Villa Cristina – Great coastal trail loop from Livorno Centrale

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Villa Cristina – Great coastal trail loop from Livorno Centrale

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Villa Cristina – Great coastal trail loop from Livorno Centrale

04:43

53.0km

1,000m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 16.7 km for 91 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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13.0 km

Villa Cristina

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Villa Cristina is a scout house. In the summer of 2023 I was also lucky enough to go camping with the Salesians

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14.9 km

View of Livorno and the Sea

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Interesting route in the middle of the greenery and uphill towards the Valle Benedetta. with a couple of panoramic views of Livorno and the sea

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16.7 km

Foresta della Valle Benedetta

Forest

21.1 km

Church of San Giovanni Gualberto (Valle Benedetta, Livorno)

Highlight • Religious Site

At the top of the Benedetta Valley, probably once inhabited (according to the archaeological finds discovered) but already deserted and inhospitable in the 1600s, Colombino Bassi from Livorno, a Vallombrosian …

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21.1 km

View of Poggio Lecceta

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Poggio Lecceta, 457 meters above sea level, is the highest peak of the Livorno Hills and is divided between the municipalities of Livorno and Collesalvetti. The summit is occupied by …

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24.2 km

Veduta panoramica sulla Valle del Chioma

Viewpoint

26.1 km

Chioma White Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Excellent pedaled dirt road with easily passable fords

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34.1 km

Great coastal trail

Highlight • Viewpoint

In Medicean era fortresses, castles, towers and outposts became very frequent in the territory of Livorno.
Between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century, Livorno's …

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40.6 km

View of the Sea from Castellaccio

Highlight • Viewpoint

Various panoramic points, possibility of excursions between the hills or to the coast, limited traffic; presence of bar and restaurant at the top of the hill

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41.3 km

Mount Nero

Highlight • Summit

The locality of Castellaccio (the hamlet that overlooks the Sanctuary of Montenero and marks the pass between the side of the hill that looks north, towards the city, and the …

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53.0 km

End point

Train Station

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