Livorno

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

ATL (0586 84 74 08) buses depart from Largo Duomo for Cecina (€2.90, one hour, half-hourly), Piombino (€6.20, 2¼ hours, six daily) and Pisa (€2.30, 45 minutes, half-hourly).

Train

Livorno is on the Rome–La Spezia line and is also connected to Florence and Pisa. Destinations include Rome (€17.90 to €26, three to four hours, 12 daily), Florence (€6.10, 1½ hours, 16 daily) and Pisa (€1.70, 15 minutes, hourly).

Trains are less frequent to Stazione Marittima, the station for the ports, but buses to and from the main train station run regularly.

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Boat

Livorno is a major port. Regular departures for Sardinia and Corsica leave from Calata Carrara, beside Stazione Marittima. Some ferries depart from Porto Mediceo, a smaller terminal near Piazza dell’Arsenale, and others from Porto Nuovo, about 3km north of the city along Via Sant’Orlando.

Ferry companies operating from Livorno include:

Corsica Ferries & Sardinia Ferries (019 21 55 11; www.corsicaferries.com, www.sardiniaferries.com; Stazione Marittima) Heads to Bastia in Corsica (deck class €25 to €32, four hours, two/three services per week, daily in summer) and Sardinia (deck class to Golfo Aranci, near Olbia, €25 to €37, six hours express, nine hours regular ferry, four services per week, daily in summer).

Lloyd Sardegna (0565 22 23 00; www.lloydsardegna.it) (Olbia; €29, 11 hours) Daily ferries to Sardinia.

Moby (199 30 30 40; www.moby.it) Has services to Bastia, Corsica (€15 to €30, three to four hours) and Olbia, Sardinia (€24 to €50, eight to 12 hours).

Toremar (199 12 31 99; www.toremar.it in Italian) Daily services to Isola di Capraia (€10.50, 2½ hours).

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