It is the most northern province of Tuscany, where the nature has matched the mountain and the sea: the Apuan Alps, the marble mountains, watch the sea washing the nearby coast. The Lunigiana, going beyond the Apuan Alps, is a small plot of mountain land where time has stopped. It’s plenty of medieval routes along the Via Francigena, castles, Romanesque churches, renaissance and baroque features in Massa and in Carrara, excellent food and wine specialities: one for all, the lard of Colonnata.