bplovestotravel

I am racking my brain and searching like crazy for a town to visit on our stop in the summer during a cruise to Livorno.

We will not have a car (can't talk dh into driving in Italy!).

We have been to Lucca and really enjoyed it last time and we have been to Florence and Pisa several times.

Can anyone give me some suggestion via train - thanks!!!

Palenque

How long do you have - the fabled Cinque Terre is a short enough train ride from Livorno - main line to La Spezia then switch to the local that stops at all five of the Cinque Terre villages

Steve_James

Hi BP - Volterra might be another option. Or Viareggio?
Portovenere? (- train to La Spezia, then bus)

Steve

stepsbeyond

I'm a big fan of Pistoia, a few stops beyond Lucca on the train line:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistoia

If views are what you are after, I wouldn't go all the way to le Cinque Terre. Take the funicular in Livorno up to the Sanctuary of Montenero, a town where Lord Byron also used have a villa. There are places up there you can enjoy lunch.

http://www.welcometuscany.it/tuscany...0Montenero.htm

http://www.rc.umd.edu/reference/misc...montenero.html

http://www.funicolarelivorno.it/html/orari.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzLkfb-laeU

Never been here, but it's on the train line:

http://www.welcometuscany.it/special...no_Caldana.htm

By the way, have you thought of touring Livorno?

http://www.traveltuscany.net/tourism...s/livorno.html



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Palenque

Montecatini Terme, one of Europe's most fashionable spas and one set in a country club-like so un-Italian setting, is also a short train ride from Livorno - just beyond Lucca.

And Pinnochio's town - Collodi (sp?) hovers above Lucca

bplovestotravel

Thank you for the information - I will begin researching these options!