Day Trips &amp; Outdoor

Lucca

Italy's most perfectly preserved Renaissance city

30 min 25 min 25 km

Best by trainPlan trip

Pisa

Leaning Tower and extraordinary Romanesque square

40 min 40 min 30 km

Coastal Half day or Full day

Portovenere

The jewel of the Gulf of Poets

50 min 75 min 120 min 42 km

Best by carPlan trip

Cinque Terre

Five iconic villages on the Ligurian cliffs

55 min 65 min 180 min 45 km

Best by boatPlan trip

Florence

The cradle of the Renaissance — 90 minutes away

City Full day

90 min 100 min 90 km

On the water

Boat Excursions

Cinque Terre

Five iconic villages on the Ligurian cliffs

55 min 65 min 180 min 45 km

Best by boatPlan trip

Eco del Mare

Barefoot-luxury beach restaurant in a hidden Ligurian cove

75 min 90 min 40 km

Best by boat

Locanda Lorena (Palmaria Island)

Island seafood across the water from Porto Venere — reached by boat

80 min 10 min 45 km

By rail

Easy Train Trips

Lucca

Italy's most perfectly preserved Renaissance city

30 min 25 min 25 km

Pisa

Leaning Tower and extraordinary Romanesque square

40 min 40 min 30 km

Florence

The cradle of the Renaissance — 90 minutes away

City Full day

90 min 100 min 90 km

La Spezia

Gateway to Cinque Terre and Gulf of Poets

50 min 60 min 42 km

Pistoia

Medieval gem — Tuscany's best-kept secret

55 min 65 min 48 km

History & culture

Cities & Marvels

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Carrara Marble Quarries

Michelangelo's marble — still being quarried today

Lunigiana

Land of castles and the ancient Via Francigena

Culture Full day

55 min 48 km

Best by carPlan trip

Outdoors

Nature & Adventure

All trails

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Garfagnana Valley

Medieval villages, chestnut forests, and Apennine drama

Versiliana Park Coastal Walk

The easiest and most beautiful walk from the beach — pine forest to sea

6 km 10 m 1h30m

Hard 1858m

Pania della Croce — Queen of the Apuan Alps

The highest and most beautiful peak visible from Versilia

14 km 1250 m 7h

Moderate 1230m

Monte Forato — Via the Natural Arch

The Apuan Alps' most iconic hike: a mountain with a hole through it

9.8 km 830 m 5h

Easy

Orto Botanico Apuano — Botanical Garden Trail

A unique alpine garden in the Apuan marble world — accessible for all

4 km 120 m 1h30m

Easy

Lago di Vagli — The Submerged Village

A mountain lake hiding a drowned medieval village — visible in drought years

8 km 200 m 3h

Easy

Sentiero della Bonifica — Inland Nature Trail

A flat, easy cycle-walk through the Versilian wetlands and pinewood

16 km 5 m 3h30m

Hard 1589m

Monte Altissimo — Marble Summit

Michelangelo's quarry — a high marble plateau with Versilian sea views

12 km 1100 m 6h

Moderate 1177m

Monte Procinto — The Rocky Tower

A dramatic spire above the Apuan valley — via ferrata for beginners

5 km 550 m 3h

Tastings

Food & Wine

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Lucca Hills Wine Tour

Olive groves, hilltop villages, and DOC wine direct from estates

Food & Wine Full day

40 min 30 km

Best by carPlan trip

Everything

All Day Trips

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Carrara Marble Quarries

20 km · Half day

25 min

Lucca

25 km · Half day

30 min 25 min

Pisa

30 km · Half day

40 min 40 min

Portovenere

42 km · Half day or Full day

50 min 75 min

Cinque Terre

45 km · Full day

55 min 65 min

Florence

90 km · Full day

90 min 100 min

Marina di Massa

15 km · Half day

20 min

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Lucca Hills Wine Tour

30 km · Full day

40 min

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Garfagnana Valley

35 km · Full day

45 min

Lerici

38 km · Half day

45 min 70 min

Eco del Mare

40 km · Full day

75 min

La Spezia

42 km · Half day

50 min 60 min

Locanda Lorena (Palmaria Island)

45 km · Full day

80 min