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Culture and History / Travel to La Spezia, visa requirements / Get around / La Spezia attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, La Spezia souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / La Spezia nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get outLa Spezia is a town in Liguria in the northwestern region of Italy.
Culture and History
La Spezia is one of the four provinces of Liguria and has a population of about 91,391 inhabitants. La Spezia's inhabitants are called Spezzini. The surface of this Ligurian town is of 51.4 square kilometers.
It's a beautiful city with a beautiful sea that blends with the nearby mountains. A good overlap of sky, earth and water. The streets are full of bergamotto trees, and next to the beach there are really beautiful gardens with weird plants, absolutely well maintained.
Travel to La Spezia - Visa Requirements
The train from Genoa to Pisa passes through La Spezia. The train from Genoa probably originates in Milan.
The train route from La Spezia to Levanto passes through the CinqueTerre national park. Day or multi-day train passes (~EUR15 per day for a family of 4 in 2007) are available allowing unlimited travel on this route.
Tours and Getting around La Spezia
La Spezia tourist attractions and sightseeing
La Spezia city tours
La Spezia souvenirs and shopping
La Spezia Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
La Spezia nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Skaletta Rock Club, La Spezia, Via Crispi, 168, Tel: 0187/500125
A fine Road House bar with beer, rock, pool and mini-foot tables. It's a little bit outside of the centre of town, but worth the trip. Could it be one of the greatest bars in the world?
La Spezia cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
- NH Jolly La Spezia, Via XX Settembre, 2, +39 0187 739555 [1]. The hotel is just a seconds walk from the seafront, and only 150 meters from both the port and the historical centre and is also close to the main train station.
Get out
- There is a beautiful town about 15 minutes away called Sarzana. In Sarzana's town square there is a market every wednesday that fun to go to. There is also Luna Park for children.
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