The Casini di ArdenzaFurther south from the Naval Academy lies the district known as Ardenza, a part of which lies along the coast and a part inland - Ardenza Mare and Ardenza Terra. Ardenza Terra is a busy shopping area along a main road, serving the local population. Ardenza Mare is a popular summer meeting place for all ages, as well as a busy place for afternoon strolls all year round.
There are several bars and cafés here, as well as a number of very good restaurants, both on the seafront and in the residential streets a short distance from the sea. OnThe Marina at Ardenza Viale Italia is the popular race track, Ippodromo Federico Caprilli where there is both a summer a winter programme of horse racing.
Look out for the Casini di Ardenza, an attractive group of houses built in 1844 in the neo-Classical style to accommodate well-off travellers and visitors to Livorno. The building originally provided facilities such as a library, a games room, a concert hall, private bathing areas and a private chapel.
The Rotonda and the whole of the seafront is a popular area with joggers in the quieter times of the day, and with strollers on summer evenings, and on sunny afternoons at other times of the year. This is the venue for the well-known art exhibition called the Premio Rotonda which takes place during the summer. There is a small marina for pleasure craft, and one of Livorno's private bagni. The Casini di Ardenza at sunsetView of the Casini di Ardenza