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Cultural interests

In the immediate vicinity of Forte dei Marmi is a lot of great historical treasures:

• The castles and residences of Malaspina in Carrara.
• Lucca, just 20 km, with its intact city walls of the fifteenth century, its one hundred medieval churches and Renaissance palaces. Birthplace of composer Giacomo Puccini, preserves, among other things, the Roman Amphitheater, which gives its name to the main square, the Romanesque cathedral that welcomes the beautiful tomb of Ilaria del Carreto and the famous Tower of June.
• Pietrasanta and the Museum dei Bozzetti. Village 4 km from the Fort of considerable artistic and cultural significance throughout the year where there are exhibitions of painters, sculptors and artists of international renown. Many restaurants offer dinners by candlelight in the streets of the historic center.
• Lunigiana, with its museums, castles and villages away from the paths "Francigena"
• Colonnata, immersed in the marble, famous throughout the world for its lard, still prepared with traditional methods.
• Pisa is only 20 km. It should be visited for its famous Leaning Tower and the magnificent Piazza dei Miracoli, without forgetting other important monuments reflecting the history of one of the four Maritime Republics.
• Collodi, is a tourist destination of interest to visitors to Tuscany, 35 km from Forte dei Marmi. Park Pinocchio is undoubtedly its most important attraction but unlike what you may think is not only a place for children welcoming inside works of masters of modern sculpture. Other attractions not to miss the Villa Garzoni Garden with its eighteenth and the new Collodi Butterfly House, one of the first case of butterflies in Italy. Very characteristic also the old village of Collodi called "Castello di Collodi" among which stands out the way "Way of the fable."

May be a destination for a day trip art cities in Tuscany famous all over the world like Florence (80km), Siena (120km), S. Gimignano (110km), Arezzo (150 km), Montalcino (130km), Livorno (45km) Garfagnana (50km).

Naturalistic interest

In this context, our area offers many unique places:

• The cave "museum" of Michelangelo's marble
• Hiking and trekking in the Alps
• Less than an hour's drive or directly from the starting berth in Forte dei Marmi on an excursion boat, the Cinque Terre, UNESCO heritage, is unique and prevent: Monterosso, Vernazza, rabbits, and Menarola Riomaggiore. Places to visit on foot along the scenic trails of the park, including the wonderful way of Love, is by boat, to enjoy the spectacle of their unique view from the sea.
• In Viareggio you can rent a sailboat or motorboat from sea to admire the beautiful Tuscan archipelago with the islands of Giglio and dell 'Elba, authentic natural paradise. Pianosa and Montecristo are the islands of silence; Capraia volcanic trove of nature and finally Giannutri Gorgonia and with their beautiful cliffs. Among the Tuscan archipelago and the Ligurian Sea is the Sanctuary of Cetaceans where you can spot dolphins and whales.
• Park of the Apuan Alps and the Natural Reserve Dell'Oreccchiella
• The cavern of Corchia. Although exploration of the cave, the third depth in Italy, has begun already nell'800 only in 2001, the general public could admire the majestic columns of stalactites and stalagmites, the cast, the Crostoni and even underwater concretions like " cave pearls. "
• The Straits of Giareda at the nearby Pontremoli
• The Caves and Solco of Equi Terme - The Cave Wind
• A 30 km from Forte dei Marmi, Migliarino Park, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, protecting environment and characteristics of the coast. Do not miss the Tenuta di San Rossore, hunting reserve of the Medici in the'500, the summer residence of the Savoy family first and then President of the Republic, to visit on foot, by bike and coach.