Florence Travel Forum

Is it possible to get, using public transport, from Florence to Pisa (in order to see the leaning tower), and from there to travel direct to Pisa airport?

I will be travelling on a Thursday in June and I need to be at Pisa airport for around 3pm. Travelling from Florence that morning would time and transport connections allow me to do this?

Thanks

Kate

Yes.

Look at www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html . You will see frequent regional trains going from Florence to Pisa all day long. The trip is a little more than an hour, as I recall.

Note: when you look at the site, choose a date next week rather than in June; the schedules are typically not very accurate or available more than 60 days in advance, but since the schedules also don't change a lot over the year, this will give you a good idea of what will be available.

Once you are at Pisa Centrale, you can walk to the Piazza dei Miracoli (where the Tower and Duomo are) in 30 minutes or a little less, or you can take a city bus (I don't remember the number but I know people have posted it here), or take a taxi (there are always taxis at train stations of any size).

From the Piazza dei Miracoli, you do the reverse trip, because the airport is close in-town, on the other side of the train station. From Pisa Centrale, you can take a city bus or a taxi or even the train to the airport, because the airport has its own train station. Of course, you can also look for a taxi stand near the Piazza dei Miracoli and take a taxi straight to the airport (might be safer if you are pressed for time).

make sense?

Bill

The airport is so close that the train from Pisa Centrale grinds along, to make the journey last more than a couple of minutes.....it lasts about 5!

Walking from Pisa Centrale to the Campo dei Miracoli is fairly straightforward and there is a good streetmap just outside the station entrance.

Buses 3 & 4 from the station will drop you near the Campo. Get tickets from the newsagents inside the station.

I'm pretty sure there is a left luggage office at Pisa Centrale, but the airport is so near you could easily go there instead, drop off your bags and then take train (or bus) back to Pisa.

Having checked, bus route 3 no longer exists.

Click 'cartina' in the left-hand corner of this page and you will get a clear map of route 4:

http://www.cpt.pisa.it/orari/pisa/linea4.htm

Route 21 takes in the station, the airport and the Campo dei Miracoli. Click 'cartina' here:

http://www.cpt.pisa.it/orari/pisa/linea21.htm

So does route 1 (LAM Rossa):

http://www.cpt.pisa.it/orari/pisa/linea1.htm