There are 11 ways to get from Besançon to Florence by train (TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, train, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Zurich
best- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse to Zürich HBtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
11h€167–290Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fondstrain Ter
- Take the train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Kerzerstrain
- Take the bus from Payerne to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
18h 23m€81–113Bus
- Take the bus from Besançon to Dijonbus FlixBus N199 / ...
- Take the bus from Dijon to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus 1501
15h 20m€83–132Drive 735 km
- Drive from Besançon to Florencecar 735 km
8h 14m€119–171Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane LYS - FLR
7h 5m€95–320Train
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fondstrain Ter
- Take the train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Locarnotrain Ic
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
12h 41m€173–289Train to Basel, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane BSL - FLR
7h 50m€126–336Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
7h 37m€147–375Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Dole Villetrain
- Take the train from Dole Ville to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane GVA - FLR
9h 53m€149–350Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SXB - FLR
7h 2m€105–399Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
8h 10m€144–415
Besançon to Florence by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Besançon to Florence is to train and bus which costs €80 - €120 and takes 18h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Besançon to Florence is to train and fly which takes 7h 2m and costs €100 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Besançon to Florence station. However, there are services departing from Besançon and arriving at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station via Dijon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Besançon to Florence. However, there are services departing from Besancon Viotte and arriving at Firenze S.M.N. via Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv, Mulhouse, Zürich HB, Como S. Giovanni and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h.
The distance between Besançon and Florence is 819 km. The road distance is 735 km.
The best way to get from Besançon to Florence without a car is to train via Zurich which takes 11h and costs €160 - €290.
It takes approximately 11h to get from Besançon to Florence, including transfers.
Besançon to Florence bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Besançon station.
Besançon to Florence train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv station.
The best way to get from Besançon to Florence is to train via Zurich which takes 11h and costs €160 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €140 and takes 15h 20m.
What companies run services between Besançon, France and Florence, Italy?
You can take a train from Besancon Viotte to Firenze S.M.N. via Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv, Mulhouse Ville, Mulhouse, Zürich HB, Como S. Giovanni, and Milano Centrale in around 11h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Besançon to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station via Dijon in around 15h 20m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–290
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon Viotte to Dole Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Dole Ville to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fonds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fonds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Dole Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Kerzers
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- BLS AG
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Besançon to Dijon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dijon to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- info@sellitto.com
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Payerne to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
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Besançon to Florence bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dijon station.
Besançon to Florence train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Mulhouse Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Besançon to Florence is 735 km. It takes approximately 8h 14m to drive from Besançon to Florence.
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