Florence, Tuscany
Chauffeur service across Florence and the Tuscan countryside around it. Florence and Pisa airports, Chianti, Siena and the coast, with 10 percent IVA and every autostrada toll already inside the number you are quoted.
One fixed price per journey, whether the day is an arrival at Peretola, a run of fittings at Pitti Uomo or a slow loop through the Chianti hills.
Florence airport at Peretola, a short run from the centre, and Pisa airport for the wider choice of flights. The flight is tracked, and an hour of waiting is free from the moment the wheels touch down.
Florence airport transfersShowrooms during Pitti Uomo, a villa lunch in Fiesole or a day of client meetings, with the car held between stops. Two-hour minimum. The same booking covers corporate travel in Florence and wedding transportation at the villas in the hills.
Hourly chauffeur in FlorenceChianti wine tours through Greve, Castellina and Radda, Siena and San Gimignano in one day, and the longer loop through Val d’Orcia to Montalcino, Pienza and Montepulciano.
Tuscany day trips from FlorenceA reserved black car in Florence for buyers, board guests and late dinners, with the class of vehicle fixed when you book. Longer journeys to Bologna or Rome run on the same fixed-fare basis.
Florence black car serviceA Florence chauffeur service is private transport booked in advance at a fixed price and carried out by an NCC operator, noleggio con conducente, authorised by an Italian comune under Legge 21/1992, the national framework law for non-scheduled road passenger transport. An NCC car cannot be hailed in the street or taken from a taxi rank; every trip is booked ahead with the operator. That is exactly how a RYDES reservation works, whether it is a Florence airport transfer, an hourly car service in Florence or a black car to the Fortezza da Basso: RYDES arranges the booking and the licensed operator carries out the journey.
What changes in Florence is everything around the car. The historic centre is a camera-enforced ZTL, the autostrade to Bologna and Rome are tolled, the airport taxi charges for bags, and the countryside sits an hour or more away. A booked Florence car service absorbs all of it. The quoted price already holds the 10 percent IVA and any toll on the route, and dispatch checks whether the car can reach your address inside the ZTL before the day, not at the barrier.
The same reservation reaches well beyond the city walls. Pisa airport transfers for flights that do not come into Peretola, Florence airport to Chianti and Florence airport to Siena for guests going straight to the countryside, day trips to San Gimignano, Montalcino and Lucca, and summer runs to Forte dei Marmi on the coast. The Florence taxi alternative page compares the options, and corporate travel puts a team on one account.
Peretola is close and small, with one runway and one terminal. Pisa is an hour and a half away and has far more flights. Which one wins depends on the timetable more than the map.
| Airport | Distance to the Duomo | Typical drive, off-peak | Typical drive, peak | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence PeretolaFLR, Amerigo Vespucci | About 9 km | 20 to 30 minutes | 30 to 50 minutes | European connections and hub flights, and any hotel in the centre, the Oltrarno or the hills of Fiesole |
| Pisa Galileo GalileiPSA, Pisa | About 85 km | 1 h 30 to 1 h 45 | 1 h 45 to 2 h 15 | The wider choice of low-cost and seasonal routes, and destinations in Lucca, Pisa or on the Versilia coast |
Drive times are door to door and assume a direct private car, not a shared shuttle. Peak means roughly 07:30 to 09:30 and 17:00 to 19:30 on a weekday, plus the Pitti Uomo weeks around the Fortezza da Basso. The figures to the Duomo end at the nearest point a car may legally stop, which inside the ZTL depends on the vehicle's access, and never in Piazza del Duomo itself.
Florence airport is compact enough that arrivals take minutes. Pisa is bigger and further away. Santa Maria Novella, where the fast trains stop, is the third arrival point that matters, and the trickiest one for a car.
Florence airport handled 3.8 million passengers in 2025, up 9.4 percent, through a single terminal, so the walk from the aircraft to the exit is short and there is no terminal to choose. The airport has not published a fixed meeting area for pre-booked NCC cars, so your chauffeur names the exact point in the message sent before you land, and it stays the same however late the aircraft is.
A masterplan with a 2,200 m runway and a new terminal was approved in 2025 and is under legal challenge, with works scheduled to finish by the end of 2035, so nothing about arrivals changes for now. The drive itself is on Florence airport to the city centre.
Pisa airport carried just under 6.0 million passengers in 2025, up 7.8 percent, and offers far more routes than Peretola, which is why so many Florence trips start here. Your chauffeur confirms the meeting point in the message before landing. From the airport the drive to central Florence is about 85 km, usually an hour and a half off-peak. Full timings are on Pisa airport to Florence.
For anyone staying near the coast or in Lucca, Pisa is the nearer airport by a distance and the run is far shorter than going to Florence; see Pisa airport to Lucca. The PisaMover and train alternative is covered further down.
Frecciarossa and Italo trains from Rome, Bologna and Milan arrive at Firenze Santa Maria Novella, on the edge of the ZTL. A chauffeur collecting from a train meets you at a point outside the station that a car can legally reach, named in advance with the coach number you give in the booking notes.
Pickups and drop-offs in the centro storico depend on ZTL access rather than on distance. A licensed NCC car registered for ZTL access can reach most hotel doors inside sectors A, B and O; where it cannot, the drop-off is at the nearest permitted point. No car drives into Piazza del Duomo or the pedestrian streets around the Ponte Vecchio. Ask for centro storico pickups if your address is deep inside the old town.
Airport details above were checked against public sources in October 2026. Meeting points at both airports can move with works and seasons, so treat the message your chauffeur sends before you land as the authority on where to walk.
Four things decide what a Florence journey costs and where it can go: the autostrada tolls, the 10 percent IVA on chauffeur transport, the limited traffic zone in the centre, and the city tax your hotel collects.
The motorway that matters most here is the A1, north over the Apennines to Bologna and south towards Rome. In 2026 the Bologna Casalecchio to Firenze Nord stretch costs €8.90 for a car, and Firenze Sud to Roma Nord costs €20.00. Whatever tolls the route uses are inside your RYDES price, as is the 10 percent IVA that applies to NCC passenger transport; nothing is added at the end.
The centro storico is a zona a traffico limitato. Sectors A, B and O are enforced by camera from 07:30 to 20:00 Monday to Friday and from 07:30 to 16:00 on Saturday, and a summer night ZTL runs from 23:00 to 03:00 Thursday to Saturday, roughly from April to early October. Licensed NCC cars registered for ZTL access can enter when their plate is on the city's list; for an operator licensed in another town, dispatch confirms access for your address before the day. The imposta di soggiorno is separate and is charged by the hotel, not the car: €8 per person per night at five stars, €7 at four, and €6 at three stars, B&Bs and short lets, for up to seven nights.
| RYDES chauffeur | FLR fixed-fare taxi | T2 tram | |
|---|---|---|---|
| When the price is set | At booking, then fixed | Fixed fare, roughly €28–32 depending on time of day | €2.00 single ticket |
| Luggage | No per-bag charge, you book the class that fits | A small charge per bag | You carry it on board |
| IVA | 10 percent IVA inside the price | Taxi fares in town are VAT-exempt | Inside the ticket |
| Autostrada tolls on longer runs | Inside the quoted price | Added to the fare | Not applicable |
| A delayed flight | 60 minutes free from landing | You queue at the rank on arrival | Every 4 to 11 minutes from about 05:05 |
| Reaching a hotel in the ZTL | Dispatch confirms access, or the nearest permitted point | Under the city's taxi rules | Ends at Unità, by Santa Maria Novella |
| Gratuity | Optional, offered once at payment | At your discretion | None |
| Imposta di soggiorno | Charged by the hotel, not in the fare | Charged by the hotel | Charged by the hotel |
For one or two people heading to the centre, the Peretola taxi is a fair benchmark. Where a booked car pulls ahead is with more bags, with a hotel in the hills or a villa in Chianti, or with a fixed time that cannot slip. The full comparison is on Florence taxi versus chauffeur.
Distances around Florence are short and the roads are slow. The ring of viali around the old town, the Peretola junction and the single-carriageway roads into the hills all add time the kilometres do not show.
| Route | Off-peak | Weekday peak or event day | What moves it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence airport to the Duomo area | 20 to 30 min | 30 to 50 min | About 9 km; the last part depends on ZTL access to your street |
| Florence airport to Santa Maria Novella | 15 to 25 min | 25 to 40 min | About 7 km, the shortest run into town |
| Florence airport to the Oltrarno | 20 to 30 min | 30 to 45 min | About 9 km to Santo Spirito, across the river on the viali |
| Florence airport to Fiesole | 25 to 35 min | 35 to 50 min | About 12 km, climbing the hill road above the city |
| Pisa airport to Florence | 1 h 30 to 1 h 45 | 1 h 45 to 2 h 15 | About 85 km; the approach into Florence sets the upper end |
| Florence airport to Greve in Chianti | 40 to 50 min | 50 to 70 min | About 30 km from the city, over the hills on the Chiantigiana |
| Florence airport to Siena | 1 h 20 to 1 h 35 | 1 h 35 to 2 h | About 75 km from the city; airport traffic adds to the start |
| Pisa airport to Lucca | Quoted to the address | Quoted to the address | The shorter run from Pisa; drop-off at a permitted point by the walls |
Free-flow figures for these roads are lower than the ranges above, and they are rarely what you get. A Pitti Uomo afternoon, the Firenze Marathon in November or the Easter morning crowds around the Duomo can each double the run into the centre. For a flight you cannot miss, add half the off-peak time again as a buffer.
Day trips and onward journeys are priced as one fixed fare for the whole distance, so a slow climb behind a tractor outside Castellina or a queue at Firenze Sud is the operator's cost, not yours.
| Destination | Distance | Typical drive | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greve in Chianti | About 29 km | 35 to 60 min | The gateway town on the Chiantigiana; Castellina and Radda are about 48 km and an hour |
| San Gimignano | About 60 km | 1 h 05 to 1 h 25 | Towers and Vernaccia; often paired with Siena, see Siena and San Gimignano |
| Siena | About 75 km | 1 h 15 to 1 h 40 | Drop-off at the nearest permitted point outside the centre's restricted streets |
| Montalcino | About 120 to 140 km | About 2 h | Route varies with the road chosen through the Crete or the Val d'Orcia |
| Pienza and Montepulciano | 112 to 116 km | 1 h 35 to 2 h | A long day; the loop through Val d'Orcia suits hourly hire |
| Lucca | About 78 km | 1 h 05 to 1 h 25 | West across the plain; inside the walls the car stops at a permitted point |
| Pisa | About 100 km | 1 h 20 to 1 h 45 | For the Leaning Tower rather than the airport, which has its own route |
| Forte dei Marmi | About 109 km | 1 h 25 to 2 h | West to the Versilia coast; summer weekends sit at the top of the range |
| Bologna | About 104 km | 1 h 25 to 1 h 50 | The A1 over the Apennines, €8.90 toll included; see Bologna |
| Rome | About 273 km | 3 h to 3 h 45 | The A1 south, €20.00 toll included; see Rome |
| Event | Dates | What it means for a booking |
|---|---|---|
| Firenze Marathon | 29 November 2026 | Expect road closures on race morning; plan airport runs around the course |
| Pitti Uomo, winter | 12 to 15 January 2027, Fortezza da Basso | The tightest hotel weeks of the year; book cars when you book rooms |
| Scoppio del Carro | Easter Sunday, 28 March 2027 | Crowds fill the Duomo area from early morning; drop-offs stay well outside it |
| MotoGP at Mugello | 28 to 30 May 2027 | Heavy traffic north of the city; hourly hire or an early fixed run works best |
| Pitti Uomo, summer | 15 to 18 June 2027, Fortezza da Basso | Showroom days around the station; hourly hire suits buyers |
| Calcio Storico final | Traditionally 24 June, Piazza Santa Croce | Expect closures around Santa Croce; dispatch plans drop-offs around them |
Montalcino distances depend on the route and the estate, so the price is fixed to the address you give rather than to the town name. Pitti Uomo and MotoGP dates are as published by the organisers and can change.
The old town and the Oltrarno, the hills around Florence, the Chianti and Siena country to the south, Val d'Orcia, and west to Lucca, Pisa and the Versilia coast. The journey is carried out by a licensed NCC operator.
Capacity below is what fits comfortably with real luggage, not the brochure figure. With full-size suitcases or cases of wine, go up a class.
| Class | Typical vehicles | Passengers | Luggage | In Florence, best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StandardComfortable everyday sedan | Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata | 3 | 2 medium | Peretola to a hotel near Santa Maria Novella, one person travelling light |
| BusinessThe everyday standard | Mercedes E-Class, BMW 5 Series, Cadillac CT6 | 3 | 2 large, 1 small | Airport runs and Pitti Uomo appointments for one or two people |
| FirstFlagship sedans | Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7 Series, Audi A8 | 3 | 2 large, 1 small | Board guests, buyers and the long run to Rome where the back seat is the office |
| SUVRoom for luggage | Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon | 5 | 5 large | Families with checked bags, Chianti estates up gravel drives, and wine bought along the way |
| VanA seat and a case each | Mercedes V-Class, Mercedes Vito, Ford Transit | 7 | 7 large | Up to seven people with luggage, and the Siena and San Gimignano day for a family |
| GroupUp to sixteen | Mercedes Sprinter, executive minibus | up to 16 | By arrangement | Wedding guests between a villa and the city, and fashion-week teams moving together |
Narrow streets in the centre and steep lanes up to villas in Fiesole and Settignano favour the smaller classes. Capacity and luggage detail is on the vehicle classes page.
One figure, agreed before the day. Nothing is metered and nothing appears afterwards.
For some Florence journeys the tram or the train is simply the better choice.
Landing at Peretola alone with a carry-on and staying near Santa Maria Novella, the T2 tram is hard to beat. It runs from the airport to Unità, beside the station, in 20 to 30 minutes, every 4 to 11 minutes from about 05:05 to midnight, later at weekends, for a €2.00 single ticket. From Pisa, the PisaMover reaches Pisa Centrale in about five minutes, and the fastest trains to Santa Maria Novella take 48 to 51 minutes, or 73 to 81 on a stopping service, for a €9.30 regional fare.
Between cities the train usually wins too. Florence to Rome takes about 1 hour 20 to 1 hour 30 by Frecciarossa or Italo, from about €15 booked ahead, against three hours or more by road; Florence to Bologna is about 37 minutes, from about €9 to €10. A chauffeur earns its fare with more than two people, heavy luggage, small children, a hotel in Fiesole or the Oltrarno, a Chianti estate no train reaches, several stops, or an arrival after the last service. The side-by-side figures are on Florence taxi versus chauffeur.
The ZTL check, the toll, the meeting point at Pisa. All of it is handled before you board.
Where from, where to and when. Add a flight or train number and we follow it from departure.
Each class is shown with its final price in euros, IVA and tolls already in it.
Your chauffeur's name, photo, car and plate arrive three hours before pickup, with the exact meeting point.
If yours is not here, dispatch answers around the clock at +1 888 881 7933 or support@rydes.co.
It depends on your flight and where you are staying. Florence airport at Peretola is about 9 km from the Duomo, usually 20 to 30 minutes by car off-peak, and suits any address in the city or the hills. Pisa has far more routes and handled just under 6.0 million passengers in 2025, but it is about 85 km from Florence, usually an hour and a half by road. For Lucca or the coast, Pisa is the nearer airport. See Florence airport transfer and Pisa airport transfer.
Florence airport has a single terminal, and your chauffeur names the exact meeting point in the message sent before you land. Standard pickup there is included in the price. Meet and greet inside arrivals, with the chauffeur holding your name, is a paid add-on. Detail is on the Florence airport transfer page.
Around 20 to 30 minutes off-peak to the Duomo area and 30 to 50 minutes at weekday peak or during Pitti Uomo. Santa Maria Novella is the quickest, about 15 to 25 minutes, and Fiesole about 25 to 35. The final stretch depends on ZTL access to your street. See Florence airport to the city centre.
The taxi from Peretola to central Florence charges a fixed fare of roughly €28 to €32 depending on the time of day, plus a small charge per bag. A RYDES price is fixed at booking, with no per-bag charge and the 10 percent IVA included; for one person with little luggage the taxi is a fair choice. The comparison is on Florence taxi alternative.
Licensed NCC cars registered for ZTL access can enter the restricted sectors A, B and O when their plate is on the city's list. Where the operator is licensed in another town, dispatch confirms access for your address before the day; if the car cannot enter, the drop-off is at the nearest permitted point. No car can drive into Piazza del Duomo or the pedestrian streets around the Ponte Vecchio.
Yes. The 10 percent IVA that applies to NCC passenger transport and every autostrada toll on the route are inside the quoted euro price. In 2026, Bologna Casalecchio to Firenze Nord costs €8.90 and Firenze Sud to Roma Nord €20.00, and neither is added to your bill. Paid parking, if you ask the car to wait somewhere that charges, is the only cost outside the quote.
No. The imposta di soggiorno is collected by your hotel or rental, not by the car. Since 1 February 2025 it has been €8 per person per night at five-star hotels, €7 at four stars, and €6 at three stars, B&Bs and short lets, charged for up to seven nights.
Yes. Every journey is carried out by an NCC operator, noleggio con conducente, authorised by a comune under Legge 21/1992 and keeping its base and garage, the rimessa, where the law requires. NCC trips must be booked in advance, which is how every RYDES booking works. The Corte costituzionale struck down the rule forcing a car back to its garage after each job in ruling 56/2020, and the 2024 decree's booking limits were annulled in 2025; the national RENT register for taxi and NCC is being rolled out.
Sometimes, and we would rather say so. The T2 runs from Florence airport to Unità, beside Santa Maria Novella, in 20 to 30 minutes, every 4 to 11 minutes from about 05:05 to midnight, for a €2.00 ticket. Alone with a carry-on and staying near the station, it is the sensible choice. A car earns its price with luggage, a family, a hotel in the hills, or a late arrival.
By train, take the PisaMover to Pisa Centrale, about five minutes, then a train to Santa Maria Novella, 48 to 51 minutes on the fastest services or 73 to 81 on a stopping train, for a €9.30 regional fare. By car it is about 85 km, usually 1 hour 30 to 1 hour 45 off-peak, door to door at a fixed price. See Pisa airport to Florence.
Yes. Greve in Chianti is about 29 km from Florence, around 35 to 60 minutes by car, and Castellina and Radda are about 48 km and an hour. A tasting day suits hourly hire, with a two-hour minimum in 30-minute increments, and the car waits at each estate. Give us the estate names so dispatch can plan the route. See Chianti wine tours.
Yes, and it is one of the most booked days out of Florence. Siena is about 75 km, around 1 hour 15 to 1 hour 40 by car, and San Gimignano about 60 km, so the two fit one loop with time in each. Neither centre can be driven through, so the chauffeur drops you at the nearest permitted point. See Siena and San Gimignano and Florence to Siena.
Montepulciano is about 112 km and Pienza about 116 km, each roughly 1 hour 35 to 2 hours by car. Montalcino is about 120 to 140 km depending on the route, about 2 hours. It is a long day, so most people book it by the hour and take the loop through the valley. See Val d’Orcia and Florence to Montalcino.
For most travellers the train. Frecciarossa and Italo take about 1 hour 20 to 1 hour 30, from about €15 booked ahead, against roughly three hours or more by road. A car makes sense for a group with luggage, a door-to-door run to a villa, or a stop on the way, with the €20.00 toll from Firenze Sud included. See Florence to Rome.
At least 3 hours before pickup, so the operator can assign and brief a chauffeur, and reservations open up to a year ahead. For Pitti Uomo on 12 to 15 January and 15 to 18 June 2027, Easter, MotoGP weekend at Mugello and the summer, book as early as you can. See Pitti Uomo transfers and corporate accounts.
Add the flight number and the pickup follows the aircraft, with the free hour of waiting starting at the real landing time. A delay costs nothing. If a flight bound for Peretola is diverted to Pisa or elsewhere, dispatch re-briefs the chauffeur to the new airport and confirms the change with you.
Every airport, route, day trip and service we cover from Florence, each with its own price, timing and pickup detail.
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See your Florence price in under a minute, in euros, with IVA and autostrada tolls already inside it.
