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( 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 named after composers is irresistible.
But the real stunner is the gravel garden out back where guests can lounge on green wick-
er furniture beneath a breathtakingly beautiful, 350-year-old magnolia tree.
Camping Miramare
( 05 8658 0402;
www.campingmiramare.it
; Via del Littorale 220; camping 2 people, car & tent €40-80;
)
Be it tent pitch beneath trees or deluxe version with wooden terrace and sun-loungers
on the sandy beach, this campground - open year-round thanks to its village of mobile
homes, maxi caravans and bungalows - has it all. Rates out of summer are at least 50%
lower. 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
rooms and glistening sea views, is belle-Epoque Livorno relived. Dip into the rooftop in-
finity pool and, afterwards, gorge poolside on a sunset
aperitivo
(predinner drinks accom-
panied by cocktail snacks) and panoramic sea view. Dining in its rooftop garden restaur-
ant, face to face with the sea and the islet of Gorgona, is equally glam.
LUXURY HOTEL
€€
Hotel Gran Duca
( 05 8689 1024;
www.granduca.it
;
Piazza Micheli 16; s/d €160/180; )
Embedded in the
little that survives of Livorno's 16th-century city walls, this hotel with dusty pink facade
across from the fishing docks is unique. Its 60 rooms are classic with regal-coloured fab-
rics; some rooms also have fortress views. For history buffs, those on the 2nd floor with
private terrace in the red-brick ramparts of the Medici wall could be straight out of a film
set.
HOTEL
€€
Eating & Drinking
Sampling traditional
cacciucco,
a mixed seafood stew, is reason enough to visit Livorno.
Surfer Joe's Diner
AMERICAN
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