{"id":897659,"date":"2026-04-16T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897659\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:15:16","slug":"palace-on-tour-important-information-for-fans-going-to-florence-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897659\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace on Tour: Important information for fans going to Florence – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Palace leading 3-0 from last week, the second leg will kick-off at 21:00 CET local time (20:00 BST)<\/strong> on Thursday at the Artemio Franchi Stadium<\/strong> in Florence.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Thursday, supporters can find important information surrounding the trip below.<\/p>\n

We would encourage supporters to aim to arrive at Artemio Franchi Stadium as early as possible, to ensure smooth entry into the stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ticketing information<\/p>\n

Tickets are being issued to each individual ticket holder via PDF print at home ticket<\/strong>. All emails have been sent direct from Fiorentina from the address no_reply@vivaticket.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Please remember to check your spam\/junk folders (or promotional email folder if on Gmail) before calling the box office.<\/p>\n

If you have you haven\u2019t received your ticket by 09:00 on Thursday, please contact the box office as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each ticket will include \u2013\u00a0as listed on each supporter\u2019s passport<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the purchaser\u2019s name, date of birth, passport country of issue, and gender. All of these details are required by Italian law in order to obtain a ticket.<\/p>\n

Please note that supporters can scan tickets on their phones by displaying the QR\/barcode. There is no requirement to print out your tickets.<\/p>\n

Where to go on matchday\u2026<\/p>\n

On matchday, Palace supporters are expected to meet at Giardini<\/strong> Piazza della Indipendenza<\/strong> in central Florence.<\/p>\n

Local authorities have organised coaches<\/strong> to take supporters from this point to the Artemio Franchi Stadium.\u00a0 The first service will depart between 18:00<\/strong> and 18:30<\/strong> local time, depending on demand.<\/p>\n

From then on, there will be regular shuttles from Piazza della Indipendenza<\/strong> to the ground. Please note that availability for this service is limited, and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n

If supporters choose to walk<\/strong> to the Artemio Franchi Stadium, please note that this will take around 45 minutes from Piazza della Indipendenza.<\/p>\n

Mandatory passport checks<\/p>\n

All supporters will be required to take their passports to the stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be strict stadium perimeter ticket checks<\/strong>, where all supporters will be required to show the passport which matches the details on their ticket.<\/p>\n

Supporters who do not have their own passports at the ticket checkpoint will be refused entry to the stadium perimeter.<\/p>\n

If the supporter\u2019s passport does not match the details on their ticket, they will be refused entry to the stadium perimeter.<\/p>\n

Palace staff will be on hand at the check point to help with any potential issues.<\/p>\n

Approaching the stadium<\/p>\n

Palace supporters must approach through<\/strong> Viale<\/strong> Pasquale Paoli<\/strong> on the south-eastern side of the stadium, where there will be a ticketing and passport checkpoint.<\/p>\n

Coaches will drop supporters off at the car park for the Mandela Forum (Parcheggio Mandela Forum), just before this checkpoint.<\/p>\n

Fans are advised to avoid the surroundings<\/strong> of the North Stand (Curvia Fiesole) and South Stand (Curva Ferrovia) \u2013 in particular Viale Manfredo Fanti, Via Frusa, Vale del Mille<\/strong> and Viale Malta<\/strong> \u2013 before and after the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the match<\/p>\n

Following the full-time whistle, supporters in the away end will be held back<\/strong> for a short period of time (approximately 30 minutes) to allow home crowds to disperse. We thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.<\/p>\n

Coaches will then collect Palace supporters from Parcheggio Mandela Forum<\/strong> and return them to Piazza della Indipendenza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Palace leading 3-0 from last week, the second leg will kick-off at 21:00 CET local time (20:00…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-897659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116413630394223590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}