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Taxi, regulated airport fareorPrivate transfer to Lucca?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Taxi, regulated airport fare reaches Santa Maria Novella station — the tram's Alamanni and Unità stops — and Piazza San Marco, where the T2 ends; the Duomo lies between them, inside the ring of viali that the taxi tariff calls the central area; the Private transfer to Lucca does not. This goes to Lucca, not Florence: the driver takes you to any address there.

The Taxi, regulated airport fare is quicker: 15 min against 50 min.

Taxi, regulated airport fare: Runs all night. Private transfer to Lucca: hours not recorded.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersTaxi, regulated airport farePrivate transfer to LuccaDifference
1€28€297€269
2€28€297€269
3€28€297€269
4€29.20€297€267.80
5€30.40€297€266.60
6€31.60€297€265.40
7€32.80€297€264.20
8€34€594€560

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
taxi · Licensed Florence taxis, tariff set by the Comune di FirenzeTaxi, regulated airport fare
From
The rank in front of the terminal ("nell'area antistante l'aerostazione", the airport says), or a radio taxi from the two cooperatives, 055 4242 and 055 4390
To
Any hotel or private address inside the Comune's central area — inside the ring of viali, the old walls, by the cooperatives' description, plus fourteen hotels they name just outside
Luggage
EUR 1.20 a piece on top of the fixed fare, up to seven pieces; supplements capped at EUR 14.40 in all.
Runs
All night
Journey
15 min

It loses to the tram at every party size: EUR 34 for eight against EUR 16. Its case is the night — nothing else leaves the terminal between the last tram and 05:00 — and luggage the tram's rules do not admit.

Three fares by the clock and the calendar: EUR 28 on a weekday between 06:00 and 22:00, EUR 30 on a Sunday or public holiday by day, EUR 32 between 22:00 and 06:00 every night. This page prices the weekday and night fares; add EUR 2 yourself on a holiday.

Luggage is extra at EUR 1.20 a piece, and so is every passenger from the fourth; the supplements are capped at EUR 14.40. An ordinary taxi seats four; for five or more ask at the rank for a larger vehicle or call one.

The fixed fare covers hotels and private addresses inside the ring of viali, the old walls. Beyond it the meter runs, from EUR 3.80 by day and EUR 7.70 at night, at EUR 1.10 to 2.10 a kilometer.

The airport's sign prints a EUR 3.00 airport-departure supplement, but the Comune's table sets it at EUR 3.10 and applies it only to metered fares, not this fixed one; agree the total before setting off. The radio call is included in the fixed fare.

The fare is compulsory only if you are at the pickup point when the taxi arrives; the cooperatives' sheet says it lapses if the booked time is not kept.

No authority publishes a journey time beyond the airport's "circa 15 minuti", read from an archived copy of its taxi page; allow more in traffic.

Taxi, regulated airport fare: price for every party size

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