Self-guided audio walking tours for your
day ashore in La Spezia. Downloaded before you sail, played offline,
yours to keep.
Ships calling
6
Cruise lines
3
Median time in port
12 hours
median of 30 calls
that publish times
Audio guides reachable from La Spezia
Florence46 stops · 1h 32m
· 120 km from the port, straight line
Getting there, and getting back
La Spezia to Florence
La Spezia is sold as a gateway to Florence but it is 120 km away, and only the fastest trains make it in an hour and a half.
Florence from La Spezia is four to six hours of travelling on a port day. Cinque Terre is far closer and is what most independent passengers do instead.
Most ships also sell a coach excursion to
Florence. However you travel, being back aboard before all-aboard
is your own arrangement to make — we publish the journey, not your
sailing. Your guide plays either way, and it is yours to keep.
15–35 minPort gate to La Spezia Centrale — around 25 to 30 minutes on foot, so most passengers take the cruise shuttle into town and continue from there.
92–150 minLa Spezia Centrale to Florence. The quickest services run about 1h30; many take well over two hours, often with a change. Check which one you are booking.
10–15 minSanta Maria Novella into the centre.
1.9–3.3 hours each way
Plan your return against your ship's all-aboard time, which is on your
daily programme. It is earlier than the departure time, and if you are
coming back by tender the last tender leaves earlier still.
Journey times are typical, not guaranteed, and nothing here is a schedule.
Your ship's all-aboard time is the only one that counts, it is not the same
as the departure time, and it is not something we can look up for you — it
varies by line and by port and it is printed on your daily programme.
If a connection slips, turn around.
We publish 1 self-guided audio tour reachable from La Spezia: Florence (120 km from the port). Each downloads before you sail and plays offline, so it needs no signal ashore.
How long do ships stay in La Spezia?
Across 30 calls in our itinerary data that publish both arrival and departure times, the median day in port is 12 hours.
Which cruise lines call at La Spezia?
3 lines appear in our itinerary data for La Spezia, across 6 ships: Princess Cruises, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line.
