HOW TO GET THERE

Figure out the route : www.it.map24.com

THE CONNECTIONS

Highway Connections

  • Highway A12: Genova - Livorno, the Sarzana exit at 6 Km.
  • Highway A15: La Spezia - Parma, the La Spezia exit at 5 Km.
  • Aurelia route #1 at 5 Km.
  • Passo della Cisa route #62 at 8 Km.
  • Passo del Cerreto route #63 at 16 Km.

Train Connections

  • La Spezia train station at 10 Km.
  • Sarzana train station at 7 Km.

Plane Connections

  • "C. Colombo" airport in Genova at 110 Km. - tel. 010/600861
  • "G. Galilei" airport in Pisa at 70 Km. - tel. 050/28088
  • "P. Lombardi" Aero Club Lunense (small plane airport) in San Lazzaro, Sarzana at 8 Km. - tel. 673180 (open every day for flying lessons)

Connections by Sea

  • IN.T.U.R.:
    Lungomare Vassale pier (ferries for La Spezia - Portovenere - Palmaria Island - Cinque Terre - tour of the islands - tel. 0187/732987
  • Navigazione Golfo dei Poeti:
    Piazza Garibaldi pier (non-stop ferry service with Portovenere - Cinque Terre line - tour of the Gulf
  • tour of the Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto islands - Portofino) - tel. 0187/967676
  • Corsica Ferries:
    Molo Italia (Italia wharf), La Spezia - ferries to Bastia (from March until November) - tel. 0187/778097
  • Bracco's Lines:
    Gulf, Cinque Terre, Versilia - tel. 0187/966955-964412
  • Tirrenia:
    Molo Pagliari (Pagliari wharf), Olbia (from June 1st until September) - tel. 0187/5511
    Molo Lotti (Lotti wharf), dock and tourist port at Loc. San Bartolomeo at 4 Km. - tel. 0187/5321

Local Transportationi

  • Bus service for La Spezia - Portovenere - Sarzana - Carrara - Massa
    Lerici is also reachable by train (direct or connecting trains) from La Spezia - Santo Stefano Magra - Sarzana - Carrara
    (tel. for the ATC - bus company is 0187/522511 - toll free number is 800322322)
  • Regular service for Viareggio - Lucca - Pistoia - Firenze
    (Lazzi bus service - tel. 055/3630441)

Ferry and Bus Time Schedule
You can obtain the time schedule for buses to and from Lerici by
checking the website www.atclaspezia.it

As of September 12th, 2005, the route for the buses coming from La Spezia towards Lerici:

  • The "L" bus line which leaves from the La Spezia train station on
    the hour (for example 1:00,2:00) and the "S" bus line which also leaves from the station each hour at 15 minutes after the hour (for example 1:15,2:15) travel along the following route:
    Galleria Scoglietti - Via Gozzano - Bagnola - Lerici (last stop);
  • The "L" bus line which leaves from the La Spezia train station at
    30 minutes after the hour and the "S" bus line which leaves the station at 45 minutes after the hour travel along the following route:
    Galleria Scoglietti - San Terenzo seafront - Venere Azzurra - Lerici.

    The time schedule for the ferries which leave from the Lerici pier for the summer of 2007 can be downloaded from: : www.navigazionegolfodeipoeti.it