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Livorno to The Leaning Tower of Pisa This post is to help anyone that is on a cruise and wishes to travel from Livorno Port to Pisa on their own, the most important part is to be really mindful to validate your train ticket, even if you have just purchased it at the station.  Strange concept in my mind, and I'm sure it catches lots of tourists out.  We heard of a few people on our cruise that got fined, as they hadn’t validated their ticket.  Regardless of my opinion, you need to validate your ticket, before you get on your designated train. There are small machines in the station and on the platform. You slide your whole ticket in to the right hand side from memory and slide left and the machine will sound an alarm and turn green if successful. Persist as it can take a few attempts. Ok, now that the important part has been highlighted, transportation route as follows.    The Cruise company / Port usually and in our case (Tui) offered a shuttle bus into Livorno for ...

Vasia Resort and Spa  Sissi, Lasithi, Greece.  Located around 39KM from Heraklion airport (30 minute drive) Vasia is well worth the transfer time.  We really liked the hotel, furnishings were to a high standard, relaxed atmosphere, very good quality food with a good selection.  We really enjoyed eating out on the terrace for all our meals.  There are 3 specialty restaurants, Greek, International and Italian, we ate at the Italian restaurant on the roof top which was very nice, catches the sunset and ambience of the area beautifully.  The staff were friendly and very accommodating.  There are 2 main pools for everyone and a quiet pool near our apartment which was really nice when we just wanted to relax and be by ourselves.  The little harbour and town are very nice and scenic, you can take in the sunset, relax and just be content.  No real beach to enjoy, we used the free shuttle to their sister hotel around 15 minutes away which had a small ...