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For people who would like to spend a sports based holiday or just total relaxation, then the Province of Massa-Carrara offers many opportunities to follow both.
It is possible to find well equipped gymnasium's, to carry out for instance, Karate and Boxing, shooting in the Carrara hills and archery in the Ronchi area; along the coast and in Lunigiana there is horse trekking and riding schools; public swimming pools, private swimming pools in hotels as well as bathing establishments with the possibility of excellent swimming coaches offering lessons.
There are many sports clubs where you can book both tennis courts and football fields and there are some associations that guarantee safe cycling along the roads or along charming tracks in the middle of nature reserves.
It is also possible to easily play golf at Villa Marigola in Lerici or at Forte dei Marmi.
As well as the Apuan Alps being a real natural treasure protected by the regional natural park, it's an ideal destination for people who love nature. Cliffs, karst caves and deep caverns in the Apuan Alps, attract a large number of people who enjoy speleology and mountaineering.
A nature un-spoilt to live and discover: walking among the chestnut woods or along the Apennine ridges, cycling and riding in the meadows and in the mountain pasture land, canoeing or with a rod in the streams and in the canyons. Among the extended chestnut and beech woods or among the meadows covered by blueberries , it is not unusual to meet deers, squirrels or see hawks and eagles in the sky.
This land between sea and mountains offers a large variety of traditions: on entering an old village you could be transported within a medieval atmosphere created by its cuisine, costumes, entertainment and craftsmen.
It is also possible to take care of your well-being with the popular mineral waters that flows from the Apuan Alps or at the thermal spa's in San Carlol, Equi Terme and Cinquale.
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