ATAF - Local Florence Bus Company

Florence's local bus network is run by Autolinee Toscane, which took over from ATAF in November 2021 - though plenty of locals and older references still call it "ATAF" out of habit.

The standard single ticket ("Urbano Capoluogo") costs €2.00 if bought in advance - at a tabacchi, a ticket office, or through the at bus app - or €3.00 if bought on board from the driver. Tickets are valid for 90 minutes from validation, with unlimited transfers in that window. You must validate your ticket the moment you board, even if you bought it digitally - the orange/yellow validator box near the doors handles both paper and app-based tickets.

Autolinee Toscane also supports contactless "tip tap" payment: hold a contactless card or enabled device to the reader as you board, and you're charged automatically - no advance purchase needed. For everything else, the "at bus" app (iOS and Android) handles route search, ticket purchase, and real-time bus tracking, though it currently sits around 3.6/5 on the App Store and reviews consistently flag a clunky account-creation step and confusing checkout - worth setting up before you need it, not while standing at a bus stop.

There's no single central bus station for local routes - each line has its own start and end point (capolinea) - but many terminate at or near Santa Maria Novella train station. A few worth knowing as a visitor: bus 7 to Fiesole, bus 10 to Settignano, and bus 13 up to Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato al Monte.