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Viareggio is a nice town located on the Tyrrhenian Sea: it is a well known seaside resort, with a historic harbour where you will admire some of the most beautiful yachts manufactured by local companies such as Perini or Azimut-Benetti.

Viareggio was one of the first seaside resorts in Europe and today it is still a famous town: from Forte dei Marmi to Torre del Lago Puccini- has over twenty kilometres of beaches, with bathing establishments, pinewoods, natural parks Viareggio can be considered one of the most beautiful towns of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

One of the most famous Italian Carnival is held in Viareggio: its close proximity to Lucca, Florence, Pisa, Siena, make Viareggio the best accomodation for your holidays in Tuscany.

The coast, that slowly slopes down into the sea, it’s perfect for families with children or for elderly people. And the youths will find every kind of activity, surf, windsurf, acquagym, and many party on the beach.
Viareggio, thanks to the wide quality of its services and the sea features, is awarded every year with the Blue Flag.

Beach Holidays and special offers in Viareggio

Viareggio has a great, long sandy beach, with bathing establishments, private bathing areas where you can rent for a day ombrellas and sunchair. You will find restaurants, bar, emporiums.
All along the beach there is the famous “Lungomare di Viareggio” that covers the length of the beach, rich in stores, shops, boutiques: it is an ideal place for shopping and relaxing.

There are free beaches too, where people can go without paying anything: at the end of the Lungomare, near the harbour, there is a small free beach. In Darsena and in Torre del Lago too there are free beaches, bigger than the other and wilder. It is in the San Rossore regional natural park, Sandy shores and dunes form the sandy shoreline along the coast from Calambrone to Viareggio. There are no bar or emporium, but you will find a unique place where you will really enjoy the sea. It is reachable by car, bus, and by feet too, even if it is 1 kilometres far from Viareggio center. We suggest you to go there for a walk and you will enter in another “world” made by woods, rivers, lakes, and a great variety of animals.

The promenade

The promenade of Viareggio, the famous “Lungomare” –from Burlamacca Canal to Lido di Camaiore- is a very nice place to take a walk, to make shopping: there are lots of shops, boutiques, jeweller’s, bars, cinemas, ice cream shops, restaurants, hotels: Hotel President , Hotel Residence Esplanade, Hotel Plaza e de Russie. Everything you need is there.

Relax yourself walking on this beautiful promenade, tasting an ice cream or a soft drink sitting on a bench: shops, in summer, are opened all day, at night opened until late.

Viareggio Carnival, Italian and European Carnival

Viareggio's Carnival is one of the most popular Carnival in Italy: the principal feature of this Carnival is the allegorical parade of floats, made, nowadays, with papier-machè (glue,plaster,water and paper).

The allegorical parade takes place on the two magnificent boulevards on the sea-front.

Papier-maché craftsmen spend eight months making these floats: thousands of people come to this town each year to watch the parades and take part in the fun. It is a unique experience!

Since 2002 the Viareggio Carnival has been named Italian and European Carnival.

The Viareggio Carnival, Carnival of Italy and Europe, a whole month of night and day celebrations, with floats, parades, music, and district celebrations.

Viareggio Carnival is the ideal moment to meet different people and cultures because this event mixes tradition with the universal principles of peace and solidarity.

At night, the celebration continues in the streets of the town’s quarters, with people in fancy dress and music until late. Come and join us!

Viareggio by night

Viareggio offers lots of amusement on summer and winter nights, for people who like dancing, listening to music drinking a good cocktail, walking on the beach, on the promenade: many pubs, bars, discotheques, and shops opened all day and night on the Promenade are waiting for you.

In summer there are a lot of cultural and amusing events like the Puccini Festival, where you can assist to Puccini’s operas in Torre del Lago (2 kilometres far from Viareggio), situated between the Lake of Massaciuccoli and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Reach Viareggio

By Air: The closest is Galileo Galilei Pisa Airport.
Other airports are the Florence Airport (90 Km), Rome Fiumicino airport ( 370 Km ), and Milan airport (350 Km).

By train: from Pisa Airport, Florence, Rome, Milan you can get to Viareggio by train; see the train timetable on the uffical website www.trenitalia.it

By car: You can reach Viareggio by car: from Milan, Florence, Pisa and Genova. the motorways are the A11 and A12. Follow the Exit signs for Viareggio.

Province of Lucca