Florence's main
train station
is Santa Maria Novella, or
"Firenze SMN". Many city
and all inter-urban
buses
stop outside. Between 1.30am and
4am, trains stop instead at the
eastern Campo di Marte station,
served by nightbus #70. Florence's
Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci
(
www.safnet.it ), 5km
northwest in Perètola, is linked
to SMN station by ATAF city bus
#62 (every 25min; L1500/0.77) and
SITA buses (hourly; L6000/3.10).
For details of parking.
The main tourist office
is just north of the duomo at Via
Cavour 1r (Mon-Sat 8.15am-7.15pm,
Sun 8.30am-6.30pm; shorter hours
in winter; tel 055.290.832 or
055.290.833, infoturismo@provincia.fi.it
). There's a smaller office at Piazza
Stazione 4 (Mon-Sat
8.30am-7pm, Sun 8.30am-1.30pm;
shorter hours in winter; tel
055.212.245); another one at Borgo
Santa Croce 29r (same hours;
tel 055.234.0444); an information
counter within the APT's
headquarters at Via Manzoni 16
(Mon-Sat 9am-6pm; tel 055.23.320);
and a desk at Vespucci airport
(daily 7.30am-11.30pm; tel
055.315.874). Aside from maps and
brochures, the most useful item
these offices can give you is a
photocopied list of the up-to-date
opening hours and entrance charges
for all the city's museums, which
change often. The fat little
freebie magazine Florence
Concierge Information ,
available from tourist offices, is
crammed with ads, walking
itineraries and practical
information. Florence's excellent
what's-on guide is Firenze
Spettacolo , available monthly
from newsagents (L3500/1.81; www.firenzespettacolo.it
). On the Internet , the
APT ( www.firenze.turismo.toscana.it
), the province ( www.provincia.fi.it
) and the municipality ( www.comune.fi.it
) are outclassed by some very
useful commercial sites (notably www.mega.it
, www.arca.net/florence.htm
and english.firenze.net ).
ATAF city buses have a
range of tickets (L1500/0.77 for
1hr; L2500/1.29 for 3hr;
L6000/3.10 for 24hr; or the biglietto
multiplo giving four one-hour
rides for L5800/2.99). Most routes
originate at or pass by the train
station, where you can get more
information from the ATAF kiosk
(Mon-Sat 7.15am-1.15pm, Tues &
Thurs also 2.45-5.45pm; tel
055.565.0222, www.ataf.net
).
