Versilia Tourism

Versilia is a part of Tuscany, within the province of Lucca, which takes its name from the river Versilia.
Famous bathing area, has as its most important and populous Viareggio extending the coastline, traveled from South to North, at Torre del Lago Puccini (village of Viareggio) and arrives to Marina di Massa (not included) through the centers to: Viareggio, Lido di Camaiore (village of Camaiore), Marina di Pietrasanta (village of Pietrasanta, which stands at four locations: The Focette, Motrone, Tonfano and Fiumetto) and Forte dei Marmi and coincides with the coastal part of the Province of Lucca .
The so-called "Versilia Storica" consists solely of four towns, Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi, Seravezza and Stazzema. The latter two, because their territory is to be located mainly on the area of hills and the Apuan Alps, are the so-called "Alta Versilia". From the geographical point of view the "Versilia Storica" Cinquale ditch runs from north to south ditch Motrone. Most parochial and historians consider the historical Versilia area, reserving the remaining territory the name Riviera Lucchese.
A major literary figure who is attending Versilia early '900 was the famous poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, who built a mansion near Pietrasanta. The poet in Versilia spent the last years of his life and there composed the most famous verses of 'Alcyone and wrote the "Francesca da Rimini."
The Mountain Community Alta Versilia includes the towns of: Montignoso (MS), Camaiore, Seravezza and Stazzema.
The climate of the Versilia coast shows mild but all in all, given the position close to the Apuan Alps, is greatly influenced by moist Atlantic currents, impact to the nearby mountain ranges, bring abundant rainfall concentrated in spring and autumn. During the summer the humidity is very high, with values between 60 and 80%. This promotes the proliferation of mosquitoes, contrasted by the reclamation of the swamps that runs early in the season.