Carrara Marble Quarry Tour

4 4 off road trip in tuscany you will enjoy an incredible view over the apuan alps and the marble caves.

Carrara marble quarry tour.

They took us to several different stopping points and we saw different types of quarries. Carrara city marble tour 3 4 hours the city of carrara is located at the foot of the alps. The carrara marble quarries the workshops of sculpture. Reservations are accepted for groups of at least 20 people.

Take a guided tour through the massive underground caverns and open air quarries and see where this stone has been mined for centuries. Guided visit to know more about michelangelo s preferred marble by visiting. Carrara marble tour siamo aperti tutti i giorni festivi compresi dal 1 marzo al 2 novembre dalle 10 00 alle 17 00. The view is unique with the alps and the coast in the same picture.

The marble quarries the sculpture workshops carrara historical center and colonnata with its famous lard. Carrara the marble built town recently included in the unesco list for creative cities for marble crafts. Private tours of the carrara marble quarries the world s largest marble excavation area. The tour guide was fun and very informative.

For groups of less than 20 people reservation is not necessary come and enjoy the first available tour. Carrara marble tour we are open every day holidays included from 1st march to 2nd november from 10 am to 5 pm. Carrara marble quarry tours 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. From there the scenery will be breathtaking.

It was fun to ride around in the land rover. Si accettano prenotazioni solo per gruppi di almeno 20 persone. You can tour some of the marble mines above carrara in a self guided car tour but to get as high into the apuan alps as we did in the picture you ll need to take a jeep tour. We will drive up to an altitude of 900 m.

It gets you 1000 meters above the sea. Carrara marble quarries it was a one hour tour and we were really happy to have taken the tour. The visit take place in a minivan with a private english speaking driver and according to your wishes it may include. During our carrara marble quarries tour.

The tour we took cost a reasonable 10 one of the best bargains in italy. Private tour in carrara marble quarries with 4x4 vehicles the quarry was absolutely amazing to see.