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#1 | Florence datum

Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:01 pm

I've been told riding into downtown, where I'm staying, can be a bit of a hassle. One thought was to park at the airport and take the new tramway downtown. I then found out there was a closer in option using the tramway, Villa Costanza, but was informed that they don't allow motorcycles. According to my hotel there is a garage nearby that accepts bikes at �25 per night. A little steep but not cost prohibitive if it's convenient. Anybody here have any experience riding into Florence or have any suggestions on where to park outside the city with easy access to downtown?

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#2 | RE: Florence datum

Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:24 pm

Will follow this thread with great interest as we plan to visit Florence to.

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#3 | RE: Florence datum

Tue Mar 12, 2019 4:51 pm

this seems pretty comprehensive https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-m...n-florence.html

This says bikes are exempt from the emissions zone restrictions and that you should find plenty of bike spaces https://www.discovertuscany.com/forum/fl...l-florence.html

I use Streetview to plan parking in unfamiliar cities and just follow what the locals do. Streetview is available in most European countries with notable exceptions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You can park outside the library for example, which comes with a view of somewhere I am sure is on your itinerary https://goo.gl/maps/Sm9VSQ2p52E2

I would find your hotel on Streetview and have a look to see if there are bike spaces nearby. Very unusual for there to be no spaces. Hotels won't tell you about these free options as they want to direct you to the private garage where there is a commercial arrangement.

Take note of the comments about street cleaning.

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