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The Cilene hotel is located in one of the most beautiful landscapes of Italy, in Versilia in Viareggio, a stone’s throw from the beach and opposite the West Pine Forest and close to the most exclusive beaches of Tuscany: Forte dei Marmi, Lido di Camaiore, Viareggio.
Artistic gems such as Lucca, Pisa, Pietrasanta, Torre del Lago Puccini are located a few kilometers from the hotel, Florence, the Cinque Terre, the Carrara Marble Caves, Siena, Volterra and many other towns and villages are easily accessible.
The Hotel Cilene is also located a few steps from the center of Viareggio, the train station is also within walking distance, and you can also visit local attractions such as the carnival citadel and the Matilde Tower and the wonderful promenade.
We are waiting for you also in the Carnival period to be able to admire the pharaonic papier-mâché wagons known all over the world.

Below you can see the fascinating images of the surrounding areas

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The pine forest of Viareggio

First a Ligurian settlement and then an Etruscan one, in 180 B.C. Lucca became a Roman colony. Following the fall of the Roman Empire, the city was conquered by the Goths and during the sixth century became the capital of the Lombard Duchy of Tuscia. At the fall of the latter, it became the seat of the Marquisate of Tuscany.

In 1119 Lucca was established as a free commune, then transformed into a Podesteria, where the power was ruled by representatives of the new class of merchants, which was beginning to develop at that time. Next to the silk industry, there was also an intense banking activity, thanks to which Lucca became an important economic center at European level.

At the same time, being crossed by the Via Francigena, Lucca became a fundamental stage of the pilgrimage that brought the Christians of northern Europe to Rome.

Involved in the wars between Pisa and Florence and the struggle between Guelfi and Ghibellines, and dominated for some time by Uguccione della Faggiuola, Castruccio Castracani and the Guinigi family, Lucca became a republic in 1430 and maintained its independence until 1799.

In 1805, at the request of the senate of Lucca, Napoleon established the Principality of Lucca and Piombino, assigning it to his sister Elisa and her husband, Felice Baciocchi.

With the Congress of Vienna and the Restoration was created the Duchy of Lucca, attributed to the Bourbons of Parma. Maria Luisa di Borbone was succeeded by her son, Carlo Ludovico (1824), who reigned until 1847 when the duchy became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

In 1860 Lucca and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany were annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
We recommend a guided tour of the walls

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If you have children, very cute and funny is the Pinocchio Park in Collodi

Parco di Collodi

The exhibition of "Leonardo da Vinci’s machines" is located in the center of the city, in one of the most famous streets of Florence.
The exhibition of the "Niccolai Collection" Artigiani Fiorentini is composed of more than 50 models, many of which can be used in their operation, distributed in four rooms: a large hall, where you can find the civil machines, one dedicated to the flight machines, Another to war machines and the latest to the collection of anatomical models. The interactive museum is particularly suitable for families and schools. But very important for those who want to deepen the engineering knowledge of the great genius.
Inside the museum you can see on a large screen the documentary about the life and works of Leonardo.
The museum also has a "Caffè Michelangiolo" catering area, which is affiliated with the exhibition entrance, and a bookshop full of publications and gadgets.

Museo Leonardo da Vinci

The water village of fun

In Cecina, immersed in the Etruscan Coast, you can discover a corner of Hawaii by diving into the water park, nominated as Best Water Park in Italy at the ParksMania Awards.
At Acqua Village Cecina you will find a perfect mix of adrenaline and relaxation suitable for an audience of all ages.
Hundreds of meters of slides! New in 2018: Loko, the fire slide, a journey to the center of the volcano of Lua Pele, the Island of volcanoes, thanks to the technology of 3D Projecting mapping. And again Moku, the Island of children by Pago, a swimming pool with playground and slides suitable for the little ones!
Under the Hawaiian umbrellas you will hear the call of the volcano-theater Mauna Loa with the show Aqua Mantica that hosts international acrobats.
Wai, the fun circus school for children with activities and games, in collaboration with the Mantica circus school.
And then many refreshment points to satisfy all tastes! And before you go, come to the Photo Village and choose your souvenir photo!

Acqua park Cecina

The Grotta Turistica Antro del Corchia is the main attraction of the corchiapark, the main tourist system of Alta Versilia that offers the possibility to experience the mountain in every aspect. On Mount Corchia, in addition to the Tourist Cave, you can visit the ancient mines of silver, trekking along wonderful trails accompanied by environmental guides, visit the museum system of Levigliani and enjoy the rich local cuisine.

corchiapark

The Museum of Natural History of the University of Pisa is one of the oldest museums in the world.
Born at the end of the 16th century as a "gallery" attached to the Garden of the Simple in Pisa (the current Botanical Garden), the museum has enriched its collections over the centuries and today houses an enormous historical and scientific heritage.
Since the end of the seventies, the Museum has been located at the charming Certosa di Pisa in Calci, a fourteenth-century building of inestimable historical and architectural value.
The Museum is a University Centre with scientific autonomy that belongs to the University Museum System.
The Museum preserves and enhances its collections, organizes and supports study and research plans, in collaboration with university departments and other national and international bodies, and carries out educational and dissemination activities. In its role as a centre for the aggregation and dissemination of culture, the Museum also hosts cultural events and temporary exhibitions, implements projects in cooperation with the territory and manages inclusion programmes aimed at different types of public.

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The Cinque Terre  is a rugged stretch of coast of the Riviera Ligure di Levante (Riviera spezzina) located in the territory of the province of La Spezia between Punta Mesco and Punta di Montenero, where there are five villages or, as it was called in the past, lands, listed here from west to east: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore.
Since 1997 they have been part of the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with the following justification:
«The eastern Ligurian riviera of the Cinque Terre is a cultural landscape of exceptional value which represents the harmonious interaction established between man and nature to create a landscape of exceptional quality, which is a manifestation of a millenary traditional way of life and which continues to play a major socio-economic role in the life of society.»
Thanks to the geographical and human characteristics of the territory where they arise, the Cinque Terre are considered one of the most suggestive Italian coastal attractions, for their orographic context hilly naturally harsh and rugged, Sweetened by the construction of terraces or strips for cultivation, which descends towards the sea with steep slopes; in the points where the sea meanders serpentine into the earth rise the villages, articulated to follow the natural shape of the hills.
The work of man, over the centuries, has shaped the territory by building the famous terraces on the slopes to the sea, due to the particular agricultural technique aimed at exploiting as much as possible the land placed in steep slope that slopes towards the sea, has made it one of the most characteristic and fascinating landscapes of Liguria.

Fonte Wikipedia

Cinque Terre in battello

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