HOW TO REACH ARCETRI
The Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università di Firenze is located in Arcetri’s area, closeby to Firenze.
The address is
Largo Enrico Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze
GPS Coordinates: 43.74950, 11.25132
By train
If you travel from Rome, Bologna, Milan or Pisa, get off at Firenze S.Maria Novella railway station. You can take a taxi or a bus to Arcetri.
By plane
“Useful” airports to get to Firenze are: Firenze A. Vespucci, Pisa G. Galilei, Bologna G. Marconi, Roma Fiumicino and Milano Malpensa.
- From Firenze airport you may catch a taxi (20 min.) or a shuttle bus (“Vola in bus”) to the Firenze S. Maria Novella railway station.
- From Pisa airport, bus connections (“Terravision” or “Autostradale”) will bring you to the Firenze S. Maria Novella railway station in about one hour.
- From Bologna airport you can get a shuttle bus to the Bologna Centrale railway station from where you’ll get to Firenze S. Maria Novella in about half an hour.
- From Roma Fiumicino airport the fast train connection “Leonardo Express” brings you to “Roma Termini” railway station in 40 minutes. There, the “FrecciaRossa” fast train brings you to Firenze S. Maria Novella in about 90 minutes.
- From Milano-Malpensa airport you can take a shuttle train bringing you to the “Porta Garibaldi” railway station in Milano. Unfortunately no connections to Firenze are available at this station; you must reach the “Milano Centrale” station by undergrund (a few minutes) from where you can take a “FrecciaRossa” fast train to Firenze (about 90 minutes)
You can take a taxi or bus n. 11 at Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Arcetri.
By bus
From Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Arcetri you can catch a bus of the urban lines (INFOBUS):
Line 11 – From Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station it is a 3-min walk to Piazza Adua. Then you take the bus and get off at via del Gelsomino stop. Then it is a 10 min walk.
Line 38 – From Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station, it is a 3-min walk to Piazza Adua to take bus n. 11. Then you take the bus and get off at the Porta Romana stop. In the proximity, you can take the bus n. 38 to Arcetri (not to Pian de’ Giullari) and get off at Arcetri.
For any emergency during the conference you can call +39 333 1152917.
By taxi
The main taxi lines are:
Radio Taxi CO.TA.FI +39 055 4390 or +39 055 4499
Radio Taxi SO.CO.TA. +39 055 4242 or +39 055 4798