Surroundings

Come and see Italy

Villa Giulia offers various tours in Tuscany in collaboration with ‘Come and see Italy’, all departing from Viareggio, where you will be picked up by the “Come and see Italy” agent. Among the various tours, Come and See Italy has: …

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Ristorante Giacomo

Giacomo is a restaurant where we go when there is something to celebrate. It is a bit more expensive than regular restaurants, but the food is great and the place is like a fairytale. You can eat outside under the…

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Botero in Pietrasanta

Fernando Botero, famous all over the world for his works with characters that we could define as “round”, is a Colombian painter and sculptor, born in Medellin in 1932 and in love with Pietrasanta. A love that broke out when…

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Cinque Terre

the five towns, is a string of five ancient fishing villages perched high on the Italian Riviera just south of Genoa in northwest Italy. The tiny villages were until recently linked only by mule tracks and accessible only by rail…

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Ponte della Maddalena 

The Maddalena bridge joins the two banks of the Serchio river of the village of Borgo a Mozzano. Its construction dates back to the times of Countess Matilde of Canossa (1046-1115), who had great influence and power over this area…

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Doganaccia

It is a small skiing resort in the Central Apennines, with 15 km of slopes for skiing and snowboarding, an area for little sleds and sledges, as well as various tracks which wind through beech forests and wide-open spaces where…

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Abetone ski area 

Located in the heart of the mountains of Pistoia, it is a paradise for ski-lovers and winter sports fanatics. It is the biggest ski area in central Italy and it is well-known in the country for the quality of its…

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Badia di Camaiore 

The church was built by Benedictine monks in the 8th century and it increased so much in importance and attendance due to its location along the Via Francigena, at that time travelled by crowds of pilgrims heading to Rome, that…

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Casoli

A beautiful mountain village.  There are several, but Casoli has something very special. This is where the founder (Murabito) of Sgraffiti comes from. Sgraffiti is the application of different layers of colour on a wall and then you remove layers…

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Candalla Waterfalls 

(Camaiore) A beautiful walk of more than half an hour to the last waterfall. For the entire walk, you will be along water and various waterfalls. In the summer you can also swim in there. It is also a climbing…

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Camaiore 

With its picturesque center full of Romanesque architecture (including the beautiful Collegiate church from 1278), it is located in a valley at the foot of the Apuan Alps and it is famous for making wrought iron, which you can still…

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Pietrasanta

It is located inland and IT is the artistic capital of Versilia. From the sixteenth century, in fact, starting with Michelangelo, the art of working marble developed here. Among the today’s artists there are the sculptor Fernando Botero, who embellished…

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Versilia 

The coastal area of Tuscany located in the northwest of the province of Lucca up to Massa-Carrara, named after the Versilia River. Particularly known for the fashionable seaside resorts and numerous beach clubs attended by local celebrities. Versilia, at the…

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