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Tuscany and Cinque Terre Experiences: Culture, Wine, Food and Adventure<\/h2>\r\nBetween the Apuan Alps and the Ligurian Sea, between the marble quarries of Carrara and the terraced vineyards above the Cinque Terre, there is a stretch of northwestern Italy that most travellers pass through on the way to somewhere else.\r\n\r\nThe ones who stop \u2014 who go inland from the coast, who climb into the quarries, who sit at a winemaker's table in Montecarlo di Lucca or learn to make pesto in a 16th-century tower house in Riomaggiore \u2014 tend not to forget it.\r\n\r\nViaggi di Mare designs and delivers land-based experiences across Versilia, the Cinque Terre, the Apuan coast and inland Tuscany<\/strong> for international guests who want more than a sightseeing itinerary. Every experience is curated, every guide is qualified, and every transfer is private \u2014 because the journey between places is part of the experience, not a gap between them.\r\n

The Marble Quarries of Carrara: A World Unlike Any Other<\/h3>\r\nThe Carrara marble quarries<\/strong> are one of the most viscerally impressive landscapes in Italy \u2014 and one of the least visited by international travellers who do not know they exist. The Apuan Alps above Carrara contain the same stone that Michelangelo selected for the David, the Piet\u00e0 and the unfinished works that still lie in the quarry walls waiting to be freed.\r\n\r\nSeen from inside, at the scale of the mountains themselves, the effect is difficult to prepare for: white rock, blue sky, the sound of the extraction work echoing across a landscape that has been producing the world's finest sculpture marble for more than two thousand years.\r\n\r\nTours are available in multiple formats \u2014 by 4x4 Jeep, by private Mercedes minivan, shared or fully private \u2014 with durations ranging from 3.5 to 5 hours and local product tastings included. Whether you choose the shared introductory tour or the full immersion private experience, the quarries are a guaranteed highlight of any stay on the Apuan and Ligurian coast.\r\n

Wine Experiences: From Versilia to Montecarlo di Lucca to the Cinque Terre<\/h3>\r\nThe wines produced in this corner of Italy are among the most distinctive and least-exported in the country \u2014 made in small quantities, on terrain that is genuinely heroic in places, by producers who have been working the same land for generations. Viaggi di Mare offers wine experiences across three distinct wine territories:\r\n