TRAVELLING TO MONASH PRATO CAMPUS

Monash Prato campus is located in Palazzo Vaj in the heart of the historical centre of Prato, a 15-20 minute walk from the main train station Prato Centrale and a 5 minute walk from the smaller station Prato Porta al Serraglio.  

A guide to travel is provided below.  Further details of travel options are available at the following URL:  https://www.monash.edu/prato/about-us/how-to-get-here

Florence airport (Peretola) is approximately 25 minutes by car or 40 minutes by bus from Prato. Major airlines operate out of Florence airport including Alitalia, British Airways, Air France, and Lufthansa. A one-way taxi fare from Florence airport to Prato costs 40-50 euro. 

Pisa airport is approximately 1.5 hours from Prato by train, or 70 minutes from Florence by bus. You need to change trains twice if travelling from Pisa airport to Prato. Low cost airlines such as Ryanair and EasyJet operate from Pisa airport. 

Bologna airport (G. Marconi) is approximately 70 minutes from Prato or 40 minutes from Florence by train. From Bologna airport, you can reach Bologna Centrale train station by bus, taxi or the Marconi Express. The Marconi Express is a monorail train that connects the airport to Bologna Centrale train station in 7 minutes and operates everyday from 5.40am until midnight. A bus or taxi ride takes about 30 minutes. From Bologna Centrale, it's about a 1 hour journey on a regional train to Prato, or about a 30 minute journey to Firenze Santa Maria Novella train station. 

Rome airport (Leonardo Da Vinci-Fiumicino)  is a 45 minute train journey from Roma Termini train station and 2.5 hours by train from Prato (with two train changes). 

Prato is about 30 minutes from Florence, about 1 hour from Bologna, 1.5 hours from Pisa, 2.5 hours from Rome and 3 hours from Milan and Venice by train.