Was looking for a little advise in regards to an upcoming situation. Arriving on TP at 12:05am and my goal is to get to Florence. I was originally thinking just crash at the airport or get a room at an airport hotel and take the first flight out on ITA. However, to my surprise, the earliest flight is 10am. I suppose w/ that being the case getting a room and not crashing at the airport would be better.

However, I was also thinking is it better just to go into the city at 12am upon arrival and then take a train? Looks the like the first train leaves quite early. Waste of money for a hotel room for 4-5 hours in that scenario but it would get me to Florence quicker.

Renting a car, not even sure if at that hour its an option, wouldnt be something I would want to do. Getting a ride from someone else would be fine but I imagine it would be an arm & a leg to get a lift from Rome to Florence, and especially in the middle of the night.

Been to Rome, havent been to Florence so ideally I dont need to go into Rome. Just sort of stuck here on the best plan. I also could just skip the LIS-FCO leg of my TP flight (LAX-LIS-FCO got me a killer deal for $1326 US in Business) and get myself to FLR but obvioulsy that would incur an additional cost to fly there. And I believe the earliest flight with a stop ofc wouldnt get me to FLR til 1pm.

TIA for any suggestions or advise.