Hello,
We are planning a trip to Florence ahead of a wedding we are attending in Bucine. We are in charge of picking up a 9 passenger van and driving some of the wedding party to Bucine. This is happening on a Sunday. The car rental office closes at 13:00 but we can't leave the city until the rest of the wedding party arrives at 15:00. In some of my searches, it appears that many of the parking garages close early on Sundays, although I am having a hard time confirming this. We we won't know the exact size of the van until we pick it up and I'm concerned about some of the height restrictions mentioned in some of the garages. Some questions I have are:
1) We would likely need to be in walking distance from the SMN station as we will need to store luggage after our checkout at the station, or somewhere within walking distance of where we are staying, which is south of the river and between Ponte Santa Trinita and Ponte Vecchio.
2) What options do we have to park the larger van on Sunday from approximately 9:00 to 15:00? Are there places to park that would be open at 15:00 or later? Is street parking an option for the larger vehicle? How likely would we be to find street parking?
3) We are willing to do some additional travel (bus, tram) if needed to get the vehicle from a parking lot farther away, but if that's the case we would appreciate any recommendations of where a good meeting place would be for us to pick up the rest of our party as we do not want them to have to travel far to get to the van. From what I read the ZTL lanes won't be an issue for us since it is Sunday.
4) The airport car rental pick up location is open later and an option we are considering, but we would still have to come into the city to pick up the rest of the group and would still be in need of a place to park while we wait for them, although we could stay with the vehicle at that point until they arrived.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
We are planning a trip to Florence ahead of a wedding we are attending in Bucine. We are in charge of picking up a 9 passenger van and driving some of the wedding party to Bucine. This is happening on a Sunday. The car rental office closes at 13:00 but we can't leave the city until the rest of the wedding party arrives at 15:00. In some of my searches, it appears that many of the parking garages close early on Sundays, although I am having a hard time confirming this. We we won't know the exact size of the van until we pick it up and I'm concerned about some of the height restrictions mentioned in some of the garages. Some questions I have are:
1) We would likely need to be in walking distance from the SMN station as we will need to store luggage after our checkout at the station, or somewhere within walking distance of where we are staying, which is south of the river and between Ponte Santa Trinita and Ponte Vecchio.
2) What options do we have to park the larger van on Sunday from approximately 9:00 to 15:00? Are there places to park that would be open at 15:00 or later? Is street parking an option for the larger vehicle? How likely would we be to find street parking?
3) We are willing to do some additional travel (bus, tram) if needed to get the vehicle from a parking lot farther away, but if that's the case we would appreciate any recommendations of where a good meeting place would be for us to pick up the rest of our party as we do not want them to have to travel far to get to the van. From what I read the ZTL lanes won't be an issue for us since it is Sunday.
4) The airport car rental pick up location is open later and an option we are considering, but we would still have to come into the city to pick up the rest of the group and would still be in need of a place to park while we wait for them, although we could stay with the vehicle at that point until they arrived.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!