4. What to do/see in Viareggio?
La passeggiata Margherita
Is a famous promenade located in the city
of
Viareggio, offering a
panoramic view
of the sea and the surrounding hills.The promenade was designed in Art Nouveau style and is
characterised by
elegant historical buildings and palaces, such as the Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte.
Taste Tuscan Cuisine
Viareggio offers many options of
restaurants and
trattorias serving
traditional Tuscan dishes, such as fish soup, spaghetti with clams, spaghetti or linguine with cannolicchi
(in Viareggio they call them
coltellacci for their elongated shape and the unobtainable anghille cee. The main land dish is undoubtedly the tordello, a kind of ravioli stuffed with meat. Other Tuscan recipes such as bistecca alla fiorentina and bruschette with tomato and basil can also be found on restaurant menus.
The historical centre
The historic centre of
Viareggio is
is characterised by historic buildings, small squares, craft shops and restaurants.
The market
Is a lively place
where you can
buy fresh local products such as fruit, vegetables, cheese and cold cuts. Taste the gastronomic products of Salumeria Triglia!
La Movida
Viareggio is known for
its lively nightlife, with many clubs and pubs in Viale Europa, south of the port, and many more in the direction of
Marina di Torre del
Lago. Nightclubs offer live music and DJ sets until late at night and a bus service. The movida
extends to the whole of Versilia, and young people can range from the clubs of Lido di Camaiore, Marina di
of Pietrasanta,
to those in Forte dei Marmi.
Night service in Versilia
Villa Argentina
Is a historic villa
located in via
Amerigo Vespucci 44 in Viareggio (on the edge of the west pine forest). Characterised by elegant
floral decorations
and a panoramic turret overlooking the Margherita promenade and the sea. The villa is one of the
most beautiful
and important in Viareggio and represents an important testimony to Art Nouveau architecture in Italy.
Find out more!
La Cittadella del Carnevale
The
structure includes the
Carnival factory, where artisans build the large papier-mâché floats and costumes for the Carnival
costumes for the
participants. At the Carnival Museum you can admire costumes, drawings and photographs that
tell the
history of the Viareggio Carnival. During the Viareggio Carnival period, the Cittadella
Citadel becomes the centre
of activities, with shows, concerts and parties that animate the town.
The Matilda Tower
Is a historic tower
located in
Viareggio, an example of 16th-century military architecture. The Matilde Tower represents one of the
monuments
historical
most important and evocative monuments in Viareggio.
The Palace of the Muses
Is a historical building located in
Viareggio that houses the city's Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. The building was constructed
at the end of the 19th century in
19th century in neoclassical style and was used as the summer residence of Gabriele D'Annunzio. Among
the works
exhibited include paintings, sculptures, photographs and installations, representing the different artistic currents of the
artistic currents of the
20th century and contemporary. There is also a significant presence of authors who are local or who have
have had links of
links with this land and works that have local landscapes as their subject. The GAMC has
the most important
important public collection of works by Lorenzo Viani, an original exponent of European expressionism.
Find out more!
The pine forest
Is the lung of Viareggio and is
divided into
Ponente and Levante. The Ponente pine forest extends immediately behind the promenade from Via Buonarroti to
via Fratti and in the
perpendicular streets from via Vespucci northwards to via Zara. The eastern pine forest, on the other hand
extends south of the
port of Viareggio, along the Viale dei Tigli leading to the Torre del Lago Puccini and the Migliorino San Paolo Park. Rent a bike or a cricket and have a snack with a delicious doughnut at the
Gatto Nero!
5. What to eat in Versilia?
Ravioli filled with
meat and chard, wrapped in fresh pasta.
Nicchi
are clams or tellinas, they are sautéed with garlic, oil and chilli pepper and served plain.
Risotto with
cuttlefish and Swiss chard is a typical fish dish from Viareggio that is simple to prepare but
very
tasty.
Originated as a poor dish
made from the fish that were unsold at the market.
In this recipe, the fish are cooked with tomato and flavoured
with wine
and aromatic herbs .
Lard, biroldo and mortadella
in particular; they are best enjoyed as an appetiser or after a first course.
Is a typical cake
of Viareggio, but also a savoury cake enjoyed in Camaiore. In both cases it is a
recipe based on
courgette base to which simple ingredients such as flour, eggs, onion and oil are added. you can enjoyed either warm or hot and can be a second course or an appetiser.
It is prepared with assorted fish such as gurnard, cuttlefish, baby octopus, dogfish
scorpion fish,
cicadas, mackerels and mullet, and tomato, garlic, salt and chilli pepper are added. The dish is
complete
only with slices of Tuscan unsalted bread previously toasted and rubbed with
garlic.
Polenta made of maize flour
maize flour and served with layered mixed meat ragout or with mushrooms. The preparation
takes a little time to cook the polenta, but the wait will then be repaid by a
dish
simple but tasty dish, to be eaten hot.
In
Versilia, Cecina refers to the thin, oven-baked chickpea porridge
and baked in the oven,with a sprinkling
of
ground pepper.
