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Home > Shore Excursions > La Spezia Port
Shore excursions from la Spezia PortPrivate tours and excursions from Port of La SpeziaIf your cruise ship will be dock at La Spezia Port, choose one of our private tours to see Florence and Pisa or the Tuscany countryside..
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The Best of Florence
Departing from the cruiser terminal in La Spezia it takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to Florence. First of all your driver will take you along the Viale dei Colli, we reach the marvellous terrace called Piazzale Michelangelo (named after the artist who sculpted the original David statue). Here you get one of the most impressive views of the city. Nearby you can also see the white and green marble façade of the S. Miniato al Monte church - an example of the Florentine Romanesque style. After leaving the church, we follow an uphill road, bordered by the ancient city walls, until we reach Forte Belvedere , built around 1590 by the Grand-duke Ferdinand to protect the Medici villas ...
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Florence & Pisa
After having met your driver at the cruiser terminal in La Spezia, sit back and enjoy your drive through the Tuscan countryside towards Florence. Driving up the beautiful Viale dei Colli, we reach the marvellous terrace called Piazzale Michelangelo (named after the artist who sculpted the original David statue). Here you get the most impressive view of the city. Nearby you can also see the white and green marble façade of the S. Miniato al Monte church - one of the purest examples of the Florentine Romanesque style. After leaving the church, we follow an uphill road, bordered by the ancient city walls, until we reach Forte Belvedere, built around 1590 by the Grand-duke Ferdinand to protect the Medici villas ...
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Chianti & Wineries
A trip to Chianti represents a unique and unforgettable experience for everyone involved. In addition to fabulous vineyards and olive groves , famous internationally for their wine and oil; there are abbeys, villas, castles, wineries, and restaurants to visit and enjoy. Departing from your ship in La Spezia, we proceed towards the beautiful countryside of the Chianti region and, following the "Wine Road" between vineyards and olive trees, we'll reach Greve in Chianti, the small village, named after the nearby river, expanded considerably during the 14th & 15th centuries, where we find a monument to Giovanni da Verrazzano, the explorer who discovered the New York Harbour ...
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Pisa & Lucca
Your driver will pick you up at your ship in La Spezia Port, and after 30 minutes ride through the Tuscany countryside, you'll reach Pisa, one of the best known Tuscan cities. The town of Pisa is of Etruscan origin. In 179 B.C. it became a Roman colony and in 89 B.C. a Roman municipium. Pisa was an important naval base for the Romans. In the middle Ages it was an important port, just like Venice, Genoa and Amalfi. Each of these towns had both a merchant fleet and a navy, which controlled all the seas around Italy. Pisa reached its greatest peak of splendour in the XI and XII centuries when it expanded its power over the islands of Corsica, Sicily and Sardinia ...
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Customize Your Shore Excursions
Prestige Rent arranges private shore excursions from the most important Italian Ports: in other words you can choose all the details of your excursions: pick up and drop off time, sites to visit, duration, etc. All of the itineraries shown on our web site are simple suggestions to give you a few ideas about feasible excursions. If you didn't find exactly what you are looking for, or if you prefer to build your own itinerary, please click here and fill in the form; one of our tour coordinators will be in touch with you as soon as possible ...
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