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Current Page : Area Description : Tuscany : Lucca : Castelvecchio Pascoli
Castelvecchio Pascoli is famous for the celebrated poet Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912) and the main road running through the town is named after him. He lived his later years in the town and his house has now been turned into a museum where many of the original manuscripts can be found amongst other memorabilia - please refer to area description for further information on Giovanni Pascoli.
With approximately 500 inhabitants in the town there can be found a bank, post office, small supermarket, cafes, hairdresser, etc. and a good primary school close by. The train station at the bottom of the hill gives good connections to Lucca, Pisa and Aulla.
Lucca is approximately 45km away and the Cities of Florence and Pisa (both with International Airports) are both around 1½ hours drive away by car. The ski resort of Abetone is about 50 km away however the smaller ski resort of Formica and Via Nova with restaurants, three ski lifts and artificial snow making facilities are around 20 km away driving on the picturesque road through Castelnuovo, Filicaia, Poggio and Careggine.
Distances (travel time by car)
Pisa Airport - 80Km or 1 ½
Lucca - 55 km or 1 hour
Florence - 100 km or 2 hours
Seaside resort of Viareggio and Forte del Marmi - 45km or ¾ hour.
Nearest train station - Castelnuovo di Garfagnana - 5 km or 3 minutes