Introducing Livorno
Livorno is Tuscany’s second-largest city and a quintessential port town with few apologies. Having been heavily bombed during WWII, the city was rebuilt with a lack of aesthetics that only a sea captain could love. Its bizarre anglicised name, Leghorn, is luckily rarely used – and only then by impish guidebooks.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Cruise From London to Italy
by neckervd 01 September 2011
Most of these cruises stop at ports like Vigo, Lisboa, Cadiz, Ceuta, Barcelona, Toulon, Monte Carlo, Cannes, Gibraltar, Livorno, Civitavecch…
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RE: Scuba diving in Italy??
by saev 16 August 2011
Hi, I don´t know where you plan to cycle around Tuscany, but for example I know many people go to Isoa d´Elba in order to scuba die in…
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Calais to Livorno
by jimr1 30 July 2011
Hi My wife and I will be driving from Calais to Livorno in late October and would appreciate suggestions of overnight stops en route.…
