Holiday House
Torre di Sotto

ITINERARIES

Thanks to its location in the centre of Tuscany, the “Torre di Sotto” holiday house is located in a great position from where you can take off and visit the most beautiful and impressive areas of this region..

Artistic Towns

Beaches in Versilia

Tours to Cinque Terre
 

The Artistic Towns: Lucca, Pietrasanta, Pisa, Firenze, Carrara and Siena, all within an hour drive.

Lucca - 8 km from the holiday house. Important artistic and cultural town, with a lively and very precious old town that preserved all the urban characteristics, with houses, towers, middle-age churches, reinacance buildings and squares of the XIX centruy.   see city guide .
Visit to the Villas of Lucca, historical country homes that the merchants of Lucca built between the XV and the XIX century. see the Villas of Lucca tour

Pietrasanta - Antique middle-age town, to be considered as the historical centre of the Versilia area and capital of Marble handicraft works. Many Italian and foreign artists chose Pietrasanta as their working premises.

Pisa - 25 km from the house this town has its artistic Romanesque and Pisan patrimony concentrated in “ Piazza dei Miracoli” with the Cathedral, Baptistery and last but not least the “Leaning Tower”
see city guide

Florence - Here you will be able to admire the masterpieces of the most famous artists like Giotto, Cimabue, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raffaello, not only their paintings, sculptures, but also the Cathedral, Palazzo Vecchio and much, mush more. see city guide

Carrara - Michelangelo often visited this area to choose the marble with which he wanted to materialize his dreams. Carrara is at the feet of the Alpi Apuane, in fact this is the biggest and most important centre of excavation, processing and commerce of marble.

Siena - Old town of Etruschan origin that reached its maximum glory in the middle ages. The Cathedral of the XIV century, Piazza del Campo – where the Palio of Siena takes place - the buildings nearby – all of great interest.

Versilia's beaches

Viareggio: Along the Riviera, Viareggio is one of the most famous locations. Not only for the wonderful sandy beach but also for the carneval with masked pageants and enormous papier mache allegory floats and puppets that parade along the "Passeggiata a mare"

Torre del Lago Puccini: lays between the lake of Massaciuccoli and the Tirrenean Sea, in the area between the Alpi Apuane and the Park of Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli. Since 1930 a very important Lyric Season dedicated to Giacomo Puccini takes place here every summer

Lido di Camaiore: This is the locality that became famous thanks to its seaside, with its fine golden sand and for the inner land.

Marina di Pietrasanta: Sea, beaches, pine woods, and mountains, all together in just a few kilometres, this is the most various and marvellous landscape for a peaceful rest.

Forte dei Marmi: Very appraised by tourists from all over the world, Forte dei Marmi’s meeting point is the famous wharf of the Cinquecento where marble of the surrounding Apuane mountains is loaded and shipped.

Marina di Vecchiano: this is definitely one of the last uncontaminated part of the seaside. Here you can admire one of the most beautiful ecosystems.