Tau Touring Carrara Marble

It is famous for the nearby marble quarries where michelangelo used to go to fetch his marble.

Tau touring carrara marble.

We will drive up to an altitude of 900 m. 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. Private tour in carrara marble quarries with 4x4 vehicles. Our guided tours allow in absolute safety direct contact with places people tools machinery.

The view is unique with the alps and the coast in the same picture. 4 4 off road trip in tuscany you will enjoy an incredible view over the apuan alps and the marble caves. 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. From there the scenery will be breathtaking.

During our carrara marble quarries tour. Transfer from lucca to colonnata a characteristic little village set in the apuane alps in the province of carrara. In the province of carrara. Hear about the sweat of the men who mined the marble used to build the pantheon and trajan s column in ancient rome along with many sculptures of the renaissance.

2 hours 25 minutes. 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. And also for the lardo di colonnata a traditional tuscan delicacy which was eaten by the. The marble cave tour will start with a transfer from lucca to colonnata a characteristic little village set in the apuane alps.