There are 6 jeeps with 8 seats plus driver each and one tour starts every 20/30 minutes (waiting time may decrease or increase due to the number of …
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Oct 5, 2024
The good- being able to see the marble mountains up close was an amazing. Unfortunately, this tour only included a ride up to 1000 m above sea level in a Land Rover- no walking, no look inside the …Full review by T L
Sep 6, 2024
This was one of our best days of our holiday. We took a tour in a jeep up the mountain and stopped twice for a talk about the marble itself and the techniques for extracting it. There was one Italian…Full review by Rosina P
Mar 13, 2024
Mountainous Carrara has been a source of exquisite marble since ancient times; Italy's blue and gray marble is treasured especially. The treasured white marble is used in construction around the glob…Full review by 619jeffry
Thanks to Dean … what do you write ?-- but we still don't have a tour provider....If we rent a car and drive to Carrara , do we just arrive and hope to find a tour ? There is a website all in Italian that seems to suggest that ? ANY help is appreciated !!
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Murder mysteries, with a subliminal message about the economic caste system in the States. I also review books for Bookreporter and interview celebrity authors. Depending …
Murder mysteries, with a subliminal message about the economic caste system in the States. I also review books for Bookreporter and interview celebrity authors. Depending upon which city you'll stay before arriving at the quarry, you may not need to rent a car. The quarry is, however, in mountainous terrain, and I don't know about public transportation from surrounding areas. Search the Web for Carrara Marble Tour (one word). Italy's Web extension is IT. There is a link on TripAdvisor for "Carrara Marble Tour". Once there, click on the British flag for English translation. Complete information about tours is on that site. The Carrara Tour company can provide info about how to get to the welcome center, where the tour company greets tour members. Try to avoid a rainy day. Full sun is best. Enjoy!
Ah, Longboat Key! My publisher's location. As part of an organized tour, a bus shuttled us from Lucca to the quarry welcome center. We then took Hummer-like vehicles up a …
Ah, Longboat Key! My publisher's location. As part of an organized tour, a bus shuttled us from Lucca to the quarry welcome center. We then took Hummer-like vehicles up a road with switchback turns. You can, however, contact the quarry welcome center and learn when guided tours are available. Since this is a working quarry, visitors are not allowed during blasting, sort of the way South Dakota's Crazy Horse Memorial prohibits visitors to the construction site. Plan your visit according to scheduled tours. You'll find a wealth of information. The mountain from which the single block of marble Michelangelo chose for the 'David' sculpture is long gone. When there, notice how about a third of each mountain peak still retains trees. Government regulations prevent leveling the entire mountain, to allow natural weather patterns. If the mountains are razed, rainfall would diminish given that lack of updrafts would not cause condensation. I left the site with a new appreciation for this beautiful stone. I learned the reason sculptors chose this is the relative softness compared to igneous material, like granite.
We are interested in the details about getting to your Carrara Marble tour . How hard was it to find th road from Carrara? How long and difficult a drive was it getting up to the tour area? Some have implied it is difficult to drive yourself and perhaps better to get transportation there. Did you see anyplace in Carrera offering rides there?Did you have any trouble finding the tour area?
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You can easily drive from Carrara up to the point the tours leave. The roads are narrow but nothing too bad, since they manage to get the quarry trucks up and down hundreds of …
You can easily drive from Carrara up to the point the tours leave. The roads are narrow but nothing too bad, since they manage to get the quarry trucks up and down hundreds of times a day! We found parking at the tour centre easy and from there you go on with the guides in their vehicles.
This is a very legitimate tour. I have been on various mine tour throughout the world and this one is not to be missed Guide is very good in English. Drove 4 X 4 Land Rover up to top of …
This is a very legitimate tour. I have been on various mine tour throughout the world and this one is not to be missed Guide is very good in English. Drove 4 X 4 Land Rover up to top of mountain touring mining operations.
Just two of us for a Sunday tour. Does it operate on Sunday? How did you book it? Thanks for your help. Deb
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See website. I drove up to tour office and purchased the next available tour. 12 euro pee adult Waited 1 hour for next available 4 X 4 tour. Went to outdoor museum across the …
See website. I drove up to tour office and purchased the next available tour. 12 euro pee adult Waited 1 hour for next available 4 X 4 tour. Went to outdoor museum across the street for 2 euro per adult.
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