Livorno: Old Fortress, La Venezia, and Market Tour

Visit Livorno downtown with an authorised guide in a relaxing way. The tour ends at the local food market where you find many tasty options for your lunch.

Livorno is a kind of hidden jewel, known mostly for being the harbour of Tuscany. It is an out of the Tuscan beaten paths' place but if you are in this area and you want to discover it, you will find out how interesting is its history, a peaceful example of how different communities coming from all over Europe, different religion could live together. We will discover how the Medici family built the destiny of this little fishermen's village, creating a free port and an intercultural city, an example of peaceful living. We will start from the city downtown seeing how the Medici family created a military and commercial harbour "an open harbour", we will walk through the old district of "La Venezia" and we will end at the local food market. History, culture, food and why not a nice Italian espresso! (Keep attention: 1) the Central Market is not open during bank holidays, on Sundays and on afternoon) 2) The tour lasts two hours. Please consider this information if you plan to go to Pisa)