages: Multi lingual commentary in Italian, English, French, Spanish, German, Portugese, Japanese.

Valid and Seasons: Ticket valid for 24 hours, 12 months

Frequency and Seasons:
April 1st - April 30th 9 am - 7 pm every 20' last tour: 6 pm
May 1st - September 30th 9 am - 7 pm every 20' last tour: 7 pm
May 1st - September 30th 7 pm - 11 pm every 60' last tour: 11 pm

Rates: Adults: € 20,00 - Child, OAP & Student: € 10,00 - Families (2 adults, 3 youngers) € 60,00

CAFTOURS
Since 1954 Caftours worked in the field of incoming tourism in Tuscany and the rest of Italy, and we are considered as one of the oldest and most appreciated Operators for this particular range of services.
Likewise are organized our personalised tours and excursions for small or large groups ( both for Italian and foreign guests ).
The outcome is the result of our steady engagement not only in creating different and interesting itineraries, but also in the direct and personal choice of our means of transport , guide and assistance services , hotels , restaurants and other services.
Our Clients are find a quick and exact response to their needs as well as a highly professional standard of the personnel involved in our incoming services .
If you don't have too much time in order to organize your tours, the Caf bus service organizes seightseeing tour of Florence and in other cities of remarkable artistic interest: Siena and San Gignano - Pisa - Chianti - Lucca - Perugia - Assisi - Venice - Rome
The excursions are with Great Tourism bus with air conditioned and with tourist guide and the mostly leave from Station railway square, only few steps from the Alinari Hotel.
For more informations about timetable, price and routes:
Caftours
Phone:+39 055 210612
info@caftours.com

The Caftours offers moreover the possibility to organize personalizes tours for Florence and other destinations, in order to satisfy the requirements for private or small groups, with car, minibus and bus with driver, turist guige, multilingual guides and interpreters.