Florence airport to city centre: tram T2 or taxi

Florence airport (Amerigo Vespucci, often called Peretola) lies only about 4 km north-west of the city centre – so close that the tram gets you to the old town in about 20 minutes. The short answer: take the tram T2 for almost any hotel in the centre, and a taxi if you are three or four people, have heavy luggage or are staying in a part of the old town far from a tram stop. Many flights to Tuscany land in Pisa instead – check which airport your ticket says.

Florence airport to the city centre: the options

Times: tram according to Feel Florence, the official tourism site of Florence; taxi as pure driving time to the Duomo area based on OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Prices according to Feel Florence, as of October 2026; the tram fare rose from €1.70 to €2 on 1 August 2026.

Tram T2: the standard way

Line T2 of the Florence tram starts at the stop Peretola Aeroporto, on the left as you leave the terminal. It runs to Santa Maria Novella station and on to Piazza San Marco in the university area; since 25 January 2025 the line continues beyond the station via Fortezza, Piazza della Libertà and Via Cavour. According to Feel Florence:

• the ride to the centre takes about 20 minutes;
• trams run every 5 minutes;
• the urban ticket costs €2 since 1 August 2026, valid for 90 minutes on trams and buses; children under 11 travel free.

Tickets: buy one at the machine at the terminus, which takes coins and credit cards, or tap your contactless bank card on the reader on board – each person has to use their own card. Paper tickets from tobacconists must be validated on board.

• Good for: almost every hotel in the centre, around Santa Maria Novella and San Lorenzo and near San Marco and the Accademia.

Taxi: fixed fare to the historic centre

According to Feel Florence, there is a fixed fare of €28 from the airport to the historic centre; luggage, night-time and public holiday surcharges come on top (as of October 2026). Taxis wait outside the terminal. Without traffic, the drive to the Duomo area takes just under 20 minutes for 9 km.

The taxi makes sense for three or four people, with heavy luggage – the tram stops are not always right next to the hotels in the narrow streets – or if your hotel is in the Oltrarno, south of the river.

A pre-booked transfer is worth it for families with children who need car seats, for groups, or if you go straight on to Chianti or Siena. Transfers from Florence airport^* can be booked with Welcome Pickups. Our article on when an airport transfer pays off compares the options for ten airports.

Which option suits whom?

• Hotel near Santa Maria Novella, San Lorenzo or the Duomo: the tram T2.
• Hotel near San Marco or the Accademia: the tram T2 to its terminus.
• Hotel in the Oltrarno, heavy luggage, three or four people: a taxi at the fixed fare.
• Family with small children, group, going on to Chianti: a pre-booked transfer.

If you come from outside the EU, for example from the UK, set up mobile data before you land so you can check the route straight away – a travel eSIM for Italy^* (Airalo) is usually cheaper than roaming; our eSIM price index compares the prices per gigabyte.

On the day you leave

The T2 runs from the centre and Santa Maria Novella to the airport; plan with the 20 minutes plus a buffer. If you have already checked out and fly in the evening, you can use luggage storage in central Florence^* (Radical Storage) while you see the Ponte Vecchio one last time.

How long to stay and what to see is in our article how many days in Florence.

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