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Livorno,===By car===
===By bus===
If hoping for maximum time in Florence...
* Take an ''early'' cab (perhaps shared with another couple) from your ship to and from the Livorno train station.
* At the station, ask for a train that goes to the Firenze Santa Maria Novella. Locals will happily help
==Get around==
Bus number 1 is a shuttle from train station to the port and vice-versa. Ticket for one hour of travel is 1,00 Euros, daily ticket is 3,20 Euros. For self-reliant cruise passengers, this is part of the most economical way to reach trains to Pisa and Florence
==See==
* Quattro Mori
* Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori [http://www.comune.livorno.it/arte_cultura/]
* Old English Cemetery (Oldest in Italy, open on reservation). For info call Misericordia: 0586/897324 or write an email to [mailto:[email protected]] Association Livorno delle Nazioni.
* Acquario Comunale "D. Cestoni" [http://www.comune.livorno.it/arte_cultura/acquario_comunale/acquario_comunale.htm] (closed: work in progress)
* '''Tuscan islands''' [http://www.islepark.it/]
* Other museums: [http://www.comune.livorno.it/arte_cultura/musei/musei.htm]
* Funicolare di Montenero [http://www.funicolarelivorno.it/html/home.htm] one of the few cable railways still in service (another one is in [[Montecatini Terme]] near [[Pistoia]].
==Do==
=== Spas ===
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*'''Venturina's spa''' [http://www.termediventurina.it/terme/terme.html#]: the thermal waters Venturina were known by the Etruscans and Romans, hence the name "Aquae Populoniae. Flow in 45 ° Celsius throughout the year, with constant flow, and are classified as calcium-magnesium-sulphate-bicarbonate-alkalines.
* Cacciucco - fish stew
* Riso Nero - Black
===Budget===
* 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.
* Cantina Senese
===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 somewhat over an hour. (See note under "Get in" "By Boat" above). In a well-organized day you can tour
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