Understand
Livorno is on the Tyrrhenian sea and is the second biggest port in Italy.
Get in
By plane
Pisa airport (code: PSA) Galileo Galilei.
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.
By car
Autostrada A12, uscita Livorno; for maps and tolls see http://www.autostrade.it/ (no pages in English as per 14 November 2004).
By bus
From Pisa, Piombino, Florence and other cities.
By boat
You can depart from Genoa, Civitavecchia, Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica.
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.
See
Eat
Cacciucco - fish stew
Budget
Mid-range
Splurge
Drink
"Ponce alla livornese" is optimal to finish a meal (warm drink with coffee and rum).
Sleep
Budget
Mid-range
Splurge
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.
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