Insight Guides Tuscany by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Tuscany
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2018-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

Between Carrara and Marina di Carrara is a marble museum, the Museo Civico di Marmo (Tue–Sun Oct–Apr 9.30am–1pm and 3.30–6pm, May–Sept 10.30am–1.30pm and 4–7pm). Displays include many varieties of marble and granite, geographical and historical exhibits and some modern sculptures.

If time is short, ignore the town centre in favour of a visit to the marble-working quarries looming above the city. From the Carrara roundabout, decorated with a lofty marble sculpture, follow signs to Fantiscritti. The Vara bridges signal your arrival and are a striking sight, either in full sunlight or in moonlight, when the moon intensifies the shadows and the marble glows. After your marble tour, the descent back to the coast is via hairpin bends, viaducts and gorges, and a crawl through the marble tunnel, once part of the “marble railway” linking the three main quarrying fields.

Marble Mountains

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