London to Tuscany Flights
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Finding a cheap flight to Tuscany coming from London is not very difficult. But at times if you go through well known websites that offer powerful search engines on the best airfares to and from London to Florence or Pisa airports you may not end up with the best rate after all. Most of the times, indeed, you are told the carrier only at the end of the booking process, and it may be too late to check for special promotions that you may only find on the carrier’s website. Plus, most of the times the prices shown are quite deceptive as they do not include taxes, fees, airport service charges, security supplements and administration fees, which can make up for a big chunk of your final fare.
So, which are the carriers that take from London to Tuscany in Italy?
Meridiana: It probably is the air travel company that has offered this service for the longest time. Meridiana will only take you from London Gatwick to Florence, as Pisa is not covered. The flight is direct and you are allowed to pick the most convenient date for you. Prices vary quite greatly from date to date, so make sure to compare the website’s offer prior to booking through an intermediary. The prices shown are final, all taxes and fees included. Website: www.meridiana.it.
British Airways: Another long standing carrier with flights from the UK to Tuscany. It departs from Gatwick and Heathrow to Pisa and from Gatwick only to Florence. The cheapest flights are of course from Gatwick, at times even half of what you can get from Heathrow. Also the non flexible tickets (i.e. fully refundable and changeable fares) are about double the expense than the non flexible ones. The fares you find on BA.com also include all fees and charges. Website: www.britishairways.com.
EasyJet: offers cheap flights from London to Tuscany departing from Luton and Gatwick to Pisa only. Florence is not served by this carrier that nevertheless offers quite interesting prices on flights to northern Tuscany. All airport fees and taxes are included. Booking fees are not, however they amount to a few pounds. Website: www.easyjet.com.
Ryanair: perhaps the carrier that has revolutionized the way to fly in Europe with low cost fares. It flies to Pisa with direct flights from Stansted only with fares that fluctuate quite a bit. The site quite often offers last minute specials at incredibly low prices. Some fees are included, but themost expensive luggage fees are not beware of this fact. Website: www.ryanair.com.
The flight time from London to Tuscany takes as little as two hours, so in 4 hours you can be from your home to your Tuscan accommodation, door to door!
It is February, but never too early to start thinking about the hot Tuscan beaches and crystal clear Mediterranean sea. Actually, during this time of the year a relaxing summer vacation in Tuscany is a very attractive thought. Each passing year finds the Tuscan coast and the sea clean and well kept. In addition, the coast in front of the Argentario offers one of the most beautiful underwater sceneries of the Mediterranean sea.
Have you ever thought of spending your New Year’s Eve in Tuscany in one of the wonderful cities famous all over the world? Now you can do it for free thanks to a contest that will draw the luckiest 5 couples that participate to the contest. Actually the participation is really quite easy. You need to solve a no-brainer jigsaw puzzle available on the website of wintoscana (below all the details). The contest awards 5 different sojourns in Tuscany. The first one is a 7 nights in Florence, the second three nights in Florence, then three nights in Siena, the fourth three nights in Lucca and the last one three nights in Pisa. All Prizes include bed and breakfast stays in high standing hotels, entrances to museums, the New Year’s Eve dinner in a prestigious restaurant, airport transfers (except the second prize). The first prize also includes the airfare from your country!
In the Chiantishire, as the Chianti has come to be known in the English speaking world, there is an ongoing battle that for many years has seen two butcher families dealing blows of t-bone steak and ribs against each other. It is an ideal battle, of course, that sees the famous Dario Cecchini in Panzano in Chianti and the Falorni family in Greve in Chianti on opposing sides. Many are the celebrities that, unless vegetarian, have at least once struck the tender flesh of both butchers. That of their steaks, more precisely. Elton John is the protagonist of a story that has long been told in Tuscany. The famous singer would have carefully sealed t-bones of fiorentina sent straight to his Scottish castle.
Thanks to the Sena bus lines, there is a good availability of flights that connect the rest of Italy and its airports to the main cities in Tuscany. If you would like to put off a car rental until the last minute, or even completely, you are given the choice of getting to Tuscany in a comfortable and fast way thanks to reliable bus connection services.
MTV and the Tuscan Regional Authority have joined forces to organize a contest rewarding the winner with a five-day trip around Tuscany, and the possibility to be the protagonist of a reality show based on the trip.
Everyone can find a car rental at the airport, or in a large city! But for your traveling needs you might need to find a car rental in a smaller town, maybe far from airports and main cities such as Florence or Pisa. You may want to travel to a town by train or bus and then…you need a car rental. If there are none in the vicinities, what will you do?
Getting to Tuscany is extremely easy thanks to the many connections that this region enjoys. The air travel system includes regional hubs such as Florence and Pisa which offer national, international and intercontinental flights. The highway system is very capillary as Tuscany is crossed from north to south by the A1 highway, while from Florence you can connect to the coast thanks to the A11 branch. Additionally, other important arteries are the A12 from Pisa to Genoa to north, and from Pisa to Livorno and Rosignano to south, the A15 that crosses the north-western extremity of Tuscany called Lunigiana. Highways are complemented by other important and historical state roads and 4-lane freeways such as Via Aurelia, Cassia and Clodia to name a few.