Pisa Getting there & around

Getting around

For Pisa airport, take a train to/from Stazione Pisa Centrale (€1.10, five minutes, 15 per day) or the LAM Rossa (red) line (€0.90, 10 minutes, every 10 minutes) which passes through the city centre and train station on its way to/from the airport.

Large, pay car parks (www.pisamo.it in Italian; per hr €1.50) abound around the heart of Pisa. There’s a huge free one about 2km north of Piazza dei Miracoli, with frequent shuttle buses to the centre. Cross your fingers that the cavernous subterranean car park being gouged out beneath Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II – a building site of several years already – really will be up and running by 2009.

Rent a bike to pedal about for €10 per day from MaxiRent (050 220 00 53; Via Cesare Battisti 13; 9am-1pm & 3.30-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat).

For a taxi call 050 54 16 00.