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Book a ferry ticket Palermo to Livorno on Ferry Travels. Get a ferry from Livorno to Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Bastia. Livorno ferries available with Sardinia / Corsica Ferries, Grandi Navi Veloci, or Moby Lines ferries operators. Book a ferry ticket to Livorno on FerryTravels .com.

History of Livorno

Livorno was defined as an "ideal town" during the Renaissance. Nowadays it reveals its history through its neighborhoods, crossed by canals and surrounded by fortified town-walls, through the tangle of its streets, which embroider the town's Venice district, and through the Medici Port characteristically overlooked by towers and fortresses leading to the town centre.

Designed by the architect Bernardo Buontalenti at the end of the 16th century, Livorno underwent a period of great town planning expansion at the end of the 17th century. Near the defensive pile of the Old Fortress, a new fortress, together with the town-walls and the system of navigable canals, was then built.

Nowadays the Venice district preserves most of its original town planning and architectural features such as the bridges, the narrow lanes, the noblemen's houses and a dense network of canals which once linked the port to its storehouses. In the 18th and 19th centuries Livorno, by then grown up and open to the world, had a lively appearance marked by neo-classical buildings, town parks housing important museums and cultural institutions, Liberty villas with sea views, the market.

Getting to Livorno Ferry port:

Grandi Navi Veloci
Once you have exited the highway (Livorno tollbooth) follow the signs to the industrial port - Galvani Shipyard. Once you arrive at the port, follow the "Grandi Navi Veloci" signs. Boarding operations take place at Shipyard 1.

Moby Lines
After exiting the motorway (exit "Porto") please follow the signs for "Porto/Imbarchi - Corsica/Sardegna" and "Moby". When you reach the "Stazione Marittima", please check-in at the square opposite the ship.

Corsica/Sardinia Ferries
A12- Follow the signs for "Porto" "Corsica Ferries Sardinia Ferries" and "Stazione marittima".

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about Livorno

Livorno (archaic English: Leghorn) is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy.

It is the capital of the Province of Livorno and the third-largest port on the western coast of Italy, having a population of 170,000 as of 2004.

One of the main sights is The Museo Mascagnano houses memorabilia, documents and operas by the great composer Pietro Mascagni.

Every year some of his operas are traditionally played during the lyric music season, which is organised by the Traditional Theatre of Livorno.

Up in the hills the Sanctuary of Montenero, which is dedicated to Our Lady of the Graces, the patron saint of Tuscany, is a fixed destination for pilgrims.

It is famous for the adjacent gallery, decorated with ex-voti mainly connected to stories of miraculous sea rescue.

The "Monumento dei quattro mori" ("Monument of the Four Turks"), dedicated to Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici of Tuscany, is one of the most important monuments of Livorno.

Other good places to see: Museo Civico “Giovanni Fattori”, Acquario Comunale "D. Cestoni", Tuscan islands Parco dell'Arcipelago Toscano, Funicolare di Montenero -one of the few cable railways still in service.