Livorno, Italy Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

LIVORNO , 18km southwest of Pisa, is Tuscany's third-largest city and one of Italy's largest ports – a status which invited blanket bombing during World War II. Its rebuilt commercial centre is not pretty, but a poke around the back streets will reveal a network of picturesque canals and hump-backed bridges, a lively streetlife that benefits from a very un-Tuscan ethnic diversity, and plenty of places to sample top-quality seafood . What you won't find are the very things Tuscany is famous for: art, architecture and tourists. Livorno's port was developed under the Medici . In 1618, they … more »