Eremo della Sambuca – Villa Cristina loop from Livorno Centrale
Eremo della Sambuca – Villa Cristina loop from Livorno Centrale
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Eremo della Sambuca – Villa Cristina loop from Livorno Centrale
03:36
38.7km
700m
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: March 9, 2026
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After 18.7 km for 498 m
After 19.4 km for 761 m
After 29.4 km for 402 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.10 km
Church of Don Bosco
Highlight • Religious Site
15.3 km
Villa Trumpy (Valle Benedetta, Livorno)
Highlight • Historical Site
When the villa was sold to the Municipality, it became an elementary school, then abandoned due to the limited number of students; it is now abandoned and in decay. The park is accessible and can be walked through, but the openings on the ground floor have been walled up.
According to the "Livornesi Mountains Park Plan", established by the Provincial Council in 1999, the former Valle Benedetta school could become a Park Visitor Reception Centre.
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15.5 km
Villa Huygens (Valle Benedetta, Livorno)
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In 1707 Giovanni Anton Huygens (or Huigens), a rich merchant from Cologne, had it built as a summer residence, on the top of the Valle Benedetta, just above the church of San Giovanni Gualberto and provided it with a large park with a garden, some farms and agricultural buildings. The considerable financial resources of the Huygens family also allowed them to contribute to the costs of the construction not only of the church itself, but even of the road that connects the Valle Benedetta to the city, where the Huigens owned one of the most beautiful buildings of the time, Palazzo Huygens (or more precisely Brassart).
The Huigens family was also responsible, starting in 1742, for the construction of the first Windmills for grinding grain from the nearby areas. The remains of the mills still present today are four, one of which is isolated and the others nearby arranged at close range so as to form a single complex.
The residence appears externally of considerable architectural interest, also for the large park that originally surrounded it and for the presence of a chapel annexed to the residence: it is an original octagonal construction dedicated to St. Lucia, with a lead dome and a skylight. In the park there are four statues depicting the 4 seasons. In 1834 the property was purchased by the Pellettier family who built the rectangular building used as a farm.
In 1917 the estate was acquired by the Benini family, also owners of the land at Sambuca and Villa Cristina.
During the Second World War the villa became the headquarters of the German troops; it was then half destroyed by the Anglo-American bombings. Subsequently restored it has preserved its original structure almost unchanged. The last owner, a Czechoslovakian, apparently, has not been seen for years and currently the residential complex that is now limited to the villa, the chapel and a small extension of land with an agricultural building, is in a state of decay.
[Partly extracted from the Report of the Province of Livorno on the Parco dei Monti Livornesi - The first image is taken from the site venti4ore.com ]
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18.8 km
Eremo della Sambuca
Highlight • Religious Site
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21.4 km
Foresta della Valle Benedetta
Forest
26.8 km
Villa Cristina
Highlight • Mountain Hut
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27.8 km
Casa del Crocino
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28.5 km
Vista sulla città di Livorno
Viewpoint
31.7 km
Villa (di) Limone, or Villa Canaccini
Highlight • Historical Site
Surrounded by a high wall, the building which appears more similar to a fortress than a villa, is characterized by a powerful and severe architecture, with an arched portico and a development on two levels: the upper one intended for housing and the lower one to agricultural tools; it also includes the remains of a medieval parish church dedicated to Saints Andrew and John, then suppressed in 1277 and later replaced by a small chapel which is still visible today.
In the 19th century it belonged to the Russian prince Demidoff and then to the Bartolommei family and hosted, in addition to the poet Angelica Palli-Bartolommei, also the future Napoleon III.
NB The images belong to ©GBL (Livornese Botanical Group)
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38.7 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
18.2 km
10.4 km
9.15 km
744 m
333 m
Surfaces
20.1 km
14.3 km
2.60 km
1.64 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (380 m)
Lowest point (10 m)
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