Carrara Marble Tour: Explore Real Cave

Embark on an exclusive adventure in the real Carrara marble cave with Lucca Transfers. Discover the fascinating history of marble extraction and production, and indulge in the authentic flavors of Colonnata. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Marble Caves of Carrara - You will have the unique possibility to visit a real Carrara Marble Cave.
    This is the only tour that will give you the opportunity to get inside a cave where, still now, they are extracting pure marble.
  • Colonnata - We will visit the little village of Colonnata: the place where the “lardo” (a very tasty kind of…
What's Included
  • Entrance ticket for the guided cave tour
  • Dedicated driver/tour leader
  • Safety hard hat provided at the cave
  • Air-conditioned transportation
  • On-board guided tour
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Experience the unique opportunity to enter a genuine Carrara marble cave.
It’s our pleasure to meet you! We’re both drivers and tour guides and can’t wait to introduce you to Tuscany’s hidden treasure!
We’ll pick you up in our professionally-equipped van from Lucca or Pisa and transit you to Carrara’s mountainous terrain. There, we’ll arrive at the cave…

Location
Porta a Lucca
Largo Parlascio
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Amanda_g
Oct 22, 2024
Really interesting tour with the amazing Rafaelle - Rafaelle was the perfect guide on this tour, sharing insightful and informative commentary about the surroundings, history and culture of the Tuscany region. The small group (6 of us) was a great size, although we did form a larger group inside the amazing Carrara marble cave which was led by an employee of the marble quarry (the sensational Sonia). Great to learn about the marble quarry process in general and to visit this quarry that only extracts marble for artwork purposes. We also visited the village of Colonnata and tried their famous lardo di colonnata. Rafaelle was engaging, professional and an overall nice guy. Thanks for the personal recommendations back in Lucca. Grazie mille 🙏
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Mary_k
Oct 18, 2024
Carrera marble - Raffelle was our guide snd thr highlight of our tour. Very personable snd knowledgable of the different towns all the way. Answered all of our questions about culture. Pleasant , enjoyable snd fun!
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755arianaa
Oct 12, 2024
Breathtaking - What a beautiful experience!!! I saw images of Carrara marble quarries in Google a few years ago and knew I had to come visit Lucca. Our tour guide Raffael was welcoming and well versed in his knowledge of the area we drove through as well as the Carrara marble quarries. Not only did we see the quarry from the outside but they also brought us inside of the mountains which was breathtaking. After that, we were brought to the town called Coronata, where we had lunch and some wine. It was a lovely day and an experience I’ll never forget
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Kathybb4230wm
Oct 3, 2024
Amazing Carrara Marble Tour - A wonderful tour with Marco of the Carrara Quarry! This is a tour that should not be missed. We went on a rainy day but the site was still spectacular and very interesting. The tour finished at a hilltop village for a local lunch of bread, cheese, meats, lardo, vegetables and wine. Memorable!
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Barbara_a
Sep 30, 2024
Stunning - The marble cave was absolutely stunning. It was really interesting to hear how the marble is cut out and removed and the care that is taken in making sure there are strong columns to support it. The lunch is Colonnata was great fun. The village is lovely.
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Javier_q
Sep 24, 2024
A stone that makes you live. - I am a sculpture so for me it was like being in haven ( i am not a religious person). It was very beautiful and interesting from different point of views ( geographic , historical, etc ) for me and my wife. I am already planning to come back for the sculpting matters
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Karen_l
Sep 8, 2024
Awesome tour and guide! - Tommaso was a terrific guide all the way from Lucca to Carrera! The cave tour was awesome and then Tommaso took us up to have some “Lardo” at the small town of Collanata. It was a great day and worth it!
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Jessica_l
Sep 3, 2024
Excellent marble quarry tour! - Highly recommended! Raffaele was knowledgeable about the region and told us lots of fun stories about Tuscany. He sent a message to confirm the day before the tour, then came to pick us up in his comfortable, air-conditioned van on the day of. We had a fantastic time at the marble quarry along with a lunch at a small village where we tried the lardo de colonata. The lardo surpassed my expectations -- delicious and fragrant and velvety soft like ham -- not like lard at all! The marble quarry tour was unforgettable, and Raffaele made it a fantastic experience.
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Dianaad6417aw
Aug 30, 2024
Highly recommended! - We had a wonderful and eventful day with Tommaso. We were picked up on time and in good spirits at the hotel in Lucca. During the ride Tomasso told us a lot about the background, answered questions and was very gracious and made sure we liked it and we could express our wishes. Once in Carrara we could marvel at the handmade souvenirs and buy them (nothing is talked about here, which I found very good) and Tomasso organized that we got the tour in German. That was really great and Sonja had explained great, responded to the questions and you always had the time to take photos. That was also the case during the tour with Tomasso. Afterwards Tommaso took us to Colonnata, famous for Lardo. Before, he showed us a beautiful little chapel, built mainly with marble. We had a wonderful day with Tomasso, he goes out of his way and shows you the non-tourist sides of Tuscany. An absolute Recommendation. Show less Show less
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Cheryl_p
Aug 18, 2024
Raffael was a wonderful... - Raffael was a wonderful guide… very knowledgeable and friendly!!! The best tour on our trip!!!! Do not miss this tour, it was fascinating:)
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