Going Around
La Volta B&B is a perfect spot to really esperience many places of interest from Firenze to Genova and along Tuscan and Ligurian coasts, from Livorno to Chiavari.
COAST
The coast offers sandy beaches and rocky shores, coves,small islands for any choice.
Scuba diving facilities available.
- Marina di Carrara (3 miles)
- Versilia - Forte dei Marmi - Viareggio (12 miles)
- Bocca di Magra – Montemarcello (8 miles)
- Lerici – San Terenzo – Fiascherino – Tellaro (13 miles)
- Portovenere – Isola Palmaria (27 miles)
- Cinque terre (Riomaggiore – Menarola – Corniglia – Vernazza - Monterosso) (26 miles)
ON THE MOUNTAINS
Just a short driving to reach Alpi Apuane, Garfagnana and Lunigiana.
- Campocecina -Monte Sagro (1749 m) (13 miles)
- Lunigiana (castles, Pontremoli Prehistoric Museum, Pieve di Sorano, Bagnone, Podenzana, Equi Terme…) (30 miles)
- Garfagnana (Barga, Grotta del vento, Ponte del diavolo, lago di Vagli…) (37 miles)
MARBLE
A very short drive to the worldwide famous white marble quarries (about 3 miles)
Check for quarries tours by SUV.
- Ponti di Vara
- Fantiscritti
- Colonnata (make a shop for a lardo sandwich)
HISTORY and CULTURE
In the surroundings many opportunities for visiting small old villages, churches, castles, exhibitions, art workshops, archeological sites.
- Carrara: Duomo – Accademia – Piazza Alberica� (2 miles)
- Moneta Castle (1 mile)
- Luni (Ortonovo): archaeological excavations (Romanic colony well founded in 177 bC) (4 miles)
- Fosdinovo: medieval castle (11 miles)
- Massa: medieval castle
- Pisa: Piazza dei miracoli, Torre pendente, Ponte di mezzo, Piazza Cavalieri, Parco naturale di Migliarino Pisano (34 miles)
- Lucca: Duomo, piazza San Michele e piazza San Frediano�( 33 miles)
- Firenze (80 miles)
- Genova (70 miles)