Any boat or ferry service from Nice to Livorno?

Is there a ferry service that would take tourists from Nice to Livorno directly?

I know about the ferry to Corsica, but that would take longer than the train. And we are taking enough trains on our trip; I thought a boat might be a nice change. This woud be for late Oct.

Thanks so much,

Marjorie

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I don%26#39;t believe so. In fact I think you%26#39;d have to take the ferry to Corsica, then another to Sardinia and only then could you take a ferry to the Italian mainland.

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Thanks, IR. I figured there wasn%26#39;t a ferry or I would probably have read about it by now. I wonder if I can hire a boat? Maybe it%26#39;s a cruise %26quot;lane%26quot; only...

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You%26#39;ll have to take the train or rent a car, or dig very, very, very deep into your pocket for a boat - if you can find one (probably several thousand Euros!!!).

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If you want to go from Nice to Italy by chartered boat, you will need a detailed plan. I%26#39;ll get you started.

Step 1. Win the lottery...

The rest you can figure out from there.

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Hmmmm, the lottery, eh? Judging from the line of people waiting to buy lottery tickets, it must be an easy way to instant cash, right?

Okay, I%26#39;ll buy a ticket but here is another query -- is there a train we can take that will not divert us thru Milan? By my calculations, it%26#39;s an almost 8 hour trip. That%26#39;s a lot of daylight spent on a train.

I%26#39;m sure the the train ride from Nice to Florence is lovely, but I don%26#39;t know that we want to spend all that time sitting (especially since we%26#39;ll have a long ride from Florence back to Zurich five days later).

Thanks for the help (and the lottery suggestion - man, do I feel lucky!).

Marjorie

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You *can* get to Florence from Nice without going through Milan, but it won%26#39;t save you much time.

Here is one possible routing:

Dep Nice 14:05; Arr Genova 17:06

Dep Genova 17:47; Arr Pisa 20:12

Dep Pisa 20:29; Arr Firenze Rifredi 21:26.

That%26#39;s still close to 7.5 hours, requires two connections, and gets you into the less central Rifredi station after dark. It%26#39;s the quickest routing I could come up with on a quick search.

I%26#39;d probably just take the 10:05 train via Milan and get into Firenze Santa Maria Novella at 18:20 in time for a stroll and an aperitivo before dinner...

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Thanks IrishRover for the alternate suggestion. It probably does make better sense to just take the Nice -Milan-Florence train.

Thanks for the advice.

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