La Spezia Historic Centre Travel Guide
La Spezia





Visit La Spezia Historic Centre
Popular places to visit

Castello San Giorgio
Learn more about La Spezia’s past through the fascinating artifacts and relics in the collection in this museum located inside a historic castle.

Cattedrale di Cristo Re
Admire the striking modern design of this cathedral. Its hilltop location ensures you will also enjoy stunning views of the Gulf of La Spezia.

Museo Civico Etnografico Giovanni Podenzana
Gain insight into the culture and traditions of the rural communities of the historic Lunigiana territory at this fascinating museum.

Naval Museum
This mercantile museum captivates visitors with its extensive collection of maritime artifacts as well as an exhibit about inventor Guglielmo Marconi.
Piazza Garibaldi
Learn about the local history of La Spezia with a stop at Piazza Garibaldi. Amble around the area's seaside or seek out the hiking trails.
Il Faro
You can enjoy retail therapy at Il Faro during your stay in La Spezia. Amble around the area's waterfront or seek out its hiking trails.
Top hotels in La Spezia Historic Centre

Hotel Firenze E Continentale
Very clean and modern and nice looking rooms and hotel and 1 min walk to train station was very convenient to get around and see cinque terre. Will stay again.
Reviewed on 13 Oct 2025

The Poet Hotel
Awesome location awesome hotel.
Reviewed on 29 Oct 2025

AllegroItalia La Spezia
We stayed in this hotel to discover the center of La spezia and cinque terre. As soon as we entered, we received a warm welcome from John at reception, he was exceptional very friendly and helpful! He gave us recommendations for good restaurants, kept our luggage after checkout and made our stay ...
Reviewed on 24 Sept 2025

CDH Hotel La Spezia
Loved this stay. Im not sure why the negative reviews. Stayed with my 4 adult children and it was perfect. Breakfast was great. Clean. Civilized. :) close to train and centro. Particularly loved Sara at reception. I have nothing negative to say but if i had to the only thing was the noise at night ...
Reviewed on 20 Oct 2025

Affittacamere Casa Danè
Perfect location. Great room. We waited quite a long time for someone to let us in and get checked in
Reviewed on 25 Oct 2025

NH La Spezia
I cannot say enough good things about the property! Our room was perfect and had everything we could need. The staff was just incredible. They were able to get us a reservation at a great restaurant within walking distance. They were knowledgeable about the ferry times to Cinque Terre, secured us ...
Reviewed on 25 Oct 2025
