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A mountainous landscape with a sunset, rocky terrain, and sparse vegetation. 1
A quarry with a turquoise pool surrounded by rocky terrain and mountains in the background. 2
A mountainous landscape with a winding road, a coastal city in the distance, and a clear sky with clouds. 3
A stone bridge with multiple arches over a rocky landscape. 4
A man walking inside a large, unfinished building with a rough, unfinished concrete ceiling and walls. 5
By Marco Bernacca

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9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$161 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Tour with a professional guide that was quarryman like his family
    • Emotional view from the quarry to the mediterranean coast
    • Interesting tour with a lot of information about marble and its storey

Activity location

    • Carrara
    • Carrara, Toscana, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Piazza Sacco e Vanzetti, 54033 Carrara MS, Italy
    • Carrara, Toscana, Italy

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Carrara white marble quarries tour, 4X4 experience

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Price details
AU$161.34 x 2 AdultsAU$322.68
Total
Price is AU$322.68

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Entrance into working quarry
  • Inclusions
    Colonnata lard tasting
  • Inclusions
    Tour guide
  • Inclusions
    Transfer service from meeting point Carrara to Carrara

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

  • Pick up service from Carrara or from nearby areas. We will approach the quarry n° 177 in Colonnata by four wheel drive and from there on, take a walking tour to visit one the oldest quarries still in progress. Between acient roman columns and antique manufacturings we will talk about excavation and processing techniques over the past centuries; while walking inside the extractive heart of the quarry you will able to observe the daily used machineries and analyse the different marble themes, its extraction and transport, its origin, its trade and other curiosities.

    The tour will continue by four wheel drive through the old marble railway that will lead us to the famous bridges of Vara for a stop and a taste of the lardo of Colonnata and it will go on until we reach one of the highest quarries of the area through a partly paved, partly dirt road, to enjoy the breathtaking view from the quarries to the sea.

    RECOMMENDED hiking shoes or sport shoes/trainers
    Sun glasses

Location

Activity location

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    • Carrara
    • Carrara, Toscana, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Piazza Sacco e Vanzetti, 54033 Carrara MS, Italy
    • Carrara, Toscana, Italy