Carrara, Italy

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Travel Blogs from Carrara (6)

The Marble Quarries of Carrara from Above, Carrara, Italy travel blog
The Marble Quarries of Carrara from Above
Sep 27, 2009

... Once we were back on board from our hike through Cinqua Terra, we boarded the helicopter to see the marble quarries of Carrara. Although these quarries originated around 2,200 years ago, it wasn’t until the modern age with our modern equipment that ...

A travel blog entry by mylifesjourney
Michelangelo
Michelangelo's Marble Quarries
Jun 2, 2006

Another place I stopped off at on my few days driving around NW Tuscany was Carrara - the site of brilliantly white marble mountains overlooking a sandy beach coastline and in front of a mountain range called the Apuane Alps. The white mountains seriously ...

A travel blog entry by tcorrea
Settling in Italy................, Carrara, Italy travel blog
Settling in Italy................
Oct 10, 2009

After travelling for the last 6 or more months without a real break we thought we might just settle down for the winter, instead of heading back to London and back to work. We are plonking ourselves with some of Dino's relatives in Tuscany. Shona ...

A travel blog entry by dinoshona
Marble time, Carrara, Italy travel blog
Marble time
Apr 28, 2009

Our teacher took us on a delightful field trip to the mountains of Carrara.  The interesting thing about these marble caves is that the type of marble found here is unique to any other type in the world.  All the great Italian sculptors got there ...

A travel blog entry by papayaprincess

Forum Discussions on Carrara (5)

Where to stay in Italy
Posted on Sep 21, 2009, 12:42:15
Hello, I know this is a forum for people that travel around the world.. I am erasmus student and in october I start the courses in Carrara Italia, and I still did not find a room to live in for the 3 months... If could someone please give me a site, a hint ...
scenic drive from Cinque Terre to Sienna
Posted on Sep 1, 2009, 10:31:47
... you will a host of small towns all connected by a coastal highway. On our last trip we got off A-12 at Marina di Carrara and followed the coastline. It's an interesting look at how Italians do the beach! The combination of the sea on one side ...
Where to stay in Italy
Posted on Dec 1, 2007, 11:25:44
... trip to Pisa and Lucca on the same day, one day we went to Cinque Terre and on the way back stopped by the marble caves in Carrara, 2 days we went to Florence by train (hey, don't think of driving in the city!), 1 day in Sienna and San Gimignano, 1 ...
Budapest to Italy
Posted on Feb 26, 2009, 16:45:18
... . something like ( in this order) Venice, lake como area, genova and cinque terre, then move south along italy's western side, carrara, pisa, florence, siena, orvieto, rome, then naples and amalfi coast, possibly capri island also... I would say that ...

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