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Tuscany Travel Guide
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Highlights
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Background
Culture
History
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Culture
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History
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Getting Here
By air
International flights commonly come in to Milan or Rome, where one can rent a car and do the three-hour drive to Tuscany.
Florence and Pisa have important airports. Every major city has a railway station.
- Pisa International Airport Galileo Galilei, located 1.5km (1 mile) north of Pisa city centre.
- Florence Airport Amerigo Vespucci, Located four kilometers from the center of Florence.
By train
Florence, Pisa and Grosseto are important rail destinations. Florence (Firenze) has two major rail stations, San Maria Novella (SMN) and Campo di Marte (CdM).
Connections from Florence to the rest of Italy by train are generally fast and frequent and EuroStar Italia services are available. Easy connections can be found to:
- Milano
- Orvieto
- Roma
- Bologna
- Ravenna
- Cinque Terre (reachable by train to La Spezia or Riomaggiore, or connecting from Genoa)
- Assisi
Night train services are available from Florence to:
- Zurich
- Munich
- Siracusa
- Salerno
- Reggio
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Geography
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Weather And Climate
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Getting Around
From the central station of Florence you can easily reach most places in Tuscany, including:
- Siena (by train, 1.5 to 2 hours)
- Pisa (by train, 1 to 1.5 hours)
- San Gimignano (by train to Poggibonsi, 1 hour ride, and then a bus that runs every 30-40 minutes, 25 minute ride)
- Volterra (also reachable by bus from Poggibonsi)
- Pienza (reachable by bus from Siena, a little more than an hour, but connections are not frequent)
- Lucca (by train)
- Arezzo
Renting a car already at the airport can be recommended.
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