There are 8 ways to get from Florence to CERN by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genevetrain Ec
7h 51m€116–222Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
12h 7m€51–92Drive 610.7 km
- Drive from Florence to CERNcar 610.7 km
6h 24m€99–143Fly from Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FLR - GVA
5h 57m€105–294Bus via Florence
- Take the bus from Florence to Genevabus FlixBus N504 / ...
13h 32m€73–118Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BLQ - GVA
6h 49m€98–351Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane VCE - GVA
6h 25m€100–331Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FCO - GVA
6h 12m€94–299
Florence to CERN by train, tram, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Florence to CERN is to bus which costs €50 - €95 and takes 12h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Florence to CERN is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Florence station to CERN. However, there are services departing from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and arriving at Meyrin, CERN via Meyrin, gare. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Florence to CERN. However, there are services departing from Firenze S.M.N. and arriving at Meyrin, CERN via Milano Centrale and Genève, gare Cornavin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 51m.
The distance between Florence and CERN is 676 km. The road distance is 610.7 km.
The best way to get from Florence to CERN without a car is to train which takes 7h 51m and costs €110 - €230.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Florence to CERN, including transfers.
Florence to CERN bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Florence to CERN train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Firenze S.M.N. station.
The best way to get from Florence to CERN is to train which takes 7h 51m and costs €110 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €95 and takes 12h 7m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €300 and takes 5h 57m.
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and CERN, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France?
You can take a train from Firenze S.M.N. to CERN via Milano Centrale, Geneve, Genève, gare Cornavin, and Meyrin, CERN in around 7h 51m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station 4 times a week. Tickets cost €40–70 and the journey takes 11h 5m. Sellitto also services this route twice a week.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- info@sellitto.com
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Florence to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
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Florence to CERN bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Geneva - Bus Station.
Florence to CERN train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Florence to CERN is 611 km. It takes approximately 6h 24m to drive from Florence to CERN.
There are 1220+ hotels available in CERN.