Hotels Livorno, Guesthouses Livorno and Residences Livorno

Known all over the world as a commercial port and tourist harbour, Livorno was the ideal city of the Renaissance and still retains evidences dating back to that age. To stay at a hotel in Livorno gives guests the opportunity to discover the peculiar town layout of this sixteenth-century city characterized by navigable canals and narrow streets and surrounded by impressive walls.

Livorno offers tourists a wide range of high-quality accommodation facilities. Comfortable 3-star guesthouses and elegant 4-star hotels are situated both in the old town and along the coastline. Charming bed and breakfasts and intimate inns offer guests the possibility to enjoy utmost comfort and high-quality services and facilities. Budget hotels and family guesthouses give guests the possibility to spend pleasant holidays here at reasonable prices.

The canals and moats which cross the old town, the long coastline and the sumptuous Mediceo Port are attractive historic-artistic highlights which attract large numbers of tourists. The Old Fortress, an ancient defensive bulwark which was turned into the current asymmetric building by  Antonio da Sangallo, gazes across the port and sea from on high. The area comprised between this building and the so-called New Fortress is peppered with plenty of sumptuous buildings dating back to the period when Livorno was ruled by the Medici Familly. The seventeenth-century district of New Venice occupies part of this area; it is a portion of the city crossed by canals and waterways which once gave fishermen and sailors the possibility to reach the city centre. The New Fortress is encircled by impressive city walls and surrounded by the so-called Fosso Reale (Royal Moat), whose hexagonal course flows across Livorno's old town.
The central Piazza Grande is dominated by the Cathedral of St. Francesco, the Duomo of Livorno, which was designed by architect Bernardo Buontalenti in the late sixteenth century and subsequently renovated. Behind the apse of the Duomo is Via Cairoli, one of the most lively streets in Livorno, which is flanked by prestigious historical palaces.
The long Viale Italia is Livorno's famous sea promenade, an enchanting sea front dotted with lush gardens, elegant villas and sumptuous Art-Nouveau stately homes. Once past the port is Terrazza Mascagni, a panoramic square overlooking the sea which hosts the Municipal Aquarium. The coastline is punctuated with plenty of well-equipped bathing establishments which continue up to the racetrack, the eighteenth-century Church of St. Jacopo in Acquaviva and the huge complex of the Naval Academy. A short distance from Livorno are the picturesque hamlets of Ardenza and Antignano, which are highly appreciated seaside resorts.
Heading south along the so-called Etruscan Coastline, which connects Livorno with Piombino, tourists will have the possibility to enjoy further compelling beaches, which every year attract thousands of both Italian and foreign families. Not to be missed is the rough beauty of the Elba Island, a real natural paradise which is easily accessible through the numerous ferry boats leaving from Piombino's Pier.