Car Rental at Florence Airport (FLR): With a Debit Card, No Deposit and Full Insurance

Florence Airport (FLR), also called Peretola, is a one-terminal airport about 5 km from the centre of Florence, and Piazza del Duomo is about 30 minutes away by car. For one week in November we found 773 rental offers from 29 companies here. The rental desks are not in the terminal: 7 of the 8 companies we recommend are in a rent-a-car building called Palagio degli Spini, which you reach by free shuttle, and of the 8, only Dollar has its desk in the terminal. Seven of the eight accept a debit card, including Locauto, which asks for no deposit, only a symbolic 0,01 EUR authorisation at pick-up. This guide to car rental at Florence Airport covers each of the 8 companies we recommend, debit and Revolut cards, deposits, prices by month, Florence against Pisa, the airport against the city centre, and what to know before you drive into Florence or out to Chianti, San Gimignano and Siena.

Data last verified: October 2026. Written by Simas Krasaitis, founder of Autorentwiz and former head of car rental at ADCRent.

Short on time? The key facts:

• Desks: 7 of our 8 companies are in the rent-a-car building on Via Palagio degli Spini, a free shuttle ride of about 3 minutes from the stop outside arrivals. Dollar is the only one with a desk in the terminal
• Debit cards: 7 of the 8 accept them: Locauto (no deposit, only a 0,01 EUR card authorisation), Flizzr (about 450 EUR), SIXT on its regular offers (from about 460 EUR), Alamo, Enterprise and National (500 EUR) and Dollar (700 EUR). Sicily By Car takes credit cards only
• No deposit: Locauto (only a symbolic 0,01 EUR card authorisation), with a debit or credit card. With a credit card, Sicily By Car blocks 200 EUR on small cars
• Revolut: none of the 8 companies accepts cards from online-only banks, and our November search found no deals without a card at pick-up
• Opening hours: none of our companies opens before 08:00. Six work until 23:00, Sicily By Car until 22:29 and Dollar until 21:30
• Prices: January is the cheapest month (about 20 EUR a day on average), September the most expensive (about 55 EUR)
• City centre: the historic centre of Florence is a ZTL with cameras. Park outside it and walk or take the tram in
• Free consultation: message us on Messenger and our car rental experts will compare all 8 companies for your dates, card and landing time. You get the same discount as when you book through our search

Florence Airport has a shorter list of strong companies than Pisa. To make our list, a company needs a rating of 8.0 or higher from verified renters at this airport and a separate score of 8.0 or higher for its staff here. Of the 33 companies rated at Florence Airport, 9 passed both, and 8 of them had offers in our November search. Moowerent, rated 8.1, had none. Hertz and Thrifty just missed the list at 7.9, and Maggiore, Europcar and Avis are rated below 8.0 here. The good news for most travellers is the card rule: 7 of our 8 companies accept a debit card. Our car rental in Italy page compares Florence with the other Italian airports.

Company	Rating	Desk and hours	Card	Deposit	Travel abroad
Locauto	8.8	Rent-a-car building, 08:00-23:00	Debit or credit (not Maestro)	No deposit (0,01 EUR card authorisation)	29 countries, free
Sicily By Car	8.7	Rent-a-car building, 08:30-22:29	Credit only	200 EUR on small cars, 1,000 EUR on vans	19 countries, free
Alamo	8.7	Rent-a-car building, 08:00-23:00	Debit or credit (not Maestro)	500 EUR	29 countries, free
Enterprise	8.6	Rent-a-car building, 08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	500 EUR	29 countries, free
Flizzr	8.3	SIXT branch in the rent-a-car area, 08:00-23:00	Debit or credit (not Maestro)	about 450 EUR on a Fiat Panda, about 800 EUR on a 7-seat Caddy	26 countries, 50 EUR
National	8.3	Rent-a-car building, 08:00-23:00	Debit or credit	500 EUR	33 countries, free
SIXT	8.3	Rent-a-car building, 08:00-23:00	Debit or credit on its regular offers	from about 460 EUR on its regular offers	17 countries, 50 EUR
Dollar	8.3	In the terminal, arrivals, 08:30-21:30	Debit or credit (not Maestro or Visa Electron)	700 EUR	13 countries, 30 EUR

At Florence, Locauto asks for no deposit, only a symbolic 0,01 EUR authorisation on a debit or a credit card at pick-up, with no extra cover needed, and the same on its 9-seat Volkswagen Caravelle. Sicily By Car blocks 200 EUR on small cars and 1,000 EUR on its 9-seat Ford Transit, but it wants a credit card. With a debit card, Flizzr blocks about 450 EUR on a Fiat Panda, SIXT from about 460 EUR on its regular offers, and Alamo, Enterprise and National 500 EUR. Dollar blocks 700 EUR, the highest deposit on a small car among our companies, and it also takes a separate fuel deposit at pick-up. For a ferry trip, Locauto, Alamo and National allow the car on board for free, Sicily By Car and Flizzr want written permission, and SIXT charges 50 EUR and wants written permission on its regular offers. Enterprise and Dollar do not allow ferries.

Florence Airport has one terminal, and only Dollar on our list has its desk in it, in the arrivals area. The other seven are in the rent-a-car building called Palagio degli Spini, on Via Palagio degli Spini, in front of the car park and about 350 m from the terminal in a straight line: Locauto, Sicily By Car, Alamo, Enterprise, National and SIXT, with Flizzr at the SIXT branch. You reach the building by a free shuttle bus, as the Florence Airport website also explains:

• Leave the terminal through the arrivals exit and go to the bus stop in front of it, signed “shuttle bus car rental company”
• The shuttle runs every 15-20 minutes, and the Flizzr pick-up instructions give its hours as about 05:00 to 23:30, extended for late flights
• The ride takes about 3 minutes to the rent-a-car building, in front of the car park on Via Palagio degli Spini

At Florence the desks keep the same hours every day of the week, but none of our companies opens before 08:00, so an early morning flight means waiting. Locauto, Alamo, Enterprise, Flizzr, National and SIXT work from 08:00 to 23:00. Sicily By Car works from 08:30 to 22:29 and Dollar from 08:30 to 21:30. Sicily By Car holds your car for 2 hours after the booked time, Dollar for only 29 minutes, and the others for about an hour. If your flight lands after 21:00, choose one of the companies open until 23:00, and add your flight number to the booking.

The Beyfin station on Viale Giovanni Luder is a few metres from the airport entrance and less than 1 km from the car rental return on Via Palagio degli Spini, about 1 minute by car. It is listed as open 24 hours. Fill up there, because most rental conditions ask for the same fuel level you started with, and the refuelling charge at the desk is much higher than the pump price.

Yes, and the choice is wide: 7 of the 8 companies we recommend accept a debit card. They are Locauto (no deposit, only a 0,01 EUR card authorisation), Flizzr (about 450 EUR), SIXT (from about 460 EUR), Alamo, Enterprise and National (500 EUR) and Dollar (700 EUR). Only Sicily By Car wants a credit card. With SIXT, the debit card applies to its regular offers, so check the card section of the offer you pick.

At the desk you need a physical card in the main driver’s name. Locauto, Alamo and Flizzr do not take Maestro, and Dollar also refuses Visa Electron. In our November search the cheapest car with a debit card among our 8 companies was a Toyota Aygo at Locauto from 96 EUR a week, and the cheapest automatic a Volkswagen Polo at Alamo from 125 EUR. Our guide to renting a car in Italy with a debit card explains what the desk checks.

None of the 8 companies we recommend at Florence accepts cards from online-only banks such as Revolut: their rental conditions list these cards as not accepted. Our November search also found no deals without a card at pick-up at Florence Airport. So you need a debit or credit card from a traditional bank in the main driver’s name.

Locauto asks for no deposit at Florence, only a symbolic 0,01 EUR authorisation on a debit or a credit card at pick-up. In our search, all 30 offers marked “no deposit” at Florence Airport were Locauto offers, and the 0,01 EUR authorisation also applied to its 9-seat van. Among companies that take a deposit, the lowest is Sicily By Car at 200 EUR on small cars, with a credit card only. With a debit card, the lowest deposit among companies that take one is about 450 EUR at Flizzr. Our guide to saving money on car rental shows how to weigh the deposit against the price.

At Florence the excess, the part of any damage you pay yourself, was about 1,200-1,800 EUR on small cars in our search, and up to about 2,800 EUR on vans. Locauto had the lowest, 1,200 EUR on a Toyota Aygo or a Volkswagen Polo. Alamo, Enterprise and National had 1,800 EUR on small cars and 2,800 EUR on the 9-seat Volkswagen Caravelle. You can cover the excess in two ways.

Full coverage added online when you book costs less per day, but the desk still blocks the normal deposit, and if something happens you pay the company and claim the money back from the insurer. The company’s own cover, sold at the desk, costs more but removes the excess on the spot. If you already bought full coverage, you do not need the desk cover as well. Our pick-up tips show how to film the car and what to check at pick-up.

These rules come from the rental conditions of the offers we checked at Florence Airport in October 2026, for the 8 companies we recommend. For Alamo, Sicily By Car and the Member deals of SIXT, we used their rental terms, a more general document. The minimum age often goes up with the car class, so check the conditions of your own offer before you book. Send us the driver’s age on Messenger, and we check which offers allow it.

• Minimum age: 18 at Flizzr and SIXT, on cars up to the Compact class. 19 at Locauto, Enterprise and National on the Toyota Aygo only, in the rental terms of Alamo on the Toyota Aygo and Fiat Panda, and in the rental terms of Sicily By Car on every car in our search. 21 at Dollar, on every car
• Bigger cars need an older driver: at Locauto, Enterprise and National, and in the rental terms of Alamo, the minimum is 21 from the Economy class up, 25 for larger SUVs, estates and the 9-seat Volkswagen Caravelle, and 27 for the Audi A5 estate. Flizzr asks for 21 above the Compact class, and SIXT for 21 from the Intermediate class and on its Elite cars, and 25 for the BMW X6 and i7. Sicily By Car and Dollar keep the same minimum on every car in our search
• Young driver fee: the conditions of Locauto, Enterprise, Flizzr, National, Dollar and SIXT on its regular offers say a young driver fee applies under 25, and they do not state the amount. The rental terms of Alamo, Sicily By Car and the SIXT Member deals say a young driver surcharge generally applies up to the age of 30, as a guide 5-35 EUR a day, paid at the desk. The offer prices from our search are for a driver aged 30-65. The conditions of Locauto, Enterprise, Flizzr, National, Dollar and SIXT on its regular offers state no maximum age
• Licence held: at least 1 year at Flizzr, SIXT and Dollar, and 12 months in the rental terms of Alamo. Locauto asks for 1 year on the Toyota Aygo and 3 years on bigger cars, Enterprise and National for 3 years on every car, and the rental terms of Sicily By Car for 36 months. Flizzr asks for 2 years on the Peugeot 5008 and the Volkswagen Caravelle, and SIXT for 2 years on premium cars such as the BMW 5 Series and X3, and 3 years for the BMW X6 and i7
• EU or UK licence: Your Europe says a licence issued in an EU country can be used anywhere in the EU, so with an EU licence you need no International Driving Permit (IDP) in Italy. With a UK photocard licence, gov.uk says you need no IDP in Italy, but Locauto asks for one from anyone not resident in the EU, and SIXT, on its regular offers, from residents of the UK, so if you live in the UK, bring an IDP for these two. Dollar asks drivers with a UK licence for a DVLA check code
• Licence from outside the EU and the UK: Italian law (Codice della Strada, Art. 135) asks visitors with a licence from outside the EU and EEA for an IDP or an official Italian translation, so bring an IDP. Locauto asks for an IDP from non-EU residents, Enterprise and National from anyone who lives outside the UK and the EU, and Dollar with any licence not issued in the UK or the EU. SIXT, on its regular offers, asks for one with a licence printed in a non-Roman alphabet, such as Arabic, Japanese or Cyrillic, and from residents of Brazil and the UK

Across all offers, car rental at Florence Airport costs from about 20 EUR a day on average in January to about 55 EUR in September. January is the cheapest month, about 64% cheaper than September, and February and November are almost as cheap, at about 21-22 EUR. April, May and June cost about 45-49 EUR a day. August, at about 36 EUR, costs less than any other month from April to October. The average rental at Florence lasts about 6 days.

Daily average across all offers at Florence Airport for each pick-up month, data from October 2026. Prices move every day.

Season	Months	Average per day	What to expect
Low	January, February, November	about 20-22 EUR	The lowest prices of the year
Shoulder	March, December	about 29-31 EUR	Good value outside the holiday weeks
High	August, October, July	about 36-43 EUR	Summer and the autumn
Peak	April, June, May, September	about 45-55 EUR	The most expensive months, September above all

Our November search found these starting prices per day by car class. The cheapest small cars started at about 7 EUR a day, and an SUV cost about the same as a medium car. 55% of all offers were automatics, and 61% of the offers from our 8 companies. With a debit card, Locauto had a 9-seat Volkswagen Caravelle from 477 EUR a week.

Autorentwiz tip: 63% of the Florence requests we get are for short rentals of 3 days or less, typically Florence plus one loop through Tuscany. For a short loop, plan one area: Greve in Chianti is about 47 minutes from the airport, San Gimignano about 1 hour 5 minutes and Siena about 1 hour 15 minutes. Send us your dates and your route on Messenger, and we will compare the 8 companies for the days you drive.

Florence and Pisa are the two airports of Tuscany, about 79 km and 59 minutes apart by car on the toll-free FI-PI-LI road. Florence is the closer airport for Florence itself, Chianti and Siena. Pisa has more companies on our list and lower prices, and most of its desks are in one rent-a-car building next to car park P5.

What we compared	Florence (FLR)	Pisa (PSA)
Companies we recommend	8	15
Debit cards, of the companies we recommend	7	11
Where the desks are	Rent-a-car building on Via Palagio degli Spini, by free shuttle, and Dollar in the terminal	Most in the rent-a-car building at car park P5, 7 minutes on foot or by free shuttle
Cheapest month	January, about 20 EUR a day	November, about 13 EUR a day
Most expensive month	September, about 55 EUR a day	June, about 39 EUR a day
Drive to the centre of Florence	about 30 minutes	about 1 hour

In our October 2026 data, the monthly averages at Pisa were lower than at Florence in every month. If your trip starts in Florence or goes mostly to Chianti and Siena, Florence Airport saves you about 30 minutes of driving each way to the centre of Florence. If price or a long list of companies matters more, look at Pisa. Our guide to car rental at Pisa Airport covers the companies there.

The historic centre of Florence is a ZTL, a restricted traffic zone with cameras at the gates, and rental cars have no permit. The airport and the rent-a-car building are outside it, and from the airport you can head for the A11 or the A1 without entering the historic centre. For your days in Florence itself you do not need a car. The T2 “Vespucci” tram runs from the stop outside arrivals to Piazza dell’Unità, next to Santa Maria Novella station, in about 20-24 minutes. It runs about every 5 minutes from about 05:00 to 00:30, and a ticket costs 2.00 EUR for 90 minutes.

Autorentwiz tip: 50% of the Florence requests we get are for a pick-up in the city centre, not at the airport. Before you book a city office, check its address against the ZTL map, because the drive out of the centre can take you through a camera gate, and the fine reaches you later through the rental company. If you spend your first days in Florence, take the tram to the airport on the day you start driving. Send us your hotel address and dates on Messenger, and we will compare a city pick-up with the airport for you.

From the airport, the A11 motorway leads to Lucca and Pisa, and the A1 leads south to Chianti and north to Bologna. Both are toll motorways. The FI-PI-LI dual carriageway to Pisa and Livorno has no tolls. Lucca is about 70 km and 50 minutes away on the A11, and Bologna about 96 km and 1 hour 20 minutes on the A1.

Florence’s ZTL covers the historic centre, in sectors A, B and O. It is active from Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 20:00 and on Saturdays from 07:30 to 16:00, and it is free on Sundays and public holidays. From the first Thursday of April to the first Sunday of October, a night ZTL also runs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 23:00 to 03:00, in all sectors. Electronic gates read the plates automatically. A fine is usually about 83-333 EUR plus about 15 EUR in costs, and it is 30% lower if you pay within 5 days.

The rental company adds its own admin fee when it passes on your details. If your hotel is inside the ZTL, give it your plate number: the hotel can register the car up to about 2 hours after you enter, only to reach the hotel or its garage, and each new entry counts as a separate transit. Florence also has a low-emission zone, Scudo Verde, with cameras around the city, but it targets older polluting vehicles, so a Euro 6 or hybrid rental car is not affected.

The easiest option is the Villa Costanza park-and-ride, directly on the A1 between the Firenze Scandicci and Firenze Impruneta exits, which you can enter from both directions. It has 505 spaces, costs about 7 EUR for 24 hours, and the T1 tram takes you to the centre in under 30 minutes. Closer to the centre, the Fortezza-Fiera car park costs 2 EUR an hour, up to 20 EUR a day, and the Parterre car park 2 EUR an hour. The car park at Santa Maria Novella station costs 4 EUR an hour, and a full day there can pass 30 EUR. On the blue lines near the centre, visitors pay 2 EUR for the first hour and 3 EUR for each hour after, from Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 20:00.

Greve in Chianti is about 40 km and 47 minutes away via the A1, or 51 minutes on the SP3 Chiantigiana through the vineyards. San Gimignano is about 63 km and 1 hour 5 minutes from the airport, and Siena about 81 km and 1 hour 15 minutes on the Raccordo Firenze-Siena dual carriageway.

From 15 November to 15 April, ANAS requires winter tyres or snow chains on board on state roads in Tuscany, including the Raccordo Firenze-Siena, and also outside those dates in snow or ice. Check before you go whether your route is covered, and ask for winter tyres when you book a winter rental.

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