Travel

BY CAR

From the "Autostrada del sole" (higway) exit at: Firenze Impruneta. Follow directions for downtown Firenze for about 3 Kilometers up to the crossroad pointed to by an arrow in the city map (It is the fourth crosslight). Turn right along V.le del Poggio Imperiale and then left. In 200 meters you'll be in front of the entrance gate. Sometimes an automated barrier just behind the gate is close, ask the guard man or ring the bell to ask for it to be opened, then proceed by car until the end of the internal road.

BY TRAIN

Get off at Firenze S.Maria Novella railway station. Then the easiest way is by taxi (around 15 minutes in normal traffic conditions). If you want to go by bus you must walk one hundred meters from Piazza della Stazione to Piazza S.Maria Novella and then take the bus number 11 to the first stop in via del Gelsomino from where you must walk uphill to the main gate (around 5 minutes). From the main gate to the Observatory you must further walk uphill about 10 minutes.

BY PLANE

Useful airports to get to Firenze are: Firenze Amerigo Vespucci, Pisa Galileo Galilei, and Bologna G. Marconi.

• The airport Amerigo Vespucci in Firenze is connected with many European and italian main cities, and with the two italian intercontinental airports (Roma and Milano).

  From the airport you may take a taxi to downtown (20 min.) or to the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (30 min.). Otherways you can get a bus shuttle to the Santa Maria Novella railway station. And follow th directions given above.

• From Pisa Galileo Galilei airport a direct train connection will bring you to the Firenze S. Maria Novella railway station in about one hour.

• From Bologna-Marconi airport you can get a bus shuttle to the Bologna Centrale railway station from where you'll get to Firenze S. Maria Novella in about one hour.