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".

Source: www.AFerry.to