La Spezia Trip Overview
Will you arrive at La Spezia Port with your cruise ship? It is a great opportunity to enjoy your day visiting one of our destinations in Tuscany.
Select your preferred 9-hour excursion among our tour proposals below.
You will meet your English-speaking driver on the day of the tour at La Spezia Port and you will enjoy an unforgettable Tuscany Experience!
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: La Spezia, Italy
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Will you arrive at La Spezia Port with your cruise ship? It is a great opportunity to enjoy your day visiting one of our destinations in Tuscany.
Select your preferred 9-hour excursion among our tour proposals below.
You will meet your English-speaking driver on the day of the tour at La Spezia Port and you will enjoy an unforgettable Tuscany Experience!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Pisa, Pisa, Province of Pisa, Tuscany
(For Tour options: “Pisa and Lucca” / “Riviera, Pisa and Wine Tasting”)
Pisa and its Piazza dei Miracoli have always been a fundamental stop on any trip to Tuscany. Despite the overwhelming presence of tourists from all over the world, who sometimes seem to have arrived here for the sole purpose of pretending to hold up the Leaning Tower – this sacred place still emits a timeless, evocative and powerful beauty.
Pisa vaunts thousands of years of history (the city’s name dates back to the Etruscan age and alludes to the “mouth” of the Arno), reaching a peak during the age of the Maritime Republic, a period that turned the city center into a treasure chest of artistic gems.
Among these, the Romanesque and Gothic churches stand out, in squares and palazzi that enhance the neighborhoods marked by lungarni (riverside streets) and age-old roads. Wandering through the centre also offers an education in famous university campuses, whose importance has remained steady through the centuries.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Piazza del Duomo Piazza dei Miracoli, 56126, Pisa Italy
(For Tour options: “Pisa and Lucca” / “Riviera, Pisa and Wine Tasting”)
One of Italy’s signature sights, the Torre Pendente truly lives up to its name, leaning a startling 3.9 degrees off the vertical. The 58m-high tower, officially the Duomo’s campanile (bell tower), took almost 200 years to build, but was already listing when it was unveiled in 1372. Over time, the tilt, caused by a layer of weak subsoil, steadily worsened until it was finally halted by a major stabilisation project in the 1990s.
Stop At: Piazza dei Miracoli, Piazza del Duomo, 56126, Pisa Italy
(For Tour options: “Pisa and Lucca” / “Riviera, Pisa and Wine Tasting”)
Discovering Pisa means getting lost in squares packed with students who fill up the nighttime locales, bringing new life to the medieval city. Propping up one of the little tables in the bars of piazza delle Vettovaglie or piazza della Pera is a lovely way to spend an evening, and meandering through the hidden alleyways and riverfront streets means coming upon architectural gems such as Santa Maria della Spina, the headquarters of the Scuola Normale in Piazza dei Cavalieri, the exhibitions at Palazzo Blu, and so forth. Eventually you’ll inevitably end up being drawn to the magnetic Piazza dei Miracoli, where every element is unique and hides secrets that add mystery to the general splendor. Begin with the Baptistery (and its unique acoustics – if any lucky people among you get the chance to attend a concert inside, you’ll hear the walls act almost as an instrument, with sounds continuing to echo and bounce up to a minute after they have been sung). Next, to its left is the 130-meter Camposanto Monumentale, which faces the piazza and contains 43 arched sections. The Cathedral is an absolute masterpiece of Romanesque-Pisan architecture, built beginning in 1063; behind it stands the celebrated Leaning Tower.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lucca, Lucca, Province of Lucca, Tuscany
(For Tour option: “Pisa and Lucca”)
Lucca is one of the cities most loved all of Tuscany, a stop that can not really miss in a classic itinerary to the discovery of the region.
The city can be visited in a day, but if you want to appreciate the best stop for a few days or choose it as a base to explore central or north Tuscany.
The city is located on a plain at the foot of the Apuan Alps and is less than half an hour from the coast of Versilia. Since it isn’t a hilltop village, it is ideal for anyone with mobility issues as well as for anyone wishing to take a break from climbing ;).
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lucca’s Duomo (Cattedrale di San Martino), Piazza San Martino, Lucca Italy
(For Tour option: “Pisa and Lucca”)
Lucca’s Cathedral is located in a secluded location of the old city center, just outside the main tourist itinerary. If you follow the main street called Il Fillungo, or enter in through the walls at the entrance right in front of the train station, you will easy find it. Look up and use the white-tipped tower as your guide.
Of course, there’s a reason that explains this unusual location: the Cathedral was built during the sixth century, at that period the most central and important areas (from an urbanistic point of view) were already too congested. In fact it was only later that the more famous square of San Michele, in the heart of the city center, would be chosen for the construction of the church bearing the same name.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Bolgheri – Borgo Medievale, 57020 Bolgheri, Castagneto Carducci Italy
(For tour option: “Bolgheri Wine Tour”)
Bolgheri is a relatively young yet prestigious Italian appellation located in the Maremma on the Tuscan coast just to the south of Livorno, and named after a town in the north of the region. It is known mainly for deeply coloured, supple yet ageworthy red wines, usually based on the Bordeaux grape varieties. The winemaking zone features sloping coastal vineyards close to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Florence, Florence, Tuscany
(For Tour Option: “Florence+guide+tkt”)
Florence is renowned as one of the most cultural and historical cities in the world and is packed full of amazing architecture and places of significance. As the capital of the Tuscany region of Italy, Florence has a population of 383,000 and a wider metropolitan population of 1.5 million. This wonderful city lies in the central region of Italy and has a well developed rail network with connections to Pisa, and Bologna.
During ancient history, Florence was once a Roman city and then developed into a thriving medieval commune. It is hailed as the birthplace of the Renaissance movement, and throughout the 12th, 15th and 16th centuries, was one of the most important cities of the world. Notable residents of Florence included Machiavelli, Lorenzo Medici, Dante, Michelangelo, Donatello, Galileo and Raphael.
Duration: 1 hour
