By Lena Bauer · Last updated: November 2026 · 11 min read
The simplest way from Pisa Airport to Florence with luggage is a private transfer: one car from arrivals to your Florence address, 81 km on the free FI-PI-LI or 104 km by motorway, about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic. The cheapest is the Pisa Mover plus a regional train, €16.30 on one Trenitalia ticket, 1 hour 11 minutes at best, with a change at Pisa Centrale. The direct bus costs €14.99 but stops at the Guidoni tram stop by day.
This guide covers every option with times and fares checked in November 2026, the last train and bus of the evening, which road a driver takes and what it costs, how a car reaches a hotel inside Florence's limited traffic zone, whether Florence Airport would have been the better landing, and what to do when a Florence flight is diverted to Pisa.
In This Guide
- Quick Facts
- What is the best way to get from Pisa Airport to Florence?
- Pisa Airport to Florence options compared
- How much is the Pisa Mover and the train to Florence?
- What time is the last train from Pisa Airport to Florence?
- Is there a direct bus from Pisa Airport to Florence?
- How much is a taxi from Pisa Airport to Florence?
- How far is Pisa Airport from Florence by car?
- Can a car take you to a hotel inside the Florence ZTL?
- Should you fly into Pisa or Florence?
- What happens if your Florence flight is diverted to Pisa?
- Train or transfer for a family of four?
- Book your Pisa Airport to Florence transfer
- Frequently Asked Questions
Quick Facts: Pisa Airport to Florence (2026)
| Question | Short Answer |
|---|---|
| Distance by road | 81 km on the FI-PI-LI, 104 km on the A12 and A11 motorways |
| Drive time | About 74 minutes either way in free-flowing traffic |
| Motorway toll | €8.00 for a car; the FI-PI-LI is free |
| Pisa Mover | €6.50 single, about 5 minutes to Pisa Centrale |
| Mover and train, one ticket | €16.30, fastest 1 hour 11 minutes, one change |
| Last rail connection | 22:10 from the airport, arriving at Santa Maria Novella at 23:50 |
| Direct bus | €14.99, about 60 minutes, Guidoni tram stop by day |
| Private transfer | Quote on request, door to door, one vehicle |
Sources: Trenitalia and Pisamover fares and timetables, the bus operator's daily lists for 17 and 21 November 2026, Concessioni del Tirreno toll calculator, OpenStreetMap routing. Checked November 2026.
What is the best way to get from Pisa Airport to Florence?
It depends on your bags, your group and your landing time.
A private transfer is the one option that runs from the arrivals hall to the hotel door without a change. The driver takes either road, both about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic, and a car licensed for Florence can stop at the door of most hotels inside the historic centre. For three or four people with suitcases, or anyone landing after 21:00, that is the option that works every time.
On fare alone, the train wins, and there is no point pretending otherwise. One adult pays €16.30 for the Pisa Mover and a regional train to Santa Maria Novella, and the fastest connection takes 1 hour 11 minutes. The cost is two changes of vehicle before you reach a hotel: Mover to train at Pisa Centrale, then train to taxi, tram or foot in Florence.
The direct bus sits in between. It costs €14.99 and takes about an hour without stops, but by day it ends at the Guidoni tram stop on the edge of the city, not at the station.
Travelling light and landing by mid-afternoon? Take the train. Carrying ski bags, a pushchair or three suitcases? Book the car.
Pisa Airport to Florence options compared
Here is how the four options stack up for one trip into the city:
| Option | Time | Price (2026) | Changes | Ends at | Last evening departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer | About 74 minutes | Quote on request, per vehicle | None | Your address | Timed to your flight |
| Pisa Mover and train | 1h 11min to about 1h 30min | €16.30 a person | One, plus the last leg | Santa Maria Novella | 22:10 |
| Direct bus | About 60 minutes, plus the tram by day | €14.99, or €16.99 with the tram | One by day | Guidoni by day, Santa Maria Novella late | 22:30 on a sampled Tuesday |
| Taxi from the rank | About 74 minutes | Metered; around €170 plus supplements (Visit Tuscany) | None | Your address | 24 hours |
Read down the price column and the train wins. Read down the last column and it does not, because Pisa schedules arrivals until 23:59 and the rail link stops selling a through journey at 22:10.
How much is the Pisa Mover and the train to Florence?
€16.30 for the whole trip, on one ticket.
No train leaves the airport itself. The Pisa Mover, an automated shuttle whose station is less than 40 metres from the terminal, runs to Pisa Centrale in about 5 minutes for €6.50 single or €13 return. At Pisa Centrale you change to a regional train for the remaining €9.80. Trenitalia sells the two together from "Pisa Aeroporto" to Firenze Santa Maria Novella at €16.30, and that price held on every connection we sampled for 17 and 21 November 2026, as it did in October.
Figures of €13.50 or €15.80 for the rail trip still circulate, and both are out of date. The only Mover fare below €6.50 is a €1.20 ticket for Pisa residents, six rides a month.
The catch this winter is frequency. From 26 October to 13 December, and again from 11 January to 28 February, the Mover runs with a single train for maintenance: every 15 minutes from 06:00 to 07:00, every 12 minutes from 07:00 to 23:00, and every 15 minutes until midnight. The "every 5 to 8 minutes" you will read on tourism pages is the summer timetable.
The train itself is the easy part. The fastest connections, 1 hour 11 minutes in total, left the airport stop at 08:50, 10:50 and 12:50 on both sampled days; most of the others take 1 hour 18 to 1 hour 28 minutes. There is one change, at Pisa Centrale, and you stand on a regional train with your bags for the hour that follows.
What time is the last train from Pisa Airport to Florence?
22:10, arriving at Santa Maria Novella at 23:50.
That was the last through connection Trenitalia sold from the airport stop on both sampled days, a Tuesday and a Saturday in November 2026. The one before it left at 21:10 and arrived at 22:32. The first of the morning leaves at 06:10 and arrives at 07:28. The Mover itself keeps running until midnight, but the regional trains to Florence stop first.
Pisa schedules flights from 06:00 to 22:59, takes arrivals of aircraft that leave the next morning until 23:59, and still handles late flights after midnight. A lot of aircraft land after the last train has gone.
Land at 20:00 with a backpack and you can be on the 21:10 with time for a coffee. Land at 21:45 with two cases and a passport queue, and the 22:10 is a gamble you lose more often than you win.
Miss it and the choice is the late bus, if one is still due, the taxi rank, or a night in Pisa. A transfer booked with your flight number has none of that arithmetic: the driver watches the flight and waits for it.
Is there a direct bus from Pisa Airport to Florence?
Yes, a direct bus runs from Pisa Airport to Florence, but by day it does not reach the centre.
The bus boards at area P6 on the airport forecourt, costs €14.99 and takes about 60 minutes with no stops. By order of the city of Florence, daytime buses set down at the Guidoni car park beside the stop of tram T2, on the north-western edge of the city. From Guidoni it is about 15 minutes by tram to Santa Maria Novella on a €2.00 urban ticket, so the real daytime fare to the station is €16.99, more than the train. Only buses arriving between 23:00 and 05:59 stop in the square in front of Santa Maria Novella.
The winter timetable is thin. On Tuesday 17 November 2026 the list showed 7 departures from the airport: 00:40, 08:45, 10:30, 14:30, 17:00, 21:40 and 22:30. Saturday 21 November had 10, the last at 22:20, reaching Santa Maria Novella at 23:20. In October the same Tuesday list had 11 departures and a 23:59 bus; that late bus is not on the November lists.
The bus suits one person with one bag and a hotel near the tram line. For anyone else, a bus that drops you at a tram stop is two vehicles, not one.
How much is a taxi from Pisa Airport to Florence?
Around €170 plus supplements, by Visit Tuscany's estimate.
Pisa taxis run on the meter, and the airport publishes no fixed fare to Florence, so that figure is a guide, not a price. The rank is on the arrivals side of the terminal and works 24 hours a day. A metered fare also moves with the road the driver picks and with the traffic on it.
A transfer arranged in advance is different in one way that matters for a 104 km run: you know the price before you land. On TransferBnB, verified local carriers send offers for the trip, you choose one, and the driver meets you in arrivals with the flight already tracked.
How far is Pisa Airport from Florence by car?
81 km or 104 km, depending on the road.
Most guides give this drive one distance, about 80 km. That is the free road. Two roads join the airport to Florence, and a router picks the longer one first:
- The A12 and A11 motorways run 104 km to Santa Maria Novella and take about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic. The toll for a car between the Pisa Centro and Firenze Ovest toll stations is €8.00, and it is revised every year.
- The FI-PI-LI, the regional dual carriageway, runs 81 km, takes about 75 minutes and is free for cars. It carries more than 50,000 vehicles a day, 17% of them heavy.
The free road is 23 km shorter and, in free flow, a minute slower. Which one is quicker on the day comes down to traffic, and no road authority publishes peak-hour or summer times for either. Treat 74 minutes as the time with an empty road and add margin on a Saturday in summer.
A driver who does the run every week will pick the road on the day. That choice is the one thing on this route you cannot look up.
Can a car take you to a hotel inside the Florence ZTL?
Yes, a licensed car can take you to the door, but how it gets in depends on where it is licensed.
Florence's limited traffic zone, the ZTL, covers the historic centre, and its cameras are active Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 20:00 and on Saturday from 07:30 to 16:00. The city's regulation gives a permanent, free whitelist place only to taxis and NCC cars (noleggio con conducente, private hire with a driver) licensed by a Tuscan municipality, and only on request. Any other taxi or NCC car gets in by registering its plate by SMS before each entry, at €1 a time, valid for three hours.
Either way the car may stop with the driver on board and may not park, which is all a drop-off needs. Put the full hotel address in the booking so the carrier can clear the entry.
A hire car is a different matter. A hotel inside the ZTL can register its guest's car, which may then stop for 30 minutes to unload. Drive in without that registration and the camera does the rest.
Should you fly into Pisa or Florence?
For a stay in Florence alone, Florence Airport is closer.
Florence Airport, at Peretola, is 7 km and about 15 minutes by road from Santa Maria Novella, against 81 to 104 km from Pisa. The case for Pisa is the flights. Pisa carried 5.9 million passengers in 2025 and Florence 3.8 million, and Toscana Aeroporti, the company that runs both, describes the split plainly: Pisa for low-cost holiday traffic, Florence for full-service carriers flying to the big European hubs.
So the choice usually makes itself. If a low-cost airline flies from your city to Pisa and nothing flies to Florence, Pisa is the airport, and the 74-minute drive is part of the trip. If you are connecting through one of the big European hubs, check Florence first.
Florence has a weakness, though. Its runway is 1,560 m long, and that shapes the next section.
What happens if your Florence flight is diverted to Pisa?
The airline should get you to Florence, so ask before you leave the terminal.
Diversions from Florence are not rare. Toscana Aeroporti says that fog and low visibility close Florence Airport for hours at certain times of year, with flights cancelled or diverted to Pisa or to airports in other regions. Its own count, for tailwinds above 10 knots on the short runway, is about 1,000 go-arounds and diversions in a single year.
The rule is in EU Regulation 261/2004. Under Article 8(3), when an airline lands you at an airport serving the same town, city or region as the one you booked, it "shall bear the cost of transferring the passenger" to the booked airport or to a close-by destination you agree with it. Pisa and Florence are both in Tuscany. Ask the airline desk whether it is laying on transport, agree in writing if you want to go straight to your hotel, and keep every receipt if you pay yourself. Our guide to what happens to a booked transfer when a flight is delayed or diverted covers the rest of that rule.
Then tell your carrier at once. Pisa Airport is 100 km and about 1 hour 8 minutes from Florence Airport, so a driver waiting at Peretola needs to know before the plane lands, not after. If you booked a Florence Airport pickup, the carrier can usually re-plan it for Pisa through the booking chat.
Train or transfer for a family of four?
For four people with luggage, the transfer.
Four adults pay €65.20 on the through rail ticket. That buys the Mover with every case, a change at Pisa Centrale, an hour on a regional train and then a taxi or a walk at Santa Maria Novella with the same cases. The bus is €59.96 for four by day before the tram, and ends at Guidoni.
We are not going to invent a transfer price to set beside those numbers. Carriers quote this route per vehicle, on request, and the price you see is the one a verified carrier offers for your date, group and bags. What you get for it is one vehicle sized to the group, child seats if you ask for them, and nobody lifting a suitcase onto a train.
Once a family has paid €65.20 and a taxi at the far end, a single car door to door is no longer the extravagant option.
Book your Pisa Airport to Florence transfer
Tell us the flight, the hotel address and the bags, and carriers who drive this run send their offers. The Pisa Airport to Florence transfer page has the route detail, and the Florence to Pisa Airport page covers the way back, with pickup at your door. Going on to Lucca or the coast instead? The Pisa Airport transfers page lists every town. Landing at Peretola after all? See Florence Airport transfers.
Italy has strikes on the calendar most months, and rail strikes hit the Mover-and-train route hardest. Before you fly, check our Italy and France strike calendar.
Request offers for your transfer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best way to get from Pisa Airport to Florence?
With luggage or a group, a private transfer: one car from Pisa Airport arrivals to your Florence address, about 74 minutes on either road. Travelling light by day, the Pisa Mover and a regional train cost €16.30 on one ticket, with a change at Pisa Centrale, and take 1 hour 11 minutes at best. The direct bus costs €14.99 but ends at the Guidoni tram stop by day.
How much is the train from Pisa Airport to Florence?
€16.30 for one adult, buying the Pisa Mover and the regional train together from Pisa Aeroporto to Firenze Santa Maria Novella. That is €6.50 for the Mover and €9.80 for the train. The fastest connection takes 1 hour 11 minutes with one change at Pisa Centrale. For four people it is €65.20, close to the point where one transfer vehicle door to door makes more sense.
How much is the Pisa Mover?
€6.50 single and €13 return between Pisa Airport and Pisa Centrale station, a ride of about 5 minutes. It runs from 06:00 to midnight. Until 13 December 2026, and from 11 January to 28 February, a single train runs every 12 minutes during the day. The €1.20 fare is for Pisa residents only. With luggage, the Mover is the first of two changes; a transfer from arrivals has none.
What time is the last train from Pisa Airport to Florence?
The last through connection leaves the Pisa Airport Mover stop at 22:10 and reaches Florence Santa Maria Novella at 23:50, on the dates we checked in November 2026. Flights keep landing at Pisa until 23:59 and later when delayed, so a late arrival can miss it. A transfer booked with the flight number waits for the plane instead.
Where does the bus from Pisa Airport stop in Florence?
By day at the Guidoni car park beside the tram T2 stop, on the edge of Florence, about 15 minutes by tram from Santa Maria Novella on a €2.00 ticket. Buses arriving between 23:00 and 05:59 stop at Santa Maria Novella. The bus costs €14.99 and takes about 60 minutes. A private transfer goes on to your hotel.
How much is a taxi from Pisa Airport to Florence?
Visit Tuscany puts it at around €170 plus supplements. Pisa taxis run on the meter and the airport publishes no fixed fare to Florence, so the final amount depends on the road and the traffic. A transfer booked in advance gives you the price before you land and a driver who meets you in arrivals.
How far is Pisa Airport from Florence?
81 km on the FI-PI-LI, which is free for cars, or 104 km on the A12 and A11 motorways, which cost a car €8.00 in tolls. Both take about 74 minutes in free-flowing traffic. Florence's own airport, at Peretola, is 7 km from Santa Maria Novella, so check it first if a flight goes there.
My flight to Florence was diverted to Pisa. Who pays to get me to Florence?
Usually the airline. Under Article 8(3) of EU Regulation 261/2004, an airline that lands you at an airport serving the same city or region must pay to take you to the airport you booked or a nearby destination you agree. Pisa and Florence are both in Tuscany. Ask at the airline desk, keep receipts, and tell your transfer carrier at once so the pickup moves to Pisa.
Sources and Data
- Trenitalia - through fare, journey times, first and last connections from Pisa Aeroporto to Firenze Santa Maria Novella, queried 10 November 2026 for 17 and 21 November 2026
- Pisamover, airport to Pisa Centrale shuttle - fares, ride time, hours and the winter single-train frequencies, 2026
- The airport bus operator's route page - journey time and the Guidoni and Santa Maria Novella stops; daily departure lists for 17 and 21 November 2026, read 10 November 2026
- Autolinee Toscane, urban ticket - the €2.00 Florence ticket valid on the tram, 2026
- Concessioni del Tirreno, toll information - the €8.00 car toll between Pisa Centro and Firenze Ovest, 2026
- Regione Toscana, regional roads - the FI-PI-LI's form and toll status, 2026
- Città Metropolitana di Firenze, FI-PI-LI report - daily traffic and heavy-vehicle share, 2024
- Pisa Airport, taxis - metered fares and the arrivals-side rank; bus area P6, Pisa Mover walk and flight hours from the same site, 2026
- Visit Tuscany, how to reach Florence from Pisa Airport - the taxi estimate, 2026
- Comune di Firenze, ZTL hours and regulation - camera hours, whitelist rules, SMS entry and stopping rules, regulation of 2023
- ENAC, traffic data 2025 - passengers at Pisa and Florence
- Toscana Aeroporti, Florence runway masterplan - fog diversions to Pisa and the yearly count of go-arounds and diversions, 2026
- Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, EUR-Lex - Article 8(3), transport after a landing at an alternative airport
- OpenStreetMap, routed with OSRM - every road distance and drive time on this page, free flow, 2026
