Must see
Venezia Nuova
1–2 hrs · Check current admission
Livorno's canal district, reached by shuttle or a walk from the port area.
Easy to moderate
CountryItaly
CurrencyEuro (EUR)
LanguageItalian; English varies
Dock TypeBerth
Walk to Centre—
TaxisAt terminal
At a Glance
Livorno cruise terminal. Florence is roughly 90km. Pisa is roughly 20km. The Venezia Nuova canal district is a short shuttle or walk. The port itself is industrial and not walkable to the centre without transport.
Getting Around
train
Shuttle to Piazza Municipio, then bus or taxi to Livorno Centrale, then train. Florence is roughly 90 minutes each way with the transfers. Pisa is roughly 20 minutes by train.
Shuttle to Piazza Municipio, then bus or taxi to Livorno Centrale, then train. Florence is roughly 90 minutes each way with the transfers. Pisa is roughly 20 minutes by train.
⚠️ Fosso Bono does no lunch at all on Fridays and Saturdays, despite doing lunch every other open day. That is the kind of irregularity a day-of-week matrix catches and prose never does. Two independent reviewers flag slow service at Fosso Bono, one reporting over two hours for two courses. On a port day with a hard deadline, service speed is a genuine data field, not a nicety. Worth considering a "quick / relaxed / allow two hours" tag.
Top Things to Do
Scroll for more →Pisa and Campo dei Miracoli
1–2 hrs · Check current admission
Roughly 20 minutes by train and the more relaxed independent alternative to Florence.
Easy to moderate
Florence
4 hrs · Check current admission
Roughly 90 minutes each way after port and station transfers; a tightly constrained port day.
Easy to moderate
Food & Drink
Chez Ugo Bistrot
Italian, canalside · €€
Scali del Monte Pio 37. 12:00–15:00 then 18:30. No closure day
Opening hours
Scali del Monte Pio 37. 12:00–15:00 then 18:30. No closure day
Address: Scali del Monte Pio 37
Fosso Bono
Italian, canalside · €€
Scali degli Isolotti 1. 12:00–15:00. Closed Monday. Fri and Sat evenings only
Opening hours
Scali degli Isolotti 1. 12:00–15:00. Closed Monday. Fri and Sat evenings only
Address: Scali degli Isolotti 1
Rustichino
Italian · €€
Via della Venezia 19. EVENINGS ONLY from 17:30. Closed Sunday
Opening hours
Via della Venezia 19. EVENINGS ONLY from 17:30. Closed Sunday
Address: Via della Venezia 19
Il Vinaino
Enoteca, wine bar · €€ · 15 min walk
A tucked-away enoteca on a tiny square just off Via Grande near Porto Mediceo, prized locally for its deep list of Italian wines by the glass alongside simple Tuscan plates.
Address: Piazza Colonnella 14, 57123 Livorno, Italy
Did you know?
Livorno has stories most visitors walk straight past.
- 1
The Pisa alternative is the honest recommendation and almost nobody makes it. Twenty minutes by train versus ninety. Leaning Tower and the Campo dei Miracoli in a comfortable half-day, with the afternoon spare. For passengers who want a photograph and a relaxed day rather than a forced march through the Uffizi, Pisa is simply the better port day, and saying so is exactly the kind of judgement that builds trust. A La Spezia reviewer mentions doing Florence from a cruise stop and eating on the way back — the pattern is real, and it's tight.
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Fosso Bono does no lunch at all on Fridays and Saturdays, despite doing lunch every other open day. That is the kind of irregularity a day-of-week matrix catches and prose never does. Two independent reviewers flag slow service at Fosso Bono, one reporting over two hours for two courses. On a port day with a hard deadline, service speed is a genuine data field, not a nicety. Worth considering a "quick / relaxed / allow two hours" tag.
If you have…
⏱ 2 hours
- 1.Visit Venezia Nuova: 1–2 hrs.
- 2.Visit Pisa and Campo dei Miracoli: 1–2 hrs.
🕐 4 hours
- 1.Visit Venezia Nuova: 1–2 hrs.
- 2.Visit Pisa and Campo dei Miracoli: 1–2 hrs.
- 3.Visit Florence: 4 hrs.
🌅 A full day
- 1.Visit Venezia Nuova: 1–2 hrs.
- 2.Visit Pisa and Campo dei Miracoli: 1–2 hrs.
- 3.Visit Florence: 4 hrs.
- 4.Allow time for lunch at Chez Ugo Bistrot.
The area around
Shuttle to Piazza Municipio, then bus or taxi to Livorno Centrale, then train. Florence is roughly 90 minutes each way with the transfers. Pisa is roughly 20 minutes by train.
Things cruise passengers get wrong
- ⚠️Fosso Bono does no lunch at all on Fridays and Saturdays, despite doing lunch every other open day. That is the kind of irregularity a day-of-week matrix catches and prose never does. Two independent reviewers flag slow service at Fosso Bono, one reporting over two hours for two courses. On a port day with a hard deadline, service speed is a genuine data field, not a nicety. Worth considering a "quick / relaxed / allow two hours" tag.
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