Festival Venues
La Compagnia
Via Cavour, 50/R,
50121 Firenze (FI)
Ph: +39 055 268 451
Cinema Astra
Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 9
50121 Firenze (FI)
Ph: +39 055 576 551
MAD - Murate Art District
Piazza delle Murate,
50122 Firenze (FI)
Ph: +39 055 247 6873
Istituto Francese Firenze
Palazzo Lenzi - Piazza Ognissanti, 2,
50123 Firenze (FI)
Ph: +39 055 271 8801
Palazzo Strozzi
Piazza degli Strozzi
50123 Firenze FI
Ph: +39 055 264 5155
PARC - Performing Arts Research Centre
Piazzale delle Cascine 4/5/7
50144 Firenze (FI)
Ph. + 39 055 351599
Terminale Cinema
Via Carbonaia, 31
59100 Prato (PO)
Ph: +39 057 4962744
Videolibrary* e Mediateca Regionale Toscana
Via San Gallo, 25,
50129 Firenze (FI)
Ph: +39 055 271 9036
Come raggiungerci
Public transport in the city is operated by Autolinee Toscane. It is possible to consult lines and timetables on their website: www.at-bus.it or on the official “at bus” app available on Google Play and Apple Store
How to reach Cinema La Compagnia:
10 minutes walk from T1.3/T2 stop “Valfonda - Santa Maria Novella”.
5 minutes walk from the bus stops “La Pira” (lines 1 - 11 - 17 - 20 - 52 - C1) e “Santissima Annunziata” (lines 6 - 14 - 23 - 31 - 32).
How to reach Cinema Astra:
We recommend the bus stops: “Gramsci Porta alla Croce” (lines 8 - 13 - 14 - 23 - 31 32).
How to reach Istituto Francese:
We recommend the bus stops: "Borgo Ognissanti" (lines C2 - C4 - 36 - 13 - 37), "Piazza D'Ognissanti" (lines 6 - C3 - 12 - 36 - 37).
How to reach MAD - Murate Art District:
We recommend the bus stops “Giovine Italia” (lines 8 - 13 - 14 - 23 - 31) and “Malborghetto” (lines C2 - C3)
How to reach PARC - Performing Arts Research Centre:
We suggest the bus stops “Le Cascine” (lines 17 - 55) and “Cascine Piazzale Kennedy” (line 17)
If you are at Cinema La Compagnia, you can ask our staff to book you a taxi without any additional fee.
Anyways, the closest taxi ranks are in Piazza San Marco, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazza Santa Maria Novella.
You can find all the details here:
RADIO TAXI 055/4390 – www.4390.it
If you arrive in Florence with your own car, please mind that in the historical centre there are several restricted traffic area. If your hotel is located in the historical centre, remember to warn that you will arrive by car, so the hotel can book an affiliated parking lot with your license plate. Park and ride Car parks are located along the main points of access to the city of Florence. They are connected to the centre by bus and tram.
You can find details Florence Parking.
The Santa Maria Novella central station is in the City Centre. All our theatres are just few minutes walking from there.
For more information about schedules and routes, you can visit the following website: www.trenitalia.it (Italy) www.italotreno.it (Italy) www.oebb.at (Austria) www.bahn.com/it (Germany) www.sncf.com (France) www.ffs.ch (Switzerland).
Florence is connected to all the cities in Tuscany by an efficient bus service.
You can find details on the website: www.at-bus.it. There are also many companies that allow to reach Florence from abroad, such as Flixbus.
Florence International Airport "Amerigo Vespucci"
From the airport, it is possible to reach the city center with the T2 tramway (direction "Unità") in 20 minutes. The service guarantees a run every 5/6 minutes every day. You can find details and schedule here GestTramvia.
Pisa International Airport "Galileo Galilei"
From the airport you can reach the city center of Florence in one hour by bus. You can find details and schedules here.
Otherwise, the Pisa Airport is located about 1 km from Pisa Centrale railway station. You can find, just outside the terminal, the new, high-speed, fully automatic People Mover service for direct connections between the Pisa Centrale railway station and the airport. You can find details and schedule here.
Bologna International Airport "Guglielmo Marconi"
From Bologna Airport you can reach the city center of Florence with the Appennino Shuttle in one hour and thirty minutes.
You can find details and schedule here.
At Santa Maria Novella station you can find luggage storage service.
Accommodation
There are many possibilities that the city of Florence offers for overnight stays. In the following list you may find structures that apply special rates to the accredited audience of the Festival dei Popoli. Their location is a short distance from the festival venues.
Via Faenza 56, 50123 Firenze
Ph. (+39) 055 213 806
booking.firenze@ostellobello.com
Ostello Bello Firenze will apply a 15% discount with the code: FESTIVALDEIPOPOLI24
Via dei Serragli 49, 50124 Firenze
Ph. (+39) 055 212576
Foresteria Valdese will apply a 10% discount for those who book by email
(info@firenzeforeteria.it) or by calling +39 055 212576 and quote Festival dei Popoli.
Viale Spartaco Lavagnini, 70-72
Ph. (+39) 055 062 1855
The Social Hub will apply on the online catalog a 15% discount with the code: POPOLI24
Viale F. Redi. 19 (PERETOLA)
Ph. (+39) 055 031 7718
Hotel Yellowsquare will apply a 10% discount with the code: POPOLI10
Internet WIFI
Firenze WiFi is the wireless Internet access of the Municipality of Florence. The connection is provided by the Municipality of Florence and internet browsing is allowed for a maximum of 500 MB per day for each device. To know how to connect
For further information, please write to our Hospitality office:
welcome@festivaldeipopoli.org
