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Start at the Fontane dei mostri marini (Sea Monster Fountains), continue to the Quattro Mori (Four Moors) in front of the Darsena Vecchia, and enter the Venezia district: canals that the people of Livorno call ‘fossi’, bridges such as the one of San Giovanni Nepomuceno, and old merchants’ palaces. The walk links the Fortezza Vecchia, on the Porto Mediceo, with the Fortezza Nuova, which today is also a public park. On the scali delle Pietre you will find the mural ‘Fiori di glicine’ by Ligama.
Suggested time: 60–120 min
Stops: 6
A short walk in the centre, along the Fosso Reale. Start at the monument to Guerrazzi and reach the Mercato delle Vettovaglie (Provisions Market): opened in 1894, it overlooks the Medici canals. Then you pass the places marked as the birthplaces of Giovanni Fattori and Pietro Mascagni and arrive in piazza Cavour.
Suggested time: 45–90 min
Stops: 6
Start at Parco Pertini, which the people of Livorno call the ‘Parterre’, and go on to the mural ‘Olimpiadi di mare’ on viale Carducci. Continue towards piazza della Repubblica, the ‘Voltone’, with the statues of Ferdinando III and Leopoldo II, and finish at the monument to Giovanni Fattori. From this area you can continue towards the centre or the Venezia district.
Suggested time: 30–60 min
Stops: 5
According to Visit Livorno, the lungomare (seafront) is the longest seaside promenade in Tuscany. This stretch goes from the Terrazza Mascagni, the viewpoint with its black-and-white chequered floor, to piazza San Jacopo in Acquaviva with the statue of Pietro Leopoldo. It then runs along the Accademia Navale and arrives at the Rotonda di Ardenza, a pinewood of pines and holm oaks facing the sea.
Suggested time: 90–150 min
Stops: 5
A walk in the greenery, away from the sea. Villa Corridi, also called the ‘parco di Collinaia’, is according to the Comune the largest public park in Livorno: lawns, holm oaks, Aleppo pines and palms around the old villa of the Corridi family. From there you continue towards the parks of Villa Morazzana and Villa Maurogordato.
Suggested time: 60–120 min
Stops: 3
Start at the monument to Leonetto Cappiello and go on to the park of Villa Fabbricotti. Then continue towards the park of Villa Mimbelli, the complex that houses the Museo civico Giovanni Fattori. The stops on the walk are the monument and the two parks; any museum visits are organised separately.
Suggested time: 90–180 min
Stops: 3
A suggestion with stops for playing and reading: from the Statua di Snoopy to the playground of Villa Fabbricotti and the Biblioteca dei ragazzi (children’s library), then to the playground next to the ludoteca (toy library) at Villa Mimbelli and to the one near the Terrazza Mascagni. Next to the Terrazza is the Acquario di Livorno, which is not a stop on the walk.
Suggested time: 90–180 min
Stops: 5
At the top of Montenero, on the square of the Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie, stands the Famedio: a loggia of nine arches built to shelter pilgrims, which in the nineteenth century became the burial place of illustrious people of Livorno. Here there are also the inscriptions commemorating Pietro Mascagni, Amedeo Modigliani and Dario Niccodemi. A few steps away the map marks a viewpoint: according to Visit Livorno, from Montenero the view takes in the coast as far as a glimpse of the islands of the Arcipelago Toscano (Tuscan Archipelago).
Suggested time: 45–90 min
Stops: 5