Discover The ‘hidden’ Tuscany

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zone is prevailed by the impressive, rounded Appennine Mountains,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as the distinctively jagged Apuan Alps that rise approximate the Tyrrheanian Sea and run nearly collateral with the coastline, from the Appennines to the village approximately Lucca. Various varieties and qualities of cruel are found in the Alps, and at the Parco Naturale delle Apuane you tin penetrate the remains of archaic marble quarries.
Medieval villages are creased into hillsides, and over 100 castles remain as a reminder of the wealth and power that is part of the history of the region. The port of Luni, created by the Romans, in 177 BC, at the jaws of the River Magra, was so elaborately adorned with the famous local marble that the Normans mistook it for Rome and broke it. The remains of an arena can still be seen there. Above the town of Aulla is the Brunella fortress, dating from the 1500s, which now contains the quite informative Lunigiana Museum of Natural History. Further northwardly, at Pontremoli,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], on the River Magra, the fame Museo Civico Archeologico is housed in a castle.
At Filattiera, you’ll find the 14th-century Malspina palace, immediately a private dwelling. At neighboring Bagnone, one of the prettiest villages in Lunigiana, a fort that was built in the 11th century overlooks the district. The fortress has since been changed by successive conquerors, an of which built the rounded turret namely still stands today. Restored to its Renaissance splendour, the castle now contains the Centre For Humanistic Studies.
The Gulf of La Spezia, is known as the Bay of Poets, due to its league with English poets Byron, Keats and Shelley, who constantly visited its shores, and lingered at the age fishing villages of Lerici, Tellaro, Fiascherino, San Terenzo and Portovenere. From Lerici you can take a canoe across the Gulf to the Cinque Terre, five picturesque villages that hug the mountainside forward the Ligurian coast north of Portovenere: Monterosso, Riomaggore, Vernazza, Manarola and Corniglia.
Accommodations in Lunigiana are many and range from easy mountain cottages to coastal resorts. Villa rental is deservedly fashionable due to the many normal attractions and the generally lovely weather. Shop at the marts for regional produce, such as chestnuts, virgin olive oils, prosciutto (the Tuscan raw ham), pecorino (ewes’ cheese), and savory breads. The countryside of Colonnata is understood because its exceptional pig lard that is covered with various spices and matured for 6 months in special marble tanks. Of course you should example the wines and where likely visit one of the many vineyards producing pearly and ruddy brandies that derive their peerless taste from the mountain soils above which the grapes are grown.