How to reach the Versilia
Versilia and environs is crossed by the A12 Highway Livorno-Sestri
Levante-Genova, and that tract has exits at tollbooths Viareggio-Camaiore
and Versilia-Forte dei Marmi. The A12 connects to the Highway
A11 Firenze-Mare from Lucca, by way of an overpass which
exists at Massarosa. The other possible roads are the State
Highway 1 along the Aurelia and the State Highway 439 Sarzanese
Val d'Era. Versilia can also be reached by rail on the Roma
- Pisa - Genova - Torino line and from Lucca on the Firenze
- Pistoia - Montecatini - Lucca - Viareggio line.
versilia photo view
Almost all the trains stop at Viareggio;
the other stations are Torre del Lago Puccini, Camaiore
- Capezzano, which is less than 2 kilometres from Lido di
Camaiore and Pietrasanta and around 3 kilometres from Marina
di Pietrasanta. In light of the great tourist potential
of the area, the bus and coach services are very efficient,
connecting all the localities in Versilia, apart from guaranteeing
a transport service which goes to other Ligurian and Tuscan
cities such as Pisa, Lucca, Pistoia, Prato, Carrara, Luni,
Sarzana, and La Spezia. A coach service connects all the
other main tourist localities with the Pisa airport, which
is by far the easiest way to reach Versilia's localities,
being only 25 kilometres from Viareggio.
You can also reach Versilia by sea.
The port of Viareggio, at the mouth of the Burlamacca canal,
is the best-equipped marina in the region. It has approximately
two kilometres of docks and piers and a thousand berths
for moorage. There is ample space for hauling and careening,
and the port is equipped to offer every comfort and tourist
service. Outside of Versilia's territory in the strictest
sense, but close by and accessible are the smaller tourist
harbours of Foce del Cinquale and Marina di Carrara.
The
sea which washes the coast
of Tuscany has all the advantages of the Mediterranean
Sea. It is ideal for windsurfing, water-skiing and other
water sports.
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