My Tuscan house is at the end of an unsealed strada bianca. Will the lorry reach it?

Almost certainly not at the very end. We transfer to a smaller 4×4 at a sensible meeting point — village square, agricultural turn-off — and finish the last mile by smaller vehicle.

Can you handle a Florence Centro Storico load?

Yes. The pedestrian-only UNESCO centre has ZTL access — we book the permit a week ahead and shuttle-load from a designated point outside the walls.

How does the Lucca walled-city access work?

Lucca's walls have specific gate access points for vehicles. We book the right gate for your address and time the load around the gate-window.

Are wine cellars common in moves to Tuscany?

Yes — many UK households moving to Tuscany are arriving with their own collections. Climate-controlled transport and customs-clean documentation for private cellar movement.

Will summer heat damage anything in transit?

Tuscan summer heat is real, particularly inland. Climate-controlled transport for art, instruments, electronics, wine, paper-based valuables.

UK → Florence / Tuscany

Removals to Tuscany
and the Chianti hills

UK→Tuscany specialist service to Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Arezzo, the Chianti, the Val d'Orcia, the Maremma. Listed-stone-house access, strada bianca handling, condominio coordination.

Quote to Florence / Tuscany

The Florence / Tuscany corridor

Moving to Florence / Tuscany
— what we know about it

Tuscany is the corridor where Britain's longest-established Italian expat community lives. UK households in Chianti, the Val d'Orcia, the Mugello, and the Maremma have been arriving since the 1970s; the contemporary inheritance is a substantial bilingual community across the rural Tuscan hills with established Italian-English bilingual schools, English-language churches, and local-authority services that have learned how to handle UK-arriving households.

Florence itself is the urban heart. The historic centre (intra-Lungarno) is UNESCO-listed and substantially pedestrian-only, with ZTL permit-only access for vehicles. UK households moving into central Florence apartments — typically around the Duomo, Santa Croce, San Lorenzo, or the Oltrarno — need careful access planning. Our destination team handles the ZTL permit booking, the small-van shuttle from the lorry parked outside the walls, and the condominio coordination.

The Tuscan hill country presents the classic Italian access challenge: stone village houses at the end of unsealed strade bianche (literally "white roads" — gravelled rural lanes), narrow medieval village streets, sometimes one-way village circuits during festival or harvest periods. We run the route weekly and our destination crew runs a smaller 4×4 fleet for the final-mile transfer at a sensible meeting point — usually the village square or a designated agricultural turn-off.

The smaller Tuscan cities each have their own character: Siena is medieval-walled with strict ZTL access; Lucca is fully walled with vehicular access only through specific gates; Pisa is more open and modern in feel; Arezzo is a mixed medieval-and-modern provincial city. The Apuane Alps north of Lucca and the Versilia coastal towns (Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio) get their own destination handling. The Maremma south coast (Grosseto province) is more remote and rural, with a distinctive UK retirement profile.

Cities & towns we serve

Where we deliver
in Florence / Tuscany

Florence Centro Storico

UNESCO-listed, pedestrian-only ZTL — small-van shuttle from outside the walls; condominio coordination essential.
Florence outer (Campo di Marte, Novoli, Isolotto)

Modern 20th-century stock; standard lorry access; corporate-relocation profile.
Chianti (Greve, Radda, Castellina, Gaiole)

Stone village houses, strade bianche, final-mile 4×4 transfer common.
Val d'Orcia (Pienza, Montepulciano, Montalcino)

UNESCO-listed rolling hills; rural property, sometimes pedestrian-only village centres.
Lucca (intra-muros)

Fully walled city; vehicle access only through specific gates; coordination essential.
Versilia coast (Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio)

Coastal seaside resort; gated developments; concierge clearance.
Maremma south coast (Castiglione della Pescaia, Argentario)

Quieter coastal-rural; established UK retirement community; salt-air packing.

Local terms & paperwork

Italian paperwork
specific to Florence / Tuscany

Codice fiscale Italian tax code

Apply at the Italian consulate in the UK before flying out. The Florence and Siena consulates also issue codice fiscale to UK applicants.

Permesso di soggiorno Italian residence permit

Apply at the Questura for your destination province within 8 days of arrival. Florence is busiest; smaller provinces (Grosseto, Lucca) often have shorter waits.

Strada bianca Unsealed gravelled lane

Many Tuscan rural houses sit at the end of a strada bianca. Final-mile transfer to a 4×4 vehicle is standard for these properties.

Comune Municipality / town hall

For rural Tuscan destinations the comune is the practical first stop. Recycling, residenza, school enrolment, sometimes a courtesy call ahead of move day for road access.

Condominio Building owners' assembly

Standard for Florence apartments. Day-before briefing on move-in sequence.

Questure & comuni

Where you'll apply
for your permesso di soggiorno

Questura di Firenze: for permesso di soggiorno in Florence and Florence province.
Questura di Siena: for Siena province (Chianti south, Val d'Orcia, Crete Senesi).
Questura di Pisa: for Pisa, Volterra, Apuane Alps area.
Questura di Lucca: for Lucca, Versilia coast, Garfagnana.
Questura di Arezzo: for Arezzo, Casentino, Valdarno.
Questura di Grosseto: for the Maremma region.