Florence (Livorno)
Stewart
Florence (Livorno), Italy
Shore Excursion and Port Information
Livorno to Lucca by Train
Our ship docked
at Livorno and the docks are several miles from both the center of town
where the cruise ship shuttle takes you and the train station for
departures to Pisa and Florence. Take the shuttle and local bus or
preferably a taxi to the train station. It would not be a pleasant walk.
Once at the train station, we bought a return ticket for Lucca, requiring
a connection through Pisa on both occasions. This was a good thing because
we were able to stroll through Pisa and see the leaning tower between
trains. But the real treat was Lucca, where you can "walk the walls" of
this Etruscan town and then stroll through the winding streets. This
proved to be a real hit for us. (We had previously seen Florence, and our
friends who took the longish train trip to Florence said that it was
totally jammed with tourists and it was only mid-May.)