--- title: "Florence Travel Guide | Weather, Tips and Tours | Tourpublish" description: "Florence travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable Uffizi, Duomo and Tuscany day trip experiences." canonical: https://tourpublish.com/destinations/italy/florence last_updated: 2026-10-16 content_type: page publisher: Tourpublish SIA --- > Florence travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable Uffizi, Duomo and Tuscany day trip experiences. Tourpublish is the publishing layer above your reservation system, not a reservation platform. Every tour operator should be able to publish everywhere from one place. [Image: The Duomo and Florence skyline from Piazzale Michelangelo] # Florence Renaissance art at walking distance, with Tuscany just outside. Photo: [Giorgio Galeotti](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firenze_-_Piazzale_Michelangelo,_Firenze,_Italy_-_April_6,_2015_02.jpg) (CC BY 4.0) Currency Euro (EUR) 1 USD = 0.89 EUR Emergency number 113 112 / 115 / 118 also works Advisory level High degree of caution U.S. Department of State and 1 other government Language Italian Local transport Walk & tram Centre is car free Yellow Thunderstorm Warning issued for Italy - Sicilia Yellow Thunderstorm Warning · Area: Sicilia · From 2026-10-17T12:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T23:59:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/IT) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Italy - Marche Yellow Fog Warning · Area: Marche · From 2026-10-16T18:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T08:59:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/IT) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Italy - Umbria Yellow Fog Warning · Area: Umbria · From 2026-10-16T18:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T08:59:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/IT) ## Good to know You can travel without a visa to the Schengen area, which includes Italy, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/italy/entry-requirements) Italy follows Schengen area rules. Your passport must: have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it might have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago,… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/italy/entry-requirements) The European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES) is now being implemented across the Schengen area… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/italy/entry-requirements) There are strict rules about goods you can take into and out of Italy. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/italy/entry-requirements) Italien: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/211322) Italien: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/211322) Tram T2 links Peretola airport to Santa Maria Novella in 20 minutes. Climb the Duomo or Giotto's campanile early. Both sell timed slots and the stairs get airless by midday. Lunch at a schiacciata counter or the Mercato Centrale upstairs costs a third of a sit-down trattoria. Siena, Pisa and Lucca are each under 90 minutes by regional train from Santa Maria Novella. Cross the Arno to Oltrarno for workshops, wine bars and dinner without a queue. ## Local knowledge Contributed by guides, operators and creators on the ground. Community advice, kept separate from official sources. The view without the ticket Walk up to Piazzale Michelangelo an hour before sunset. Best view of the Duomo in the city and it costs nothing. Local guide Oltrarno at aperitivo Santo Spirito square from 18:30. Artisan workshops are still open next door and the wine is half the price of the centre. Tourpublish contributor ## Frequently asked questions Yes in high season. Reserved timed entry is the difference between walking in and standing in line for two hours. Two full days for the city, three if you want a day in Siena or Chianti. No. Brunelleschi's dome requires a timed slot bought in advance as part of a combined ticket. Siena, San Gimignano, Lucca, Pisa and Chianti are all comfortable half or full days by train or organised tour. Entirely. The historic centre is small enough to cross on foot in 25 minutes and mostly closed to traffic. For details about medical entry requirements and recommended vaccinations, see TravelHealthPro’s Italy guide. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. There are strict rules about goods you can take into and out of Italy. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. U.S. Department of State currently advises high degree of caution (level 2 of 4). Advice differs slightly between governments, so check your own country's advisory before you travel. For tour operators ## Run tours in Florence? Publish them everywhere from one place. Tourpublish takes the tours already in your reservation system and publishes them to your website, social channels, messaging apps, AI assistants and marketplaces. - [Tour operator software in Florence](https://tourpublish.com/tour-operators/florence) - [Best tour operator software compared](https://tourpublish.com/best-tour-operator-software) - [How Tourpublish works](https://tourpublish.com/product) Sources and freshness Travel information last reviewed 16 October 2026. Compiled from [European Commission Newsroom](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/rss?language=en) , [IATA Timatic](https://api.iata.org/timatic/v2) , [Open-Meteo](https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast) and Tourpublish Travel Intelligence . Always confirm entry rules and safety guidance with official government sources before you travel. Advisories, entry rules and alerts apply to Italy as a whole. Aggregated from official sources. 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