Your day, step by step
08:15
Shuttle to the terminal building.
08:30
Walk 25 minutes to La Spezia Centrale (or bus from Piazza Europa).
09:00
Validate your card and take the train to Vernazza, the farthest village you plan to visit.
11:00
Train to Manarola. Walk up through the village for the view back over the harbour.
12:30
Lunch in Manarola or Riomaggiore.
13:30
Riomaggiore: the harbour and main street.
14:45
Train back to La Spezia (about 10 minutes).
15:00
Walk down Via del Prione to the waterfront, or take a taxi from the station.
15:30
At the terminal building for the shuttle.
16:00
Back on board, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave La Spezia old town (Via del Prione)16:00
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- La Spezia old town (Via del Prione)Walk to the terminal, about 10–20 min, then the 10-min port shuttle16:00
- La Spezia Centrale stationWalk 25 min or taxi 5–15 min to the terminal, then the 10-min shuttle15:55
- Cinque Terre villagesCinque Terre Express to La Spezia, then walk or taxi and the shuttle15:00
- PortovenereBus P or 11, about 30 min, then walk from Piazza Europa and the shuttle15:15
- PisaRegional train 1 h–1 h 20, back in La Spezia two hours before all-aboard14:00
- FlorenceRegional train about 2.5 h via Pisa, back in La Spezia two hours before all-aboard13:00
Where people get La Spezia wrong
Passengers come back from the Cinque Terre on a late-afternoon train and forget the 25-minute walk and port shuttle still ahead of them.
Built from our La Spezia guide, checked against 19 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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