Florence, Italy
Florence Airport AmerigoVespucci is about 7 kilometers away from Florence, and some flights from within Europe will stop at this airport. Outside the airport, there is a direct bus Vola in bus to Florence Railway Station. The journey takes about 25 minutes. The one-way ticket is 6€. If you buy a round-trip ticket, it costs 10€. You can get on the bus and buy the ticket directly from the driver.
The earliest shuttle bus from Florence Airport Amerigo Vespucci to the city center is at 6:00 in the morning, and the latest bus is at 23:30 in the evening, basically every 30 minutes. The first bus from SITA bus station near Florence Railway Station to Amerigo Vespucci Airport is at 5:30 in the morning, and the latest bus at 23:00 in the evening, basically every 30 minutes.
About Florence city traffic
Bus: One-time ticket is 1.5€, you can take any bus within 90 minutes of valid time. Tickets can be bought at Tabacchi, a tobacco shop with the T sign (FOTO), or there is a special ticket office (FOTO) of the bus operator ATAF near the central railway station. After getting on the bus, the ticket is valid only if you hit the yellow machine. If the ticket is found to be invalid or the ticket is not purchased, a fine ranging from 50 Euro to 200 Euro will be imposed. If the local SMS service is activated on the mobile phone, you can also send the content of the SMS ATAF to 4880105, and the SMS will receive the bus ticket, and the ticket will be directly deducted from the call fee. It is recommended to purchase tickets by SMS before boarding. If you stay in Florence for a long time and need to take the bus multiple times, you can consider buying a Carta Agile 10-time ticket, but this ticket can only be used by one passenger, and cannot be used by multiple passengers at the same time. Generally, because many major attractions in Florence can be reached on foot, the frequency of bus use is not high.
Mobike: Recently landed in Florence, it may be a good choice for Chinese travelers who are familiar with using it. There are stops near the train station.
Florence must-see attractions
Uffizi Museum Galleria degli Uffizi
Florence is the birthplace of the Renaissance. The best way to learn about the charm of this city of art is to visit the Uffizi Museum. This is the top art museum in Florence in central Italy, suitable for those who love art. The painting collection here spans more than five hundred years, from the European medieval religious paintings in the 13th century to the paintings of the Dutch painter Rembrandt in the 18th century. Among them, the most interesting and most brilliant is the 15th and 16th century Renaissance. Paintings of the period. In the Uffizi Museum, you can also admire the sculptures of ancient Greece and Rome. Almost all the artworks in the museum come from the generational collection of the Medici family who ruled Florence. The last Medici stated in the family agreement in 1737 that even if Medici no longer ruled Florence, subsequent rulers would not have the right to take the city's art collection away from Florence. Because of this visionary agreement, we can still enjoy so many art collections in the birthplace of the Renaissance.
The Uffizi Museum was built in 1560 by the painter Cosimo I (Cosimo I) of the Medici family who ruled Florence at that time, and the architect and art critic Giorgio Vasari (Giorgio Vasari). The original purpose was to provide a centralized office for the relevant personnel of important associations and administrative judges in the city. "Uffizi" means "office" in Italian. Later, Francesco I, the son of Cosimo I, changed it to a museum to display his collection and opened it to his visitors. This year was 1581, the most in European history was born in Florence. Old museum.
The art collections of the Uffizi Museum are basically exhibited on a timeline. The visit generally starts from the top floor, which is also the real entrance of the museum. You must hold the tickets in your hand to facilitate ticket checking. Entering the Uffizi Museum, the paintings in the top exhibition hall start from the medieval religious paintings of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries according to time: here are the works of Giotto, known as the "father of European painting", and enter the 15th century art Early Revival Exhibition Hall: Here you can enjoy Botticelli's famous "Spring" and "The Birth of Venus", and later works by some artists of the late 15th century Renaissance and the early 16th century The famous "Sagrada Familia" drawn by Michelangelo, one of the three masters of the Renaissance. Before going downstairs, you can admire the Florence City Hall (Palazzo Vecchio) and the striking dome of Florence Cathedral (Cattedraledi Santa Maria del Fiore) not far away from the open terrace of the museum. After going downstairs, you will enter the exhibition hall displaying the works of important sixteenth-century Florentine painters, and then there are the works of the Renaissance three Jerry Raphael (Raffaello) and Leonardo Da Vinci (Leonardo Da Vinci), the last few In the exhibition hall, you can admire the works of Caravaggio from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Suggested ways to play the Uffizi Museum: As the Uffizi Museum has a large collection, it is recommended that friends who are interested in art can ask a professional licensed explainer to explain the Uffizi Museum in Chinese. This allows you to appreciate the main works more systematically, efficiently and easily. The Uffizi Museum also provides multilingual audio guides or multimedia audio guides
