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With
the ability to follow the most attractive sea and mountain trails and
visiting the fascinating places that best characterize the land border
between Liguria and Tuscany.
| Liguria: after popular seaside towns
to look for the hinterland gems! |
Location
(clickable
or will be soon!)
|
Minimum
distance
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What to see
(attractions clickable or soon will be!)
|
The
municipal area
|
By
panoramic
road
(or Highway) |
|
| Arcola |
1Km |
The
Village, the Castle, the pentagonal tower and its landscape, the shrine
of Santa Maria degli Angeli, the Church of St. Nicholas, the Magra
river.
|
Baccano
|
1,5Km
|
The
Village, Villa Picedi Benettini, the Parish Church of Saints Stephen
and Margaret, the view.
|
Trebiano
|
5Km
|
The
Village, the ruins of the castle, the Church of San Michele Arcangelo,
the view over the valley of the Magra river.
|
Sea
and the surrounding
|
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Lerici
|
7Km
|
The
City, The Monumental Castle of San Giorgio where houses the
Geopaleontologic Museum and its landscape, the Tower and the Oratorio
di San Rocco in Largo Marconi, St. Francis Church, the Oratory of San
Bernardino, the Santa Anastasia Chapel, the Shrine of Our Lady of
Maralunga, Rise Arpara, Via del Ghetto, Rise Revellino, Vico de'
Pisani, the squares of the Poggio and San Giorgio, Palazzo Doria, Villa
Marigola visited by Gabriele D'Annunzio and Sem Benelli, that in the
tower of the park wrote "Dinner of the tricks", the beaches and the
promenade.
|
S. Terenzo
|
7,5Km |
The
Castle, Villa Magni, home to Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the Church
of the Nativity of Mary, the beach and the promenade
|
Fiascherino
|
9,5Km |
La
Casa Rosa in which lived the writer David H. Lawrence, the ruins of
Barbazzano, the cliffs, beaches and landscape.
|
Tellaro
|
11Km |
The
village with its characteristic square, the Oratory of Santa Maria in
Selàa, the cliffs and the view.
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| La Serra
di Lerici |
7Km |
The
landscape of the Bay of La Spezia and the islands of Palmaria, Tino and
Tinetto.
|
La
Rocchetta di Ameglia
|
11Km |
The
Church of Our Lady of Mercy, the "Butterfly of light", the ruins of the
Roman Church.
|
La Spezia
|
10Km |
The
St. George's Castle, the Military Technical Naval Museum, the National
Transportations Museum the Museum "Amedeo Lia", the Castle Museum and
the Archaeological Collections "Ubaldo Formentini, the Diocesan Museum,
the Ethnographic Museum, the house of the Arts and the Museum of the
seal, the Center for Modern and Contemporary Art (CAMEC), the
Conservatory, the Civic Theater, the Cathedral, Via Chiodo, Via del
Prione, Corso Cavour, Piazza S. Agostino, Piazza Verdi, the Morin
promenade, the fish market.
|
Porto
Venere (Portovenere)
|
24Km |
The
village, the Doria Castle, the Church of St. Peter, the Byron cave, The
Island Palmaria with the Maritime Museum and the Blue cave, the "tour
of the islands' by boat.
|
Bocca di
Magra
|
9,5Km |
The
Village, the Monastery of Santa Croce del Corvo, the ruins of the Roman
Villa Marittima, the marina and its promenade, the beaches.
|
Fiumaretta
|
9,5Km |
The
riverside and the beaches.
|
Marinella
di Sarzana
|
12Km |
The
ancient village, the Church of Patriarch Eutychius Pope, the Tenuta
(jogging), the beach.
|
The
Cinque Terre
|
|
Riomaggiore
|
25Km |
The
Church of San Giovanni Battista (1340), the Church of St. Anthony (XIII
century), the Oratory of or "Gexa da Cunpagnia" (XVI century), seat of
the Confraternity of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven, the Chapel San Rocco
and San Sebastiano (1480), the Sanctuary of Madonna di Montenero on the
hill above the village, the Chapel of St. Bernard, in the old village
of Lemmen (Limen "in local dialect), now uninhabited, the Way of Love,
the sunset over the sea.
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Manarola
|
28Km |
The
Hamlet, the Oratory of the Disciplined, the Bell Tower, the Church of
San Lorenzo (1338), Marina Piccola, the landscape of Punta Bonfiglio,
Via Belvedere, the Way of Love, the sunset over the sea.
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Corniglia
|
38Km |
The
Hamlet, the Church of San Pietro, Via Fieschi, the ruins of the tower,
the terrace of Santa Maria and their fantastic landscape, the marina,
the Guvano beach.
|
Vernazza
|
37Km |
The
Hamlet, the Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch (1318), the Castle of
Doria, Belforte, the tower, the walls and the Convent of the Friars,
the beach.
|
Monterosso
al Mare
|
50Km
(44)
|
The
ancient village, the Church of St. John the Baptist, the shrine of Our
Lady of Soviore, the Statue of the Giant, the Aurora Tower, the
"Semaforo" at Punta Mesco and its breathtaking views, the beach.
|
Seaside,
farther ...
|
|
Levanto
|
51Km
(45)
|
Il
Borgo, the medieval castle, the Church of St. Andrew (XIII sec.), The
Church of Saint Mary of the Coast, the Church of Nostra Signora della
Guardia, the Church of St. James, the Church of San Rocco, the Church
of Santissima Annunziata, Piazza della Loggia, Piazza Cavour, Piazza
General Staglieno, Villa Agnelli, the beach.
|
Bonassola
|
58Km
(51)
|
The
Hamlet, the Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, the Chapel of the
Madonna of the Point, the Museum in the former Oratory of St. Erasmus,
Montaretto, La Francesca, the beautiful beach.
|
Framura
|
52Km
|
The
Parish of St. Martin in Costa, Tower Carolingian in Costa, the Apicchi
Botanical Garden, landscape, beaches.
|
Deiva
Marina
|
(50Km)
|
The
Hamlet,the Church of Saint Anthony Abbot, the Tower, the ruins of the
castle of Passano, the beaches, the coastal route and its tunnels.
|
Coming
out of province ...
|
|
Moneglia
|
(60Km)
|
The
Hamlet, Church of San Giorgio (1396), the oratory of the penitents, the
Tower of Villafranca, the Castle "De Fornari" former Fort Monleone. The
beach, the coastal route and galleries.
|
Sestri
Levante
|
(55Km) |
The
Hamlet, Palazzo Durazzo Pallavicini Palace, Palazzo Cattaneo della
Volta, Villa Sertorius, the park gardens of Villa Balbi, portals slate,
the Basilica of Santa Maria di Nazareth (XVII), the Church of St.
Nicholas Island (1151), the Church of St. Peter in Chains, the Convent
of the Annunciation. the Bay of Fables, the Bay of Silence.
|
S.
Margherita Ligure
|
(80Km) |
The
Hamlet, the sixteenth-century castle, Castello di Paraggi, Villa
Durazzo-Centurion and the Museum Art "Vittorio Giovanni Rossi", Villa
St James Park, the Basilica of Saint Margaret of Antioch (1750), the
Abbey of Cervara, The Church of St. James Court, the San Siro, the
Capuchin Church, the Oratory of Our Lady of the Addolorata, the Oratory
of Our Lady of Suffrage, the Oratory of Saint Bernard and Lucia, the
beaches.
|
Portofino
|
(84Km) |
Il
Borgo, Castello Brown (XVI), the Church of San Martino, the Oratory of
Our Lady of the Assumption, the Port, the square, the view.
|
Camogli
|
(84Km) |
The
Village and his walk, the castle of Dragonara, the Teatro Sociale, the
Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta (XII), the Oratorio di San Prospero and
Santa Caterina, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Grove, the Abbey of San
Fruttuoso, the Church of San Nicolò di Capodimonte (XII), the
Dragun, the marina, the beach, the view of the bay.
|
Genova
|
(104Km) |
What
about ... The whole city! La Lanterna, Boccadasse, the Aquarium, the
Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, the alleyways, the villas, the forts,
the batteries, the Cathedral, the churches and so on and ...
|
| Then
returning inland |
|
Sarzana
|
4,5Km
|
The City,
the Citadel, the towers Testaforte, Genovese, Star and St. Francis,
Palace Picedi - Benettini (1720), Palazzo Podestà Lucciardi
(1819), Palace Magni Griffi (1783), Palace Neri (1840), Remedi Palace
(XVII century ) Tusini Palace, Palazzo De Benedetti, the Municipal
Palace (XV - XVIII), Villa Ollandini, Villa Carpena, the Theater of the
Undaunted, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, the church of St.
Andrew's, the Church of St. Francis and its cloister and the Diocesan
Museum, the Oratorio della Misericordia, Piazza Calandrini, Piazza
Matteotti, Piazza Garibaldi, Porta Romana...
|
Sarzanello
|
5,5Km |
Fortress
Castruccio Castracani, the panorama of Sarzana and the Magra river
Valley.
|
Vezzano
Ligure
|
6,5Km |
The
Village, the ruins of the Castle, the pentagonal tower (thirteenth
century), Palazzo Giustiniani, the Church of Our Lady of Salvation
(XVIII), the Church of Saints Sebastian and Maria Assunta (1616), the
panorama of the Magra river valley.
|
Ameglia
|
8Km |
The
Village, the Castle, the Church of St. Vincenzo and Anastasio, the
Oratory of Our Lady of the Assumption, the pre-Roman necropolis in the
village Cafaggio.
|
Luni
|
9Km |
The
Amphitheater Elliptical, the mosaics, the National Museum.
|
Castelnuovo
Magra
|
12Km |
The
Hamlet, the Manor, Palazzo Amati Ingolotti, Cornelius Tonarelli Palace,
Palazzo Ferrari-Natalini, the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, the
Oratorio dei Bianchi, the panorama.
|
Montemarcello
|
13Km |
The
Village, the Park and the Botanical Gardens, the beach of Punta Corvo
(one of the eleven most beautiful beaches in Italy), the panorama.
|
Ortonovo
|
13Km |
The
Village, Castle Volpiglione, the tower of Guinigi, the Church of San
Lorenzo, the panorama.
|
Nicola
|
14Km |
The
Hamlet, the Rock, the panorama.
|
Madrignano
|
18,5Km |
The
Village, the ruins of the castle, the view over the river valley
Vara-Magra.
|
Campiglia
Tramonti
|
20Km |
Castle of
Albana, the landscape, the pathways.
|
| In
Tuscany, between sea, earth and sky |
Location
(clickable or will be soon!) |
Minimum
distance
|
What
to see (attractions clickable or soon will be!) |
Seaside
|
By
panoramic
road
(or Highway) |
| Marina di Carrara |
15
Km
|
The town,
Villa Giampaoli, the beaches.
|
| Marina di Massa |
22
Km |
The town,
Villa Corsi, Villa Doria, Villa Belmare, Villa Franca, the Wharf, the
beaches.
|
| Forte dei Marmi |
30
Km |
The town,
Forte Lorraine and the Museum of Satire and Caricature, House Mann
Borgese, Villa Antoinette Villa Bertelli, the Church of Sant'Ermete.
|
| Viareggio |
41
Km |
City, the
Civic Museums of Villa Pauline (the Archaeological Museum "Alberto
Carlo Blanc, the Art Gallery" Lorenzo Viani, the Museum of Musical
Instruments "John Ciuffreda", the monumental apartments of Pauline
Bonaparte, the studio of the painter Alfredo Catarsini, the Maritime
Museum, the Museum of Citadel of Carnival, the Municipal Gallery of
Modern and Contemporary Art (GAMC), San Rossore and forest, the park
Migliarino, the market, the Promenade, the beach.
|
Between
Lunigiana and Marble Quarries
|
|
Caprigliola
|
10,5
Km |
The
Hamlet, the Church of St. Nicholas, the round tower, the view over the
valley of the Magra.
|
| Fosdinovo |
13
Km |
The
Hamlet, the Malaspina Castle, Villa Malaspina, the Tomb of
Malaspina Galeotto, the Oratorio dei Bianchi, the Church of San
Remigio, l 'Opera Marciaso Oratorio, the Oratory of Santa Maria di
Pulica, the audiovisual museum of the resistance, the panorama.
|
Aulla
|
15,5
Km |
The city,
the Brunella fortress, the abbey of St. Caprasio, the house where
Napoleon Bonaparte was born (in area of the Stadano Bonaparte), the
shrine of Our Lady of the Angels (Arforara), the church of San Jacopo
(Canova), the Church of St. Thomas Becket (Pallerone).
|
| Villafranca
in Lunigiana |
27,5
Km |
The town,
the Castle of Malnido, the Church of St. Nicholas, the Church of San
Francesco.
|
| Fivizzano |
33
Km |
The
historical center, the Castle of Verrucola, Castel dell'Aquila at
Gragnola, Vinca, the Pieve di Viano, Piazza Medici, Palazzo Cojari, the
Academy of imperfect, Jacopo da Fivizzano Printing Museum, the ruins of
the ancient walls, the Hotel "Il Giardinetto", the Botanical Garden of
Frignoli, the Mill of Arlia.
|
| Pontremoli |
(37
Km) |
The city,
the Castle Piagnaro and the Museum of Stele Statues of Lunigiana,
the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Popolo, the church of the Santissima
Annunziata and the Augustinian Monastery, Villa Delfini Dosi, Pavesi
Palace, Palace Dose-Magnavacca, the Teatro della Rosa .
|
| Casola in Lunigiana |
38
Km |
The
Hamlet, Church of Santa Felicita, the Romanesque church of Saints
Cornelius and Cyprian in Codiponte, the Parish Church of St. Peter ad
Offiano
|
Carrara
|
19
Km |
The City,
the Cybo Malaspina Castle, the Castle of Moneta, the Tower of
Castruccio in Avenza, the Church of Suffrage, the Church and Convent of
St. Francis, La Villa della Padula, the Theater of the soul, Diana
Palace, Palazzo dell'Angelo, Palazzo dei Conti Pisani, tree-lined
square Piazza del Duomo, Via Loris Giorgi, Museo Civico del Marmo, the
Academy of Fine Arts, the Museum of Sculpture, the Horse, the Giant,
the Mermaid, the statue of Pellegrino Rossi, the statue of Notch, the
statue of Beatrice d'Este, the statue of Giuseppe Mazzini, the quarries
of marble, the view from mountains to the sea that is enjoyed by
Campocecina.
|
| Fantiscritti |
22
Km |
The
Fantiscritti quarry museum, the galleries and bridges of the "marble"
railway, the marble quarries. |
| Colonnata |
26
Km |
The
Hamlet, the Monument to the Quarryman, the church of San Bartolomeo,
the views of the marble quarries, the Lardo.
|
| Massa |
22
Km |
The city,
the Malaspina Castle, the walls, Palazzo Ducale, the Doge Pomerio,
Teatro Guglielmi, Teatro dei Servi, the Rinchiosa Villa, Villa Massoni,
Piazza Aranci, the National Library of Esperanto, the Diocesan Museum,
the Museum of Ethnology Apuan, the Duomo of Massa, the Church of San
Sebastiano, the Church of Quercioli, the Convent of the Capuchins, the
Orto Botanico "Pietro Pellegrini" in Pian della Fioba, the Apuan Alps
and its panorama, the Pass of Vestito and its scenery.
|
| Isola Santa |
51
Km |
The
astonishing medieval town and the lake.
|
Crossing
borders
|
|
| Torre del Lago Puccini |
(48
Km) |
The
Village, Villa Puccini, Villa de Bourbon, the Great Outdoor Theater,
the monument to Puccini, the Monument to "Pippo", the Church of St.
Joseph, the lake.
|
| Lucca |
(65
Km) |
It's
not possible to restrict in a few lines all the things that you can
see, hear and enjoy in these three Culture and Art Towns.
There are excellent guides in this regard and a lot of information
available on the Internet! Try to surf for!
|
| Pisa |
(72
Km) |
| Firenze |
(137
Km) |
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