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End your exploration of the quarter on gorgeous
Piazza dei Domenicani
, across the bridge
its ancient, thick stone walls, stands sentry on the western side of the square as it did for
the Medicis four centuries ago. Stroll down the causeway by the bridge to
La Bodeguita
sun-drenched wooden-decking terrace floating on the canal.
Museo Civico
Giovanni Fattori
(Via San Jacopo in Acquaviva 65; adult/reduced €4/2; 10am-1pm & 4-7pm Tue-Sun)
Set in a pretty
park, this museum features works by the 19th-century Italian Impressionist Macchiaioli
school led by Livorno-born Giovanni Fattori. The group, inspired by the Parisian Bar-
bizon school, flouted stringent academic art conventions and worked directly from nature,
emphasising immediacy and freshness through patches, or 'stains'
(macchia),
of colour.
ART GALLERY
Sleeping
Hotel al Teatro
( 05 8689 8705;
www.hotelalteatro.it
;
Via Mayer 42; s/d €85/110; )
One of Tuscany's
loveliest urban hotels, this bijou eight-room address with marble staircase, antique fur-
niture, tapestries and individually designed rooms is irresistible. But the real stunner is the
gravel garden out back where guests can lounge on green wicker furniture beneath a
breathtakingly beautiful, 350-year-old magnolia tree.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€
Camping Miramare
( 05 8658 0402;
www.campingmiramare.it
; Via del Littorale 220; camping 2 people, car & tent €40-80;
)
Be it a tent pitched beneath trees or the deluxe version with wooden terrace and
sun-loungers on the sandy beach, this site - open year-round thanks to its village of mo-
bile homes, maxi caravans and bungalows - has it all. Rates out of high season drop by at
least 50%. Find the site 8km south of town in Antignano.
CAMPGROUND
€
Grand Hotel Palazzo
( 05 8626 0836;
www.grandhotelpalazzo.com
;
Viale Italia 195; d €140-180; )
This
shimmering ship of a 19th-century palace on the seafront, with 123 perfectly thought-out
LUXURY HOTEL
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