We will drive up to an altitude of 900 m.
Tau touring carrara marble.
What you should know.
Private tour in carrara marble quarries with 4x4 vehicles.
Look inside the vast white wounds that open up on the wild slopes of carrara and learn how the quarries have provided marble to towns and cities across italy for more than 2 000 years.
Get to know a different and fascinating reality made up of hard work and genius ancient sweat and modern technology.
The marble cave tour will start with a transfer from lucca to colonnata a characteristic little village set in the apuane alps.
From there the scenery will be breathtaking.
Transfer from lucca to colonnata a characteristic little village set in the apuane alps in the province of carrara.
2 hours 25 minutes.
It is famous for the nearby marble quarries where michelangelo used to go to fetch his marble.
And also for the lardo di colonnata a traditional tuscan delicacy which was eaten by the.
The view is unique with the alps and the coast in the same picture.
Carrara marble is the most prized and famous marble in the world and it is mined only in this area at the very northern tip of tuscany bordering liguria the cinque terre s region.
In the province of carrara.
Our guided tours allow in absolute safety direct contact with places people tools machinery.
Carrara marble tour è lieta di offrirvi una fantastica escursione in jeep 4 4 nel bacino più spettacolare della alpi apuane alle scoperta dei marmi pregiati di carrara e della continua sfida tra l uomo e la montagna al fine di realizzare famosi e pregiati decori là dove michelangelo trovò materia prima per le opere più importanti al.
During our carrara marble quarries tour.