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Travel Information

Pisa represents an excellent venue also in terms of accessibility, since it may be easily reached by means of plane, train, coach, car and ship. Hereafter an overview of available connections is reported; for detailed and updated info please refer to the relevant websites highlighted.

Air connections

Aiga Symbol Signs Clipart Pisa hosts the renowned "Galilei" International Airport (code: PSA, sometimes misleadingly labeled "Florence-Pisa" by tour operators; http://www.pisa-airport.com), which services several major and low-cost airlines offering convenient connections to many domestic and international locations. Hereafter the most important direct connections presently available are listed:

Amsterdam	RyanAir
Barcelona	Iberia, RyanAir
Bari	RyanAir
Belfast	Jet2
Berlin	EasyJet
Bratislava	RyanAir
Bruxelles	RyanAir
Bucarest	Blue Air
Cagliari	RyanAir
Copenaghen	Norwegian Air Shuttle, Transavia Airlines
Dublin	RyanAir
Frankfurt	RyanAir
Hamburg	RyanAir
Helsinki	FinnAir
Liverpool	RyanAir
London	EasyJet, RyanAir
Malta	RyanAir
Munchen	Lufthansa
Oslo	Norwegian Air Shuttle, RyanAir
Palermo	RyanAir, WindJet
Paris	AirFrance, EasyJet, RyanAir
Porto	RyanAir
Roma	Alitalia
Sevilla	RyanAir
Stockholm	RyanAir
Valencia	RyanAir

The airport is located close to the city center, only about 2.5 km away from the Congress Palace. Therefore, the city center, the hotels or the Congress Palace are quite simple to reach either by city- buses or by taxi (see Urban Mobility directions below), or even by train, since the airport also features a railway terminal with direct connection to the Pisa central railway station. Anyway, people choosing to stay at hotels in the nearby of the central railway station and willing to walk a bit after or before their flight may easily and safely move between the airport and their accommodations even by foot, in about 20 minutes.

Railway connections

Pisa also hosts an important railway station along the Tirrenian main line connecting Naples to Rome, Genoa and Turin. Moreover, Pisa is directly and effectively connected to Florence (1 hour) which is a major railway node along the primary high-speed line Rome-Florence-Bologna-Milan. Moreover, Pisa is directly connected to Lucca: therefore, all of the main historical artistic towns in Tuscany (Florence, Siena, Lucca, Arezzo) may be comfortably reached by train.The central station is located close to the city center, only about 1.5 km away from the Congress Palace.

Coach connections

Pisa is directly connected to several town both in Tuscany and outside Tuscany via road by means of regular coach services. In particular, it is connected to the renowned tourist beach villages of Tirrenia (CPT company: http://www.cpt.pisa.it) and Viareggio (Lazzi company:http://www.lazzi.it/ ) which can be then comfortably reached in 30-40 min.

Road connections

Pisa is also rather well connected to the toll-pay highway system, whose terminals for the routes A12 (E80 Genoa-Livorno) and A11 (E76 Florence-coast) are in the nearby of the city. The Florence-Pisa-Livorno toll-free fastway also represents a convenient alternative directly leading to Pisa airport.

Sea connections

Aiga Symbol Signs Clipart Pisa is located about 25 km north from the main harbor of Livorno, which may be easily reached by train or coach and urban bus. Different sailing companies offer regular ferry connections to Sardinia (Olbia, Golfo Aranci), Corsica (Bastia, Portovecchio), Tunisia (Tunisi), Spain (Barcelona).

Urban mobility

Pisa is a relatively small town whose centre, featuring rather narrow roads with severe traffic limits, may be comfortably and safely traveled and visited even by foot or by bicycle.Anyway, an effective city bus service (managed by CTP company - http://www.cpt.pisa.it ) is available, connecting the most important locations inside the city including the Congress Palace, the airport and the central railway station, whose front square is actually used as main interchange point for urban buses.A taxi service (managed by CoTaPi company - http://www.cotapi.it) is also available with fixed pick-up points at both the airport and the central railway station.Furthermore, a double-deck tourist bus with open top is also available along a predefined path visiting the typical sight-seen attractions: Leaning Tower, Piazza dei Miracoli, Lungarni etc.