The City of Florence, together with public bus company ATAF, has once again renewed the free bus service initiative “Autonatale” during the month of December. The initiative was created to cut back on the Christmas period traffic and chaos, as well as to facilitate Christmas shopping in the historical centre.
There is also a new ZTL (Limited Traffic Zone) schedule in effect for the month of December, further restricting car traffic from entering the historical centre on Friday and Saturday afternoons from 15.00 to 21.00, and all day (from 10.00 to 21.00) on Sundays and holidays (18, 24, 31 December.)
December Bus Service
Route 101:Parterre (Via Mafalda di Savoia), Piazza Indipendenza (between Via Ridolfi and Via Nazionale), Via Nazionale (at Via dell’Ariento), Largo Alinari (corner Piazza Stazione), Via Panzani (at Piazza dell’Unità), Via Martelli (corner Via dei Biffi), Piazza San Marco (by ATAF booth), Piazza della Libertà (after Viale Matteotti) and return to Parterre.
Route 102: Viale Amendola (before Piazza Beccaria), Viale Giovine Italia (after Via dell’Agnolo), Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia (after Piazza Piave), Corso Tintori (before Via dei Benci), Via Verdi (after Piazza Santa Croce), Via Ghibellina (corner Via dei Macci and after Via delle Casine), Viale Amendola (three stops: one before Via Fra’ Angelico, another before Via Arnolfo, and the last at the Piazza Beccaria parking garage).
Route 103: Piazza della Calza (after Porta Romana), Piazza San Felice (at Via Mazzetta), Piazza Frescobaldi (after Borgo San Iacopo), Via Tornabuoni (after Lungarno Acciaiuoli), Piazza Antinori , Via Roma (after Via dei Pecori), Via Strozzi (after Via Vecchietti), Via della Vigna Nuova (after Via dei Federighi), Piazza Sauro (after Lungarno Soderini), Via dei Serragli (after Via Santa Monaca) and return to Piazza della Calza.
Route 104: Piazza Vittorio Veneto (in front of Jolly Hotel), Via Curtatone (before Lungarno Vespucci), Borgo Ognissanti (before Via Maso Finiguerra), Via Santa Lucia (after Borgo Ognissanti), Via degli Orti Oricellari (before Via della Scala), Via della Scala (after Via Canacci), Piazza Santa Maria Novella (by the loggiati), Via Palazzuolo (before Via dell’Albero) and return to Piazza Vittorio Veneto.
