EXPLORING LA SPEZIA AND ITS FLAVOURS

In a nutshell

A walk to discover the traditional flavours and hidden treasures of La Spezia, a visit to its Naval Museum and a taste of the famous panissa.

Main stops

•Technical Naval Museum •La Spezia city centre

The programme

•The tour starts with a walk around La Spezia together with our local guide to discover traditional flavours, hidden treasures and chapters from the Italian naval history and history of art. •We continue with a visit to the Technical Naval Museum, the most important of its kind in Italy and one of the oldest in the world, illustrating centuries of maritime technological evolution. •We then make our way to a typical restaurant to taste the famous panissa accompanied by a good glass of Ligurian white wine. •The excursion continues with a stroll around the pedestrian area and along via Cavour, one of the main streets in La Spezia. We are immediately impressed by the beauty and elegance of the 19th-century buildings. We also admire the black and white façades of Santa Maria dell’Assunzione, a church completed in 1954 which houses a very beautiful polychrome terracotta “Coronation of the Virgin” by Andrea della Robbia as well as “The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew” by Luca Cambiaso.

Good to know

• In order to safeguard the health of our guests and in compliance with safety regulations, the itinerary and length of the excursions may be subject to slight modifications.