Tuscany Bicycle Tours - Travel to the Region

The Tuscan airports at Pisa and Florence mostly handle internal and short haul flights. Coming from abroad, Rome may be more convenient. Rome has two airports. Leonardo da Vinci Airport (at Fiumicino) is used by the major airlines, while Ciampino Airport is used by budget airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair.

Getting to and from the trailheads (Siena, Sansepolcro, Florence) for the Tuscany itineraries involves travel from your arrival airport to the nearest mainline station or bus station for onward transport to the trailhead town.

Most inter-city trains leave Rome from Termini Station. Most inter-city buses leave from the main bus station outside Rome Tiburtina railway station. The Metro (line B) connects the two.

From Leonardo da Vinci Airport the most convenient way to get into Rome is to take the Leonardo Express, a direct train service to Termini (½ hr/every ½ hr).

From Ciampino Airport take a Terravision bus (¾ hr/ every hr) which to Termini. You can book online.

Pisa Airport has a railway station – trains run to Florence Santa Maria Novella Station (1½ hr/every hr). For Siena (2 hr/ every hr), change at Empoli.

Terravision buses run a regular service from Pisa Airport to Florence Santa Maria Novella Station (1¼ hr / every 1½ hr).

Terravision buses run a regular service from Florence Airport to Florence Santa Maria Novella Station (¼ hr/ every 1½ hr).

TRAILHEAD SIENA

Note that the train station in Siena is located approximately 2 km from Siena's historical centre. It's a five minute bus ride from the city centre (Piazza del Sale) to the train station and buses run regularly in both directions.

From Rome Termini
Train to Siena (3½ hr /every hr)
From Rome Tiburtina
Sena Line Bus to Siena (3 hr / every 1½ hr)
From Pisa
Train to Siena (change at Empoli)
From Florence
Train to Siena

TRAILHEAD SANSEPOLCRO

From Rome Termini
Train to Sansepolcro (4 hr / every 2 hr)
or
Train to Arezzo (2 hr / every hr), then SITA bus from Arezzo to Sansepolcro (1¼ hr / every hr)
From Pisa Airport –
Train (1½ hr/every hr) or Terravision bus (1¼ hr / every 1½ hr) to Florence SMN, then train (1 hr / every hr) to Arezzo, then SITA bus to Sansepolcro (1¼ hr / every hr)
From Florence Santa Maria Novella
Train to Arezzo (1 hr / every hr), then SITA bus from Arezzo to Sansepolcro (1¼ hr / every hr)

TRAILHEAD FLORENCE

From Rome
Train to Florence SMN (2½ hr / every hr)
From Pisa Airport
Train (1½ hr/every hr) or Terravision bus (1¼ hr / every 1½ hr) to Florence SMN

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