How to reach us
BY PLANE
Amerigo Vespucci Airport (Peretola) – Florence
Via del Termine, 11 50127 Firenze
www.aeroporto.firenze.it
It is situated about 20 km from Prato direction south-east.
Galileo Galilei Airport-Pisa
Piazza d’Ascanio, 1 56121 Pisa
www.pisa-airport.com
It is situated about 60 km from Prato.
BY CAR
Prato
A1 motorway Calenzano-Sesto Fiorentino exit
A1 motorway A11 junction Firenze Nord
A11 motorway Prato Est, Prato Ovest exit
SP 325 Prato-Bologna
Montemurlo
A11 motorway Prato Ovest exit
Montalbano (Carmignano, Poggio a Caiano)
A11 motorway Prato Est, Prato Ovest exit
SP 66 Firenze-Pistoia
Val di Bisenzio (Vaiano, Vernio, Cantagallo)
A1 motorway Roncobilaccio exit, Barberino exit
(for Montepiano, Vernio)
A11 motorway Prato Ovest exit
(for Vaiano, Vernio, Cantagallo)
SP 325 Prato-Bologna
Information on the motorway traffic:
Road conditions tel. 840042121
(24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Infoinviaggio by TIM 892525
(24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Information in real time:
103.3Mhz (Isoradio
www.raiplaysound.it/isoradio
) and 102.5Mhz (RTL
www.rtl.it
)
Punto Blu - A11 Prato Est exit - Prato (Po) 800 269 269 (Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. 7,30 p.m.; Sat. 8,30 a.m.12,30 p.m./1,30-5 p.m.; closed on Sun.)
BY TRAIN
Florence-Bologna Stazione Centrale (Central Station)
Florence-Viareggio Stazione Centrale. Stazione Borgonuovo and Stazione Porta al Serraglio (Central Station, Stazione Borgonuovo and Porta al Serraglio Station)
Passengers information 892021 (national number) every day, 24 hours a day
www.trenitalia.com
BY BUS
Routes
Prato and the province of Prato are served by bus lines whose route mostly takes place on preferential lanes which, crossing the city, directly connect areas of primary interest.
Transportation Service Florence-Prato/Prato-Florence
Buses run every 15 minutes (every 30 minutes in the summer) from Florence to Prato and viceversa.
Info: Autolinee Toscane 800 14 24 24 www.at-bus.it - Destination Tuscany
BY TAXI
Radio taxi Prato Ph. 0574.5656
Where to find a taxi in the town centre of Prato
Piazza Duomo, Piazza Stazione
Taxi Service Poggio a Caiano: Via Soffici Ph. 055.8778555
AREAS FOR CAMPERS
V.le Galilei (near Piazza Mercato Nuovo) and Via Berlinguer (near the Highway exit Prato Est) - Prato - Services: empty facilities for chemical WCs and water refil service. It is not allowed to stay overnight.
Via Bertini Loc. La Bertaccia Schignano (Vaiano) - Services: empty facilities for chemical WCs and water refil service. It is not allowed to stay overnight.
PARKING PLACES FOR TOURIST BUSES
-
Via Berlinguer near Questura (Police Station)
Prato Est motorway exit -
Piazza Mercato Nuovo (not on Monday morning)
Only to get on and to get off the bus: Piazza Santa Maria delle Carceri
The parking for tourist buses is free, there is no check point.