There are 9 ways to get from Florence to Milan by train, bus, night bus, rideshare, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train Trenitalia Frecce • 1 h 40 min
$30 - $55
Cheapest option
Night bus • 3 h 47 min
$18 - $24
7 alternative options
Train ItaloTreno • 1 h 55 min
$32 - $56
Bus • 4 h 56 min
$19 - $33
Rideshare • 3 h 49 min
$20
Drive • 2 h 54 min
$45 - $65
Fly to Milan Linate • 4 h 30 min
$122 - $395
Fly to Milan Malpensa • 5 h 3 min
$123 - $329
Fly to Milan Bergamo • 7 h 8 min
$51 - $254
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Florence to Milan is to rideshare which costs 17€ and takes 3 h 49 min.
The quickest way to get from Florence to Milan is to train which costs 25€ - 50€ and takes 1 h 40 min.
No, there is no direct bus from Florence to Milan. However, there are services departing from Florence, Florence and arriving at via verziere via san donato m3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 h 56 min.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Firenze S.Maria Novella and arriving at Milano Centrale. Services depart hourly, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 1 h 40 min.
The distance between Florence and Milan is 248 km. The road distance is 300.1 km.
The best way to get from Florence to Milan without a car is to train which takes 1 h 40 min and costs 25€ - 50€.
The train from Firenze S.Maria Novella to Milano Centrale takes 1 h 40 min including transfers and departs hourly.
Florence to Milan bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Florence, Florence station.
Florence to Milan train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Firenze S.Maria Novella station.
The best way to get from Florence to Milan is to train which takes 1 h 40 min and costs 25€ - 50€. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 16€ - 29€ and takes 4 h 56 min, you could also fly, which costs 100€ - 340€ and takes 4 h 30 min.
- Distance: 155.1 miles
- Duration: 1 h 40 min
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and Milan, Italy?
Trenitalia Frecce operates a train from Florence to Milan hourly. Tickets cost $35 - $55 and the journey takes 1 h 40 min. ItaloTreno also services this route hourly. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Florence to Milan once daily. Tickets cost $18 - $35 and the journey takes 4 h 5 min.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350 - $2,100
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 18 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $270
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290 - $700
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $350
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $750
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 12 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via Rome, Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via Rome, Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 21 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250 - $900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $1,300
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 28 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $420
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $700
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $550
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $440
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 45 min
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $440
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 2 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $480
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $650
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 45 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $650
- Website
- flybmi.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Bergamo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $350
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Linate via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $4,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence to Milan Malpensa via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270 - $850
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.Maria Novella to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella Station to Milano Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 3 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30 - $45
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella Station to Milano Rogoredo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30 - $45
- Website
- italotreno.it
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Florence, Florence to Milan, Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18 - $35
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0861 1991900
- info@baltour.it
- Website
- baltour.it
Night bus from FIRENZE - Autostazione SITA via S.Caterina da Siena17 to Milano - Autostazione San Donato
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16 - $23
- Website
- http://www.baltour.it/
A ridesharing platform with 40 million users, Blablacar gives you access to destinations without worrying about on-the-road chaos. The basic idea is that you carpool with locals who are already planning to drive your route and have space in their car. With some flexibility you’ll get to your destination – often faster and cheaper than other means. On the website or app, enter your departure and arrival points and your date of travel, sift through the profiles of drivers who’ve posted pre-planned drives and find one whose timing and preferences match yours. Request to join the ride, wait be accepted, and pay your share of the set price.
Rome2rio's guide to BlaBlaCar
Contact Details
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Florence to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20
- Book at
- blablacar.co.uk
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