Italy Marble Quarry Tour

4 4 off road trip in tuscany you will have the chance to visit the famous marble quarries in carrara on board with a 4 4 off road tour.

Italy marble quarry tour.

Discover the fantastic carrara marble quarries in tuscany on a 4 4 jeep. Check out this interactive map for the specific details to help you plan your trip and more articles and photos zoom out about the area. Tours and guided visits at the carrara marble quarries excursions on 4x4 off road vehicles walking tours of carrara historical center sculpture studios and marble workshops. It gets you 1000 meters above the sea.

Transfer to the hotel end of. To visit the carrara marble quarries get in touch with carrara marble tour. Costo euro 12 00 a partecipante durata 50 60 minuti. 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.

A curious spin off the marble industry is the delicacy lardo di colonnata. Take a guided tour through the massive underground caverns and open air quarries and see where this stone has been mined for centuries. Fat of the land. Lardo has the pearly white appearance of marble it is quite expensive and in italy quite sought after.

There is a restaurant on site and you can have only the marble tour or combine the tour with lunch. Read more closed now. The quarry museum provides a very interesting insight into the lives of the quarrymen and children. The pure white marble from carrara s quarries has been used since roman times for everything from landmarks like the pantheon to renaissance sculptures like michelangelo s david.

Among the fascinating experiences you will get a panoramic view of the quarries as well as a visit of the carrara underground. Here is a short tutorial to. This is a tour of carrara that you will never forget. On our carrara marble quarries tour.

At 9 30 am and at 2 00 pm where starts this tour. Strada comunale per colonnata 1 località calaggio lat. Moreover you will taste the delicious lardo di colonnata in the nearby village colonnata. Carrara is considered as one of the best marble types in the world and many of the ancient monuments across italy and europe are made from here.

The tour we took cost a reasonable 10 one of the best bargains in italy. Mouse over the map markers to see what they represent. There are many similarities between marble and lardo. 10 146488 it is possible a pick up drop off at the carrara avenza train station or at the campings located in marina di massa.

A jeep tour carrara marble tour see details here on the left a tasting of the famous colonnata lard at the ristorante il poggio adults only 30 40 minutes of free time to see the museum shop laboratory at the fantiscritti quarry. When starts this tour.