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Forte dei Marmi

Situated between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Alpuane Alps making its climate particularly mild, Forte dei Marmi has a smooth beach with a long length of soft sand gently sloping down into the blue Versilian sea making it particularly suitable for children.
Clean and un-polluted sea water and well equipped beach clubs make it one of the most refined beaches in Europe. Forte dei Marmi is situated close to many places of interest, such as Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, the Cinque Terre, Carrara marble quarries, and many others, otherwise through breathtaking routes of the alpine paths discovering the suggestive Tyrrhenian coastline and the Alpuan mountains. When you are in Forte dei Marmi you can shop in high class boutiques opened by the most famous designers, or you can go to its traditional open air markets, you can play golf, tennis, football, horse riding, or simply the ideal place for cycling through the green landscape or in the town centre enjoying the tranquillity of Versilia, or visit Art exhibitions, or the Versiliana Festival and theatre or dine in one of the charming maze of restaurants and trattorie which offer you typical sea and Tuscan food, your evenings can be elighten by a visit to the "La Capannina" to the more modern, from piano bars to pubs or coffee shops where illustrious characters enlighten their day. Forte dei Marmi also provides great entertainment for the youngest holiday makers, with puppet shows, play parks, pony rides, merry go rounds and also driving small electric cars in the towns pine woods making their holidays really unforgettable.

Viareggio

The little town of Viareggio was founded in the year 1200 as a fisher village – today it is considered to be the pearl of the Versilia – with its historical baths, the long sandy beaches. Itis the most famous of the holiday resorts in the Versilia, prestigious and very chic. The beach of fine golden sand is very wide. The attractive strand promenade with the exclusive designer shops, sophisticated cafés, restaurants, bars and night clubs offers everything for the most discerning of guests.

Massarosa

Many characteristics villages such as Pieve a Elici, Gualdo or Montigiano are situated in the municipality of Massarosa, which lies in the North of Tuscany – on the hills between Lucca and the sea. You have stunning views from these villages onto the wonderful landscape and in the same time you may discover a nature of breathtaking beauty.

Pieve a Elici is famous for its concerts which take place in the church during summer. There is an open-air opera festival which is held during July and August at the lake Massaciuccoli

The park of Migliarino, extends on 24’000 hectares with views onto the sea; the park offers a lot of history, antique dunes and wonderful pine woods reaching the lake of Massaciuccoli, the latter has a faun and flora of a special beauty. Lovers of the opera have the possibility to visit the Puccini festival which is held in a magnificent amphitheatre with the lake of Massaciuccoli as a background. The most important operas of the “maestro” are performed during this event. Guests may do a trip by boat on the lake to discover the archaeological area where there are still remains of a villa and a Roman spring. The beaches of the Versilia are within an easy reach.