Pisa Airport to Lucca

The area inside the walls is divided into zones C, B and A. Zone C is open to any car within the size and speed limits. Zone B admits only vehicles with authorisation, and zone A is always closed except to them. Taxis and licensed private-hire cars are on Lucca's permanent white list, which gives them access to the historic centre for reasons of service. A taxi or NCC car that is not yet registered may still enter and regularises the transit within 48 hours on the gate operator's form. Ask your carrier to confirm with the offer that the car will go to the door.

In zone A the Comune closes a list of streets and squares to traffic from 10:30 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00: Via Fillungo between Via Roma and Via Busdraghi, Via Roma, Via Beccheria, Via San Paolino, part of Via Santa Croce, Via Cenami, Via Buia, Via Santa Lucia, the east side of Piazza San Michele, Piazza Anfiteatro and Piazza San Frediano. If your hotel is on one of them, tell your carrier and time the arrival outside those hours, or expect a short walk.

A hotel inside zone B or A registers its guest's own car: the plate, the arrival day and the departure date. The permit is free. It lets you drive in by the shortest route and stop for 30 minutes for check-in and luggage, with a parking disc on display, and after that the car must leave zones A and B or use the hotel's own parking. The registration does not cover the zone A streets that close from 10:30 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00 during those hours. The hotel may enter the plate up to 72 hours after you passed the gate, and can register only as many cars a day as it has rooms. Cameras record exits as well as entries, so agree it with the hotel before you drive in.

Lucca Comics & Games runs from 28 October to 1 November 2026. For the 2025 edition the Comune suspended parts of its traffic rules by ordinance: taxis and NCC cars were barred from the historic centre from 08:00 to 19:00 on each festival day, and hotel guests' cars from 10:00 to 19:00. The 2025 ordinance is dated 20 October 2025, nine days before the festival opened. If you arrive during the festival, ask your carrier where the car can stop and plan to walk from there.

Pisa has one passenger terminal, with arrivals on the ground floor. Your driver is not at the taxi rank on the arrivals side, and the airport names no bay for private-hire cars. The short-stay car park facing the terminal is free for the first 10 minutes. The airport is building a new arrivals hall and has not announced its opening, so confirm the meeting point in the booking chat before you fly.

The last Pisa Mover and train connection we sampled in October 2026 left the airport for Lucca at 21:30, two and a half hours before Pisa's window for scheduled arrivals closes at 23:59. A booked car waits for the flight you are actually on.

Every vehicle inside the walls must be within 3.5 tonnes, 6.50 m in length and 2.20 m in width. If you are a large group going to a hotel in the centre, ask which vehicle the offer is for and whether it goes to the door or sets down at the walls.

Carriers provide child seats on request, but you need to book them. Put each child's age in the booking notes, because a booster and a rear-facing infant seat are different equipment. Confirm the seat is in the offer before you pay.

About 34 km and about 27 minutes on a clear road, from the airport forecourt to Piazzale Verdi just inside Lucca's walls, by the A12 and A11 motorways to the Lucca Est exit. The shorter figures that circulate, 22 to 26 km, describe the SS12 through San Giuliano Terme, which is about 23 km and about 35 minutes on a clear road. Both times are free flow, with no traffic and no queue at the toll station.

Yes. The Comune di Lucca keeps taxis and licensed private-hire cars (NCC) on a permanent white list that gives them access to the historic centre for reasons of service, and a car that is not yet registered may enter and regularise the transit within 48 hours. Two limits apply. Some streets in zone A, among them Via Fillungo and Piazza Anfiteatro, are closed from 10:30 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00, and during Lucca Comics & Games in 2025 taxis and NCC cars were barred from the centre from 08:00 to 19:00.

Not from the airport itself. The Pisa Mover takes about 5 minutes to Pisa Centrale, and direct regional trains run from there to Lucca in 25 to 35 minutes. One through ticket covers both for €10.60, and the whole journey takes 39 to 53 minutes with one change. Lucca station is in Piazza Ricasoli, just outside the walls, so a hotel in the centre is a further walk or taxi. A private transfer goes from arrivals to your door without a change.

€10.60 per adult on one through ticket in October 2026: €6.50 for the Pisa Mover and €4.10 for the regional train from Pisa Centrale to Lucca. Four people pay €42.40. Lower figures for the Pisa Mover circulate, but €6.50 is the operator's single fare. A private transfer is quoted per vehicle, not per person, so compare it with the total for your group.

On the three days sampled in October 2026, a Tuesday, a Saturday and a Sunday, the last Pisa Mover and train connection left the airport at 21:30 and reached Lucca at 22:17. The last direct train from Pisa Centrale to Lucca left at 21:50. Timetables change, so check the day you travel. Pisa Airport's operating hours allow scheduled arrivals until 23:59, and a booked private transfer waits for a late landing.

Yes, on the usual route. The published car toll for the Pisa Centro and Lucca Est pair is €2.90 in 2026, on the A12 and A11. The SS12 through San Giuliano Terme passes no motorway toll station and is about 7 minutes slower on a clear road. Ask whether tolls are included when you compare offers for a private transfer.

The airport publishes no fixed fare. Pisa Airport says taxi fares are variable and that drivers must run the meter on every ride, and the rank on the arrivals side works 24 hours. A private transfer is different in one respect: carriers send an offer per vehicle before you fly, sized to your group and luggage, so you know the total before you land.

A hotel inside zone B or A of Lucca's limited traffic zone registers its guest's car, with the plate, the arrival day and the departure date, and may do so up to 72 hours after the car passed the gate. The permit is free. The car may enter by the shortest route and stop for 30 minutes for check-in and luggage, then must leave zones A and B or use the hotel's own parking. It may not use the zone A streets that close from 10:30 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00 during those hours. This applies to a car you drive yourself. A taxi or licensed private-hire car is on the city's white list and needs no hotel registration.

Pisa. Lucca is about 34 km and 27 minutes from Pisa Airport on a clear road, and about 69 km and 47 minutes from Florence Airport, so Pisa is half the distance and 20 minutes nearer. Fly to Florence for Lucca only if the flights suit you better, and book the car from whichever airport you land at.

By day in 2025 it could not: the Comune di Lucca barred taxis and private-hire cars from the historic centre from 08:00 to 19:00 on each festival day. The 2026 edition runs from 28 October to 1 November, and the rule for a given year is known late, so ask your carrier where the car can stop.

At arrivals, on the ground floor of Pisa's one passenger terminal, at the point your carrier confirms in the booking chat. A private transfer is not a taxi and does not use the taxi rank, and the airport names no bay for private-hire cars. The airport is also moving arrivals into a new building and has not announced the opening, so check the meeting point before you fly.

TransferBnB does not publish a fixed price for this route. You post the trip with your flight, passenger count, luggage and the address in Lucca, and verified carriers send offers per vehicle that you compare before you pay. The offer should state whether motorway tolls are included.