PERALTA is ideally placed for visiting the major cities of Northern Italy. It is also situated in the foothills of the Alpuan Alps. With so much art and history to see in Italy the wild isolated places are often ignored. The Alpuan Alps is such an area, with spectacular rugged mountains that rise to over 6,000 feet and only a few roads it is the hill walkers paradise. Staying in Peralta you can get the best of both worlds you van visit Florence, Pisa, Volterra, Sienna, and Lucca intermingled with days of some of the finest hill walking in Europe.

LOCAL WALKS.
From Peralta are many easy walks through the chestnut forests and olive groves to such places as Toricigliano and Gombetelli both of which have an excellent restaurant serving real Tuscan cuisine. A more energetic walk will take you to the top of Mount Parana from where you can experience a panorama of the Alpuan Alps. Short car rides make the whole of the Alpuan Alps available and for the devoted mountain walker the area has numerous mountain refuges where it is possible to stay overnight.

TOWNS IN THE LOCAL AREA:
There are several towns well worth visiting in the area.
CAMAIORE is the local town about 3km from Peralta and is a lovely unpretensious tuscan market town.
PIETRA SANTA is a litte further west and is town whose long history is centred on art and sculptur. With many large bronze casting foundaries used by sculptors from all over the world.
CARRARA is a little further west again and is famous for its marble quarries which you can visit.
VIAREGGIO is only 10km way and is the areas seaside resort.

Near Viarregio is Torre De Lago which has an annual Puccini Festival in July and August