Firenze Santa Maria Novella - Taxi Help

There is a marked taxi stand immediately outside the main entrance. Before you get in a taxi, show the driver the address of your hotel, ask him to estimate how much it will cost, insist he use the meter (point to it, usually on the dash or built into the rear view mirror) and confirm he will take a credit card. Save yourself the $100; you’ll be fine!

Just remember that, especially on rainy days, the queue could be quite long. It is unlikely to get scammed, your main risks are having to wait for a car or getting stuck in a queue.

The only scam is your hotel charging that much for a driver!
Taxi to anywhere in historic center should be less than 15 euros
Taxi will get you as close to your hotel as possible, most streets are pedestrianized

Where is your hotel? You maybe able to just walk, Florence is very compact

There was a recent thread with similar question
Scroll thru and look for it, it has lots of good info

@miuccia we are about 7 min walk from Santa Maria Novella church and about a 10-15 min drive when i mapped the train station. Thanks!

Here is the recent thread:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/how-to-get-from-santa-maria-novella-train-station-to-rental

If you tell us exact location/ name of hotel we can advise on whether walking or taxi is best
A 7 min walk isn’t long unless you are loaded down with luggage

Oh wait your hotel is 7 min walk from S M Novella church?

The Westin excelsior Piazza Ognissanti, 3, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy

Google maps shows a 12 minute walk (850 metres), or a 5 minute drive (1.2 km) between SMN station and that hotel. Depending on how much luggage you are packing, I'd probably just walk. But a taxi shouldn't cost more than €15-20.

Thanks everyone! :)

Roberto’s post in the thread I linked above as a formula for estimating taxi fare