Best La Spezia Day Trips & Things to Do

This Ligurian port city between Genoa and Pisa is the gateway to the Cinque Terre and home to Italy’s largest naval base. Oft-overlooked La Spezia is worth a day trip and its more notable attractions include the Museo Tecnico Navale, a naval museum featuring model ships; and Museo Amedeo Lia, the city’s star attraction, a fine-arts museum whose collection includes paintings by Tintoretto and Titian.