There are 9 ways to get from Florence to Heidelberg by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, or car
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Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 11m€133–341Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Mannheim central bus stationbus N77
17h 18m€90–145Train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
10h 4m€156–432Bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Heidelberg Pre Waypointbus FlixBus 108 / ...
13h 54mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the night train from Verona Porta Nuova to Stuttgart Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
16h 2m€92–259Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 38m€116–368Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane FLR - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 13m€122–340Train to Pisa International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PSA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 25m€126–322Drive 875.7 km
- Drive from Florence to Heidelbergcar 875.7 km
8h 26m€138–199
Florence to Heidelberg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Florence to Heidelberg is to bus which costs €90 - €150 and takes 17h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Florence to Heidelberg is to fly and train which takes 5h 11m and costs €130 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Florence to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Florence and arriving at Heidelberg Pre Waypoint via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 54m.
No, there is no direct train from Florence to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Firenze S.M.N. and arriving at Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof via Milano Centrale, Basel SBB and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 4m.
The distance between Florence and Heidelberg is 817 km. The road distance is 875.7 km.
The best way to get from Florence to Heidelberg without a car is to train which takes 10h 4m and costs €150 - €440.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Florence to Heidelberg, including transfers.
Florence to Heidelberg bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Florence to Heidelberg train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Firenze S.M.N. station.
The best way to get from Florence to Heidelberg is to train which takes 10h 4m and costs €150 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus via Karlsruhe, which costs and takes 13h 54m.
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and Heidelberg, Germany?
You can take a train from Firenze S.M.N. to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof via Milano Centrale, Basel SBB, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Florence to Heidelberg Pre Waypoint via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Karlsruhe central train station in around 13h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Verona Porta Nuova to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Heidelberg Pre Waypoint
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Mannheim central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Florence to Heidelberg bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Karlsruhe Central Bus Station.
Florence to Heidelberg train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Florence to Heidelberg is 876 km. It takes approximately 8h 26m to drive from Florence to Heidelberg.
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