Italy etc Cruise April 2019 - Livorno Page

We walked into the city, which was further than the 800m suggested. This came out between the Old and New Basins & the Old Fort.

It was quite hard to pin down the canal area, because neither the ship’s map nor the town’s were usable separately but together, one could work it out.

We had coffees at a delightful but rare cafe on our way to the New Castle, started in 1590, the old one on the shore being vulnerable to artillery fire.

After examining the Madonna Church, with its unusual ceiling & finding, to Ken’s particular disgust that the cathedral was locked, we went back by the town’s shuttle,