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Lucca Hotels: 653 Reviews - 1416 Photos
Pisa Hotels: 1752 Reviews - 3809 Photos
Montecatini Terme Hotels: 42 Reviews - 84 Photos
Siena Hotels: 1062 Reviews - 2499 Photos
San Gimignano Hotels: 448 Reviews - 1197 Photos
Montalcino Hotels: 100 Reviews - 340 Photos
Viareggio Hotels: 16 Reviews - 35 Photos
Montepulciano Hotels: 108 Reviews - 269 Photos
Livorno Hotels: 346 Reviews - 501 Photos
Fiesole Hotels: 61 Reviews - 151 Photos
Pienza Hotels: 83 Reviews - 264 Photos
Porto Ercole Hotels: 9 Reviews - 15 Photos
Certaldo Hotels: 9 Reviews - 22 Photos
Pietrasanta Hotels: 18 Reviews - 50 Photos

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By Train Florence

68 Reviews Understanding the Billboard Train Times in the station. The photo shows the train number, the time it leaves and where it makes stops. They are all listed by the 24 hour clock time. Listed in the...

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Train Pisa

55 Reviews Understanding the Billboard Train Times in the station. The photo shows the train number, the time it leaves and where it makes stops. They are all listed by the 24 hour clock time. Listed in the...

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By Bus Florence

48 Reviews If you like to go to Siena or San Gimignano you have to take a bus at the SITA bus station. This is situated in via Santa Caterina da Siena; it is around 100 meters from Santa Maria Novella train...

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Busses Pisa

23 Reviews Bus is caught right outside the train terminal (next to the information center). Look for the " i " which denotes visitor's information. During Christmas and special holidays, the bus is free! Entire...

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By Car Florence

25 Reviews Next to the main train station in Florence, Santa Maria Novella, there is a large underground car park/parking garage. It's not cheap, but it is open 24 hours a day, and from there you can walk to...

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The car Pisa

11 Reviews The official map of the ZTLs (zone di traffico limitato, or restricted traffic zones) in Pisa can be found at https://secure.comune.pisa.it/tzi/info.jsp . In case you feel the map is useless, please...

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By Foot Florence

38 Reviews The roads around the train station are busy, busy, busy - not very safe to run across with all the cars, buses, and taxis. There are underground walkways that get you from one side of the street to...

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Airplane Pisa

26 Reviews Easyjet and Ryanair are amongst the European budget carriers who fly into Pisa. It's a useful starting point for an exploration of Tuscany. www.skyscanner.net will give you carriers and, often,...

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Maps of Florence Florence

6 Reviews One thing I dislike is going to a transportation site and having to look at a bus/train, etc. map one small grid at a time. I like to see an overview of the map, then be able to zoom into what I...

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Walking around Pisa

13 Reviews Pisa is a very small town rather than a city and is an easy walk through for those who are up to it. The main tourist attraction Piazza del Duomo or the Cathedral Square where the Leaning Tower is...

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General Tips Florence

26 Reviews I tried to change my ticket reservation from 3pm to an earlier one at Firenze SMN so to deal with the tax refund stuff and this rude, unhelpful and uninformative station staff talked to me in Italian...

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By Plane Florence

10 Reviews Florence has one airport: its code is FLR and it has one small runway allowing only relatively small aircraft (ATR, DASH or Fokker 50 turboprops; Avro RJ or Airbus 319 jets) to serve the...

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By Motorcycle & Vespa Florence

8 Reviews Riding the traditional Vespa is definetely the most easiest way for exploring the old core of the town. I took this picture for one reason only, remembering the jokes we made when travelling by cars...

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By Bicycle Florence

5 Reviews I spent 4 days in Florence and stayed with a friend who lives just north of Centrale Mercado. I was able to use one of his bikes the entire time. It was a short 10 minute ride into the center and was...

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By Carriage Florence

5 Reviews Exploring the city centre in the carriage is the most romantic way of course. Slowly and very comfortable it allows you to take the pictures during the ride. Besides, the coachman is very helpful in...

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Driving Sites Between Firenze & da Vinci Airport

by hquittner

Day 1 is OK; parking at San Gimignano may delay you (consider Volterra as an alternate). Day 2: we would consider Pienza instead of one of those listed. We stayed at Bagno Vignone (hot springs). There are also free hot springs further along S2 (I can no longer provide location, but here you need your own towel and gear).Day 3:Omit. We recommend that you save the Assisi area for another trip (northeast of Rome starting or ending with a night in Tivoli). Day 3): Orvieto and on to Tarquinia , its Etruscan tombs and museum. 4) It is an easy drive to the daVinci via A12, about 80 km.! We have driven at a slower pace through the area at least 4 times and it is all worth seeing. Of course if you have never been there, Orvieto and Siena are the big stops. Assisi is a difficult stop on a fast schedule. The more you spend for lodging and eating and parking, the happier will be your trip. Does your...

Getting around Tuscany

by sue_stone

If you want to really explore Tuscany then you need a car. Sure, you can get to the main towns, and many of the smaller ones, by train or bus, but to really get off the beaten path car is the way to go.I had always been hesitant to hire a car in Italy, and on past trips we had always travelled by train and bus. But in Sep 2006 we felt ready to brave driving alongside those crazy drivers I had read about. It was not too scary as we were not visiting any big cities, though I must admit that driving in the teaming rain on the truck-infested autostrada wasn't my idea of fun....however being able to really get off the beaten track in Tuscany was so worth it.On this trip, our first Tuscan night was spent in the very north of Tuscany in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. The only way to get there was by car, and I specifically chose this accommodation because of that fact. The scenes that we...

Renting a Car in Tuscany?

by Sammyfloyd

I was worried about driving in Italy previously but my fears proved unfoundedIf there is anywhere worth renting a car, Tuscany is definitely the place.My opinion of whether you should rent a car in Tuscany:Where you are going: If you are only going to Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca, and San Gimignano, then perhaps you don't need a car. These places are covered very conveniently by frequent buses and trains. This means you don't have to read the maps, learn the roads, find a place to park, filling up the gas tank, etc, etc. On the other hand, if you want to and have the time to go to smaller towns (Montalcino, Montepulciano, Chianti), vineyards, or out of the way destinations, and you like to change your plans on the fly (we went from Lucca to Livorno at the last minute and saw a beautiful sunset), then you should rent a car.How many days: If you only have a short window of a couple of...

Rent a car is the way to see Tuscany

by Sammyfloyd

Renting a car allowed tremendous freedom to see a number of places in a relatively short time. We had the car for 5 days from Florence and was able to see Arrezo, Montalcino, Montapulciano, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Livorno, Chianti, and stayed in a castle in a small village called Montenbenichi. Keys to renting and driving in Italy:1. Plan in advance--your basic must see places and what roads to take;2. Get a good Tuscany map for driving--I have not see GPS available for Italian cars yet. I used the Touring Club Italiano (TCI) Toscana regional map and found it perfect.3. Be sure to learn how to drive a manual shift, unless you want to pay twice the amount for an automatic4. Have an international drivers license--a must!5. Stay in the slow (right) lane if you are not going that fast on the Autostrada. Some Italian drivers are very fast and will tailgate with their highbeams if you don't move...

Train From Siena to Firenze

by Glyt

We stayed 15 minutes outside Siena. In order to go to Florence we went by car to Siena's train station, where parking is not a major problem and we took the train to Firenze. There are trains every half an hour If i can recall corect and the scenery is fantastic. The train stops in Santa Maria Novella train station which is in the centre of Firenze. I think this is much better way to go to Florence than go by car because parking can be a really pain...Make sure that you check the timetables for florence to Siena in the evening.

Where is Tuscany?

by sim1

Tuscany, or in Italian Toscana, is a region in central Italy. It is bordered by Lazio to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north. The Tyrrhenian Sea is to the west. On this map of Italy where you can see where exactly Tuscany is located.

Map of Tuscany

by sim1

Here is a more detailed map of Tuscany. On the map I have indicated most places I have been to and which I have described in my must see tips.ArezzoBorgo a MozzanoMontalcinoMonte ArgentarioMontepulcianoMonteriggioniPisaPitiglianoSan GimignanoSaturniaSienaSovana

Piaggio

by sim1

The streets in these beautiful Italian towns and villages can be very small, totally unsuitable and impossible for our modern car. Often you are required to park you car outside the town, and enter the village by foot. But one sort of transportation doesn't seem to have so much problem with these roads, and that is the piaggio. To me these piaggio's are so typical to rural Italy. They always make me smile and make me think back to the great time I had here.

PISA - take bus Nr. 3 to see the famous tower

by globetrott

Busline No. 3 takes you from the train-station in Pisa within 5 minutes to 'Piazza dei Miracoli' It certainly makes sense to take the bus, when you have just a short time in Pisa.But when you walk, you will not miss the plenty of great little works of art at many places in the old town. The walk will take around 20 minutes.

you name it ....

by tini58de

you name it, and it is possiblecar, train, motorbike ..... unlimited possibilitiesWe went with our camper and traffic was not so bad...When visiting the towns, we usually took public transportation and then walked. This way we did not have to worry about parking and safety - we would do it that way over again !

Top 3 Hotels in Tuscany

Hotel David Florence

6 Reviews and 920 Opinions My husband and I stayed at the hotel 4 years ago and loved it, so when I planned our family trip...

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Bologna Hotel Pisa Pisa

6 Reviews and 1035 Opinions This is a gentle warning to anyone using a vehicle on the road at the front of the hotel, who is not...

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Borgo Grondaie Siena

3 Reviews and 285 Opinions This was the most magical place we stayed the summer of 2005. We spent almost 2 months throughout...

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Q: We are heading to Florence for a week in mid-March and other than an overnight trip to Venice, we plan to spend the rest of the...

A: Definitely take the bus up to Fiesole. It's a short ride (from what I remember - long time ago this trip) and it's beautiful up above Florence. There's a nice...

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