I will be on a cruise and have only one day in this area to see so much! Any suggestions?
Posted by
Vestavia Hills, AL, 35216
109 posts
If you have a full day, you could get to Pisa to see Piazza dei Miracoli, then take a train to Florence and walk around the Duomo-Uffizi-Ponte Veccio area, without touring anything, then get back to your ship, which I'm assuming is docking at Livorno. (I always laugh at its English translation: Leghorn.) You could rent a car and drive around the Tuscan countryside, which is beautiful in the spring. Or take a train through LaSpezia to the Cinque Terre, hike the Via dell'Amore and take the train back. I'd recommend finding one thing you're really interested in doing and spend a little more time with that. One day is really restricting. Also, your ship line might have day trips available for passengers.
Posted by
NY, USA
500 posts
One full day? 24 hours? Is this pre cruise, post cruise? What port?
Posted by
Orlando, Florida
676 posts
Lori, is this one day a day the boat docks? If so, you won't really have time to do CT, I'd recommend Pisa and MAYBE another small town, or Florence. you have to think of transportation times, and getting from Livorno dock to train station.
Posted by
Gettysburg, PA
1589 posts
Florence. You don't have adequate time to go to move around.
Posted by
OP
Kansas City, MO, USA
13 posts
It's one day at that port. I forget the time frame.
Posted by
Vestavia Hills, AL, 35216
109 posts
One other insanely expensive option would be to rush off the ship, grab the first taxi you see and offer the driver 200-300€ for his services for the whole day, then head to Pisa or wherever you want to go first. You won't have to wait for trains, you can tailor your itinerary by the amount of time you have left and the driver can give you advice. If you have 3 or 4 other people with you, the cost isn't really that much. There might even be chauffeur services available at the dock at Livorno. (Sometimes the craziest, most lavish things you on a vacation are what you remember most.)
Posted by
Ann Arbor, Mi
3696 posts
Love the idea of the taxi driver... I once did that for a few hours in the evening in London and also another time landed in Dublin, but my rental car was in Shannon. Instead of taking the train 3 of us paid a taxi driver to take us. Midway we ended up at a pub where the locals were holding a wake. They were already quite into the partying, so we joined in for an hour, had lunch and went on to Shannon. Had all the local stories on the ride. We paid the same as we would have for the train, but the experience was dalightful.