Excursions

Using as a starting point the Hotel Versilia you can easily reach all the sightseeings in the region that deserve a visit. In some cases you can do this in a half-day excursion: Torre del Lago Puccini, Pisa, Lucca, Massa and Carrara. In other cases it is advisable to have a full day: Pistoia, Florence, Chianti, Siena, San Gimignano, the Gulf of Poets and the Cinque Terre. Here is a list of the most interesting places and its distances from the Hotel:

•     • Just a few kilometers away you will find the most interesting resorts of Riviera della Versilia: Camaiore, Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio and Torre del Lago Puccini
•     • At less than 25 km away, you can appreciate the beauty of the High Versilia with the villages of Stazzema, Seravezza and the Regional Park of Apuan Alps with the Antro del Corchia
•     • At 20 km, the town of Massa and its valleys, right in the heart of the Apuan Alps, where lovers of trekking, mountain bike or road bike will find an ideal paradise
•     • At 20 km, the town of Pisa with its famous leaning tower and the magic of the Square of Miracles
•     • At 25 km, Lucca, better known as the city of 100 churches, rich in monuments and entirely surrounded by massive walls, perfectly preserved, on which you can walk or ride a bicycle
•     • At 25 km, the famous Carrara marble quarries, where we extract the rare white statuary used since Roman times for the greatest masterpieces of sculpture and architecture
•     • At 30 km, the tiny village of Colonnata (5km from the center of Carrara), where you can sample and buy the world's most famous lard
•     • At 35 km, Bocca di Magra and the promontory of Montemarcello, with the fishing villages of Fiascherino, Tellaro and Lerici, from here starts the Gulf of Poets
•     • At 45 km, the fertile valley of Lunigiana that looks like a kaleidoscope of colors dotted with villages, castles, green valleys and rugged mountains
•     • At 45 km, the village of Collodi, birthplace of Carlo Lorenzini father of Pinocchio. Here you can visit the museum dedicated to the famous puppet or the magnificent eighteenth-century villa Garzoni, with its wonderful park;
•     • At 50 km, the medieval town of Castelnuovo, located in the heart of Garfagnana, the green Serchio valley that runs between two mountain ranges, the rugged Apuan Alps to the west and the impressive Tuscan-Emilian Apennines to the east, a land rich in natural treasures, culture and gastronomy
•     • At 60 km, overlooking the Gulf of Poets (Byron, Shelley and G. Sand) lies the fishing village of Portovenere, a little forward begin the Five Lands
•     • At 90 km, the Etruscan town of Volterra stands on a hill 545 meters above sea level in the middle of a typical Tuscan landscape
•     • At 90 km, lies the queen of Tuscany, Florence, one of the most beautiful cities of the world
•     • At 95 km, the medieval town of San Gimignano with its famous towers and steeples
•     • At 100 km, the Chianti region (also called Chiantishire) famous for its wines, scenery, castles and gastronomy
•     • At 135 km, the beautiful Island of Elba reachable in 30 minutes by ferry from the port of Piombino
•     • At 140 km, the town of the Palio, Siena, never leaves indifferent
•     • At 175 km, the medieval village of Montalcino, home of the Brunello, the king of Italian wines