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• Drink
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• Get out

Livorno is in Tuscany.

[edit] Understand

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

[edit] Get in

[edit] By plane

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 (closed: work in progress)
• 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.

[edit] Do

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[edit] Work

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[edit] Eat

Cacciucco - fish stew

[edit] Budget

[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.

[edit] Splurge

[edit] Drink

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

[edit] Sleep

[edit] Budget

[edit] Mid-range

• Hotel Hermitage, Via dei Melograni 13 57020, Marina di Bibbona, Tel. +39.0586.600218 Fax +39.0586.600760. [1]. 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 Gimignano, Siena and Volterra and be back for dinner.