My question is similar to another poster asking about the Rome airport in early a.m. My plans are the same except my flight from Florence via Paris and on to Seattle leaves at 7:20 a.m. Do you recommend a hotel shuttle, airport shuttle or hiring a taxi? What are the price differences? Thanks
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Seattle, WA
1317 posts
In another thread, I posted the following about the Florence airport:
1) I assume you're talking about FLR. Sometimes "Florence" gets applied to the airport at Pisa.
2) FLR is on the outskirts of the city core. I think it was about a 20 minute cab ride.
3) The airport is TINY. Only 4 gates. It was very easy to navigate.
4) Because the airport is tiny, they bussed us out to our plane and we had to board from the tarmac.
5) Security was thorough, but very polite. No lines at 7am, which was a blessing since a ticket snafu made us very late for the flight.
Our hotel called a cab for us as they did not offer a shuttle. I believe it cost us 25 euro from the hotel (near Ponte Vecchio) to the airport, which is much closer to Florence than Rome's airport is to Rome.
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OP
Seattle, WA, USA
1322 posts
Thank you Steve & Liz - sounds really easy.