Between the Apuan Alps and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, along the course of the river Serchio, there is a wide valley whose slopes go right down to the river from the mountain peaks, in wide terraces. The thick woods of Beech and Chestnut are inter-rupted by large cultivated clearings and by lots of villages that, with their bell-towers unite the blue sky to the green of the fields. The traditional hospitality of the people invites to the search for tranquillity and the slow pace of the rural world, completely lost in the hustle and bustle of the cities, in this corner of Tuscany. ".... Folks go out and return home without even putting the key in their pocket. "

How to reach Garfagnana

It is in the province of Lucca, 34 kilometres to the north, it is crossed lengthways by the Garfagnana SR 445, which allows access to the south, by the Abetone State Road 12, of the and to the north, for those using the A15 Parma - La Spezia motorway, from Aulla (Km N° 49 to Castelnuovo). Other connections are: to the west, the Cipollato Tunnel on the Arni Provincial Road which connects with Versilia (Km N° 50 from Forte dei Marmi) and to the cast, The Pradarena Pass (Km N° 130 from Reggio Emilia) and the Radici Pass (SP 72, Km N° 125 from Modena).
Quite well served by public transport it can be reached by bus from Lucca and it is crossed by the Lucca - Aulla railway line. Bus services connect Castelnuovo to the various towns of the Garfagnana Valley.