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Viareggio
is famous the world over for its carnival and for being the Versilian
coast's chief tourist resort, but everyone knows that it is also an
important fishing port and the location of the largest Italian shipyards.
Of course in the early 1800s Viareggio already boasted an actively
flourishing port, prior to the arrival of the forebears of today's
private lidos and before the creation, in 1861, of the oldest children's
summer camp or before it became one of the destinations preferred
by international tourism at the onset of the twentieth century. Ample
testimony of these splendors remains in the magnificent Art Nouveau
buildings that line the seafront promenade. Proof of the town's ancient
seafaring vocation can be found, on the other hand, in the basins
along the Burlamacca canal, or the fishermen's and seaman's quarter
built around the Matilde tower, a sixteenth century fortification
that became Viareggio's symbol. A stroll through the town and its
two large pine groves is undoubtedly a good viaticum for our boat
trip, during which you will be able to admire the uniquely unusual
panorama of the sea that appears to lap the slopes of the Apuan Alps,
white with their marble quarries; the few kilometers that separate
the coast from the mountains will seem to disappear, and the Apuan
Alps will act as the backdrop to the sandy beaches and the green pine
groves. Viareggio's recipe book is fairly ample, including a risotto
prepared with shrimp, squid, clams and red mullet, and seasoned with
garlic, ginger, parsley and fish stock.
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