Livorno

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Livorno is in Tuscany.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out

[edit] Understand

Livorno is on the Tyrrhenian sea and is the second biggest port in Italy.

[edit] Get in

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Pisa airport (code: PSA) Galileo Galilei.

[edit] By train

Main train station is Livorno Centrale. Take bus number 1 to go to town center and then to the port in about 20 minutes.

[edit] By car

Autostrada A12, uscita Livorno; for maps and tolls see http://www.autostrade.it/ (no pages in English as per 14 November 2004).

[edit] By bus

From Pisa, Piombino, Florence and other cities.

[edit] By boat

Direct ferry routes exist to Barcelona, Bastia, Golfo Aranci, Olbia, Palermo and Porto Vechio. It is best to book early to avoid over booking.

[edit] Get around

Bus number 1 is a shuttle from train station to the port and vice-versa. Ticket for one hour of travel is 0,85 Euros, daily ticket is 3,20 Euros. See http://www.atl.livorno.it/tiposerv.html for a map.

[edit] See

• Quattro Mori
• Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori http://www.comune.livorno.it/arte_cultura/
• Acquario Comunale "D. Cestoni." http://www.comune.livorno.it/arte_cultura/acquario_comunale/acquario_comunale.htm
• Tuscan islands Parco dell'Arcipelago Toscano
• other museums http://www.comune.livorno.it/arte_cultura/musei/musei.htm
• Funicolare di Montenero one of the few cable railways still in service (another one is in Montecatini Terme near Pistoia.

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[edit] Eat

Cacciucco - fish stew

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[edit] Mid-range

• Trattoria Sottomarino, Via dei Terrazzini 48/50 - ph. +39 0586 887025 - Close to Piazza della Repubblica and Fortezza Nuova (Venezia District). Fish cuisine, don't miss the gorgeous cacciucco - Closed on MO and TU.

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[edit] Drink

"Ponce alla livornese" is optimal to finish a meal (warm drink with coffee and rum).

[edit] Sleep

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The Relais dell’ Ussero [1] at the Villa di Corliano or at the Ussero Palace are two historical fifteenth century mansions. Villa di Corliano it is very conveniently located only 2 Km along the road from the health spa of San Giuliano Terme (Pisa) and Ussero Palace is in the historical centre of Pisa. Both are near the cities of Lucca and Livorno (a 15 minute drive to both). Florence is only an hour away and Siena an hour and a half.

[edit] Mid-range

• Hotel Hermitage, Via dei Melograni 13 57020, Marina di Bibbona, Tel. +39.0586.600218 Fax +39.0586.600760. [2]. 4-star modern and comfortable Hotel Hermitage in Marina di Bibbona near the splendid Etruscan coast

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[edit] Get out

Livorno is a good starting point and base for a tour of Tuscany. You can reach Pisa in half an hour, Lucca and Florence in about an hour. In a day you can easily tour Chianti-side going to Monteriggioni, San Giminiano, Siena and Volterra and be back for dinner.