How to reach Siena

 



BY PLANE

 

Aeroporto di Firenze about 60 km from Florence airport to Siena

Airport connection to Firenze Piazza della Stazione (Santa Maria Novella railway station) with the “Vola in bus” service – “Navetta Aeroporto” Airport Shuttle (info: bus from airport). The shuttle bus takes about 20 minutes to arrive at Santa Maria Novella railway station.

Taxis are also stationed in front of the terminal. Taxi journey time from the airport to Florence city center is about 15 minutes and costs roughly 20/25€.

Aeroporto di Pisa about 100 km from Pisa airport to Siena

Airport connection to Pisa Centrale railwail station with the service Bus PisaMover. The shuttle bus takes about 8 minutes to arrive at Pisa Centrale railway station, with departures every 10 minutes.

 

BY TRAIN

Timetables on www.trenitalia.com.

From Firenze (Santa Maria Novella railway station): 1 hour and 30 minutes. Line Firenze – Empoli – Siena (direct service with regionale veloce every hour). Other services with change at Empoli railway station.

From Roma: 3 hours. Line Roma – Chiusi – Siena (train change at Chiusi).

From Pisa: 1 hour and 45 minutes. Line Pisa – Empoli – Siena (train change at Empoli).

From Grosseto: 1 hour and 25 minutes. Line: Grosseto – Montepescali – Buonconvento – Siena

Siena station is in piazza Carlo Rosselli, about 2 km from the historical center and it can easily be reached by bus in a few minutes.

 

BY BUS

From Florence, there is a non-stop rapid line to Siena taking about 1 hour and 15 minutes and a ordinary line taking 1 hour and 45 minutes. Buses leave every hour from autostazione Busitalia-Sita, via Santa Caterina da Siena 15 (west side of S. Maria Novella Railway Station). The bus arrives in the center of Siena (Piazza Gramsci). See the Tiemme web site for rates and timetables.

From Pisa airport to Siena there is a bus service with change in Florence. Information at Siena Mobilità and Autostradale.

There are other bus connections with several northern and southern cities; the most frequent are for Rome and Bologna. See the SENA web site for rates, routes and timetables.

 

BY CAR

From North: A1 exit “Firenze Impruneta” then Superstrada Firenze/Siena (40 min.)

From South: A1 exit “Valdichiana” then junction Bettolle-Siena (2h 30min.)

Parking – www.sienaparcheggi.it.