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It is a city which bustles with industry and craft, commerce and culture, art and science. Being on the main national railway lines, it is easily accessible from most important places both in Italy and abroad.
The Florence "Vespucci" airport, where both national and international airlines stop, is located 5 Km. from the city centre.
The main motorway, A1, connects Florence with Bologna and Milano in the North and Rome and Naples in the South. The motorway A11 to the sea joins it to Prato, Pistoia, Montecatini, Lucca, Pisa and all the resorts on the Tyrrhenian sea. There is also motorway which connects Florence to Siena.
The climate is temperate but rather variable, with breezy winters and hot summers.
The Chianti area, between Florence and Siena, is one of the most beautiful countrysides in Italy and a famous wine production area.
IMPORTANT CITY INFORMATION
ITALY
Population: 60 million
Language .Italian
Religion: Christian (mainly Catholic)
Time zone: GMT+1hour
Country dialing code:+39
Electricity: 220 volts AC, flat two or three pin plugs are used
Currency : Euro
FLORENCE
Florence population: 400000
Status: City, regional and provincial capital of Tuscany
Region: Tuscany
Telephone area code: 055
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
Carabinieri: 112
Police (polizia): 113
Fire department (vigili del fuoco): 115
Ambulance (medical assistance): 118
ACI (car breakdown): 116
Poste: 160
Urban police (vigili urbani): 055 328 3333
Civil protection: 055 410 047
Telecom: 182
Road police: 055 577 577
Lost and found: 055 328 3942/055 328 3943
Questura: 055 49771
PHARMACIES
Pharmacy timings: 800 420 707
24 HOURS OPEN 7 DAYS
- SANTA MARIA NOVELLA STATION Tel. 055 216 761
- MOLTENI Via calzaiuoli, 7 Tel. 055 215 472
- ALL’INSEGNA DEL MORO Piazza San Giovanni, 20 (duomo square) Tel. 055 211 343
