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At a glance
ESTRA Firenze Marathon 2026 takes place on 29 November 2026 in Firenze (FI), Toscana. Distances: 42.195 km, 10 km. Start at 08:30 from Piazza del Duomo, Firenze.
- Date
- Sunday, 29 November 2026
- Location
- Firenze (FI), Toscana, Italy
- Start
- Piazza del Duomo, Firenze
- Distances
- Marathon · 42.195 km · Competitive
- 10 km · Competitive
- Start times
- Maratona 08:30 · 10 km 08:45
- Entry fees
- Marathon €109 · 10 km €25
- Registration
- Sold out
- Organiser
- Maratona di Firenze ↗
- Official website
- firenzemarathon.it ↗
- Edition
- 42nd edition · since 1984
- Series
- Boston qualifier
Last updated: 19 October 2026
The race
The Estra Firenze Marathon is one of Italy's best-loved marathons: first run in 1984, it reaches its 42nd edition on Sunday 29 November 2026 with 13,000 bibs, already sold out, and an open waiting list. Start and finish are in Piazza del Duomo, after a loop that takes in the Cascine park, the Arno embankments, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, Santa Croce and Piazza della Signoria.
The course is almost flat, between 43 and 65 metres above sea level, with drinks every 5 km, sponge stations in between and free pacers from 2h55' to 5h30'. The race holds the FIDAL Gold label and the time limit is 6 hours. On the same morning at 8:45 the Garmin 10K starts from Via Tornabuoni, a competitive race over the last 10 km of the marathon course, capped at 3,000 runners.
On Saturday there are the 3x7k charity relay and the San Benedetto Ginky Family Run, about 3 km for families at the Visarno racecourse. Bibs and race packs are collected at the Expo in the Stazione Leopolda, open on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November.
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Course
The race starts at 8:30 from Piazza del Duomo towards Via Cavour, Piazza San Marco and Santissima Annunziata, then follows the ring boulevards to Porta al Prato (km 5 at Ponte alle Mosse). The first third of the race runs through the Cascine park, with km 10 on Viale Washington and km 15 on Viale degli Olmi. From Ponte alla Vittoria runners cross to the Oltrarno along Lungarno Soderini and Guicciardini, pass Via Maggio and Piazza Pitti and return to the centre over Ponte Vecchio; after Ponte alle Grazie comes km 20 on Lungarno Serristori and halfway on Ponte San Niccolò.
The route loops around Piazza Santa Croce and heads east along the river to km 25, then enters the Campo di Marte district: San Salvi, Viale Malta (km 30) and a lap inside the athletics stadium. From km 35 in Via Piagentina it goes back into the historic centre through Sant'Ambrogio, the Duomo, the Uffizi, Via Tornabuoni and Lungarno Vespucci (km 40), finishing via Piazza della Signoria and Via dei Calzaiuoli in Piazza del Duomo.
The surface is asphalt plus the paving stones of the old town; elevation change is minimal (official profile between 43 and 65 m).
Aid stations along the course
| Km | Water | Sports drink | Tea | Fruit | Medical support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 · 10 | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| 15–40 · every 5 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
- Km5 · 10Water, Sports drink, Tea, Medical support
- Km15–40 · every 5Water, Sports drink, Tea, Fruit, Medical support
Bars too from km 15. There are sponge stations between the aid stations; doctors on motorbikes along the whole course.
Source: firenzemarathon.it ↗Entry fees
- Until 31 March 2026€69
- Until 30 June 2026€79
- Until 31 August 2026€89
- Until 15 October 2026€99
- Until 20 November 2026Now€109
What's included
- Finisher medal
- Aid stations
- Pacers
- Bag drop
- Chip timing
- Race pack
- Sponge stations
- Cronometraggio
- Medical assistance
- Navetta ritirati
- Race photos
- Ristoro finale
- Mantella
Rules and requirements
- FIDAL membersMembers of an Italian athletics club (Italian Athletics Federation).
- RuncardFIDAL card for runners without a club: buy it online and pair it with a competitive athletics medical certificate.
- Sports promotion bodiesMembers of an Italian sports promotion body recognised by FIDAL, with a competitive medical certificate.
- International runnersMembers of a federation affiliated to World Athletics, or with a Runcard and a competitive medical certificate.
Marathon: open to FIDAL members from the Promesse category (age 20), Runcard and Runcard EPS holders aged 20+ with a competitive medical certificate for athletics uploaded to ENDU, and foreign runners registered with a World Athletics member federation. Non-resident foreigners may present a certificate from their own country listing the same tests required in Italy; unregistered foreigners run non-competitively, timed but without ranking.
Unregistered Italians are not admitted. Fees range from €69 to €109 depending on payment date (€30 for FISPES athletes and guides of visually impaired runners); entries only online on ENDU (card or bank transfer) until 20 November or until the 13,000 places are filled. Fees are not refunded: by 31 October you can defer to 2027 or transfer your bib to another runner, both for a €30 fee.
Start pens are assigned by declared personal best (changes by 31 October); pens are open from 7:00 to 8:00. Time limit 6 hours, with cut-offs of 3 hours at halfway and 4h15' at km 30; EvoData chip timing with splits every 5 km. Bag drop in Piazza Santa Maria Novella from 7:00 using the official bag; a rain poncho is provided.
Prize money from €5,000 for the winning man and woman, plus prizes for the top five Italians under 2h30' (men) and 2h55' (women). 10K: from age 16 for FIDAL and WA members, 20 for Runcard holders, €25 up to bib 1500 and €30 up to 3000, time limit 1h20', no refunds or transfers.
