My wife and I will be on a cruise in April 2023 that stops at Livorno on a Monday. We want to spend some leisurely time in Siena rather than the typical tours out of Livorno which are Florence, Pisa and Cinque Terre [we've been to all three places on our own in years past]. We are senior, seniors [read that mid-70s to early 80s] but still fully mobile and self sufficient. However, we are uncomfortable relying on public transportation--buses and/or trains due to pre-set schedules--to make the journey from Livorno to Siena and back to Livorno that will fit with the ship's sailing schedule [arrival 11:00 am and departure 10:00 pm]. Sun set on the day we'll be there will be 8:12 pm and we'd like to take advantage of all the daylight available since we get a relatively late start.
I've looked into a "tour", but the cost is a bit beyond our reach; pushing US$700 for the two of us, and, importantly, the tour won't provide service outside their normal hours of operation which ends 5-6 hours before the ship sails. Moreover the tour has a canned itinerary.
So, my question is this: Has anyone on this Forum ever hired "private" transportation [for 2-4 people] from Livorno to/from Siena . . for less than US$ 350 pp? I understand costs are significantly greater than they were pre-covid, but I was taken aback by the $700 tariff for two of us, and the tour I looked into won't accept 4 people. Any suggestions would be helpful. I know transportation for 2-4 people isn't going to be cheap, and I'm anticipating a pp cost in the mid to upper US$100s. I am also aware that a rental car is an option, but our ages do not work to our advantage, and, Siena is not an automobile-kind-of-place.
By the way, I realize this post could have been placed on a generic "transportation" board; but I thought the circumstances unique enough to post here.
Jon