train and bus are the best way to get to the Autodromo del Mugello race circuit
Ciao H and welcome to our DT Forum!
The 3 days of the
Italian Moto GP at the Mugello race circuit are a real event for the area. The event is very well attended and many lodgings in the area are booked months in advance for those 3 days.
If you'll be staying in Florence, then you have more choices as to accommodation. The easiest way to get to the Mugello autodromo in any case is by
train and bus rather than by car, as the roads get quite congested and then parking problems arise as well.
You get to the race circuit by taking either a SITA
bus all the way from Florence to Scarperia or by taking the
train to either San Piero a Sieve (3km from Scarperia) or Borgo San Lorenzo (5km from Scarperia).
From both San Piero a Sieve and Borgo San Lorenzo train stations you would then take a
AMV bus (still part of the SITA network) to Scarperia, the race circuit is right alongside the town, no way to miss it.
You can check the bus schedules from here:
http://www.amvbus.it/index.php?SEZ=16
but here are the direct links to the pdf schedules:
Florence-S. Piero a Sieve-Scarperia: line 303 -
http://www.amvbus.it/orari/303.pdf
Borgo San Lorenzo-S. Piero-Scarperia: line 304 -
http://www.amvbus.it/orari/304.pdf
You can find train schedules at:
www.ferroviedellostato.it
Sunday is the most attended since it is the actual race day and Trenitalia has generally offered additional trains on this day as well as free shuttles from Borgo San Lorenzo to the Autodromo and back to Borgo.
I wasn't able to find references as to shuttles from the San Piero a Sieve train station but it is likely the same one (the road from Borgo to Scarperia goes through San Piero).
I am not sure how far in advance you can buy tickets for the buses, as soon as you get into Florence you might want to stop by the train station to buy tickets.
If you're coming with a large group and prefer to rent a private minibus or shuttle, these companies offer the service.
Autolinea SITA
bus rental (pullman) tel. 055 4782260 – 055 4782247
http://www.sitabus.it/wps/portal/DovePartire_Toscana
offices and main depot located on one side of the SMN train station at
Via Santa Caterina da Siena, 15r – Firenze
Autolinea CAP
bus rental tel. 055.214637
http://www.capautolinee.it/
ufficio_noleggii@capautolinee.it
Florentia Bus
Via del Progresso, 6
50032 Borgo San Lorenzo (Fi)
tel055 8490505
www.florentiabus.it
Giotto Bus
Via Brodolini, 7 – Loc. La Madonna
50039 Vicchio Mugello
tel055 844321
www.giottobus.it
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