Visit of the village
Visit of the castle and of an atelier - experience
Visit of the Museum - experience
Meal with local products
Visit of the mill with the owner - experience
Visit of the village
Overnight
Visit of quarries
Visit of the Quarry-Museum with the owner - experience
Visit of the village and a lard shop (also producer)...
Meal with local products
Visit of the city
Visit of the academy
Visit of the castle
You will admire a skillful stone carver at his artisan workshop chiseling the sandstone to create small replicas of the stele statues. Under his guidance test yourself in this fascinating art.
Be welcomed by the Moscatelli family at their watermill where you will learn how mill stones work by mean of water power to grind wheat, corn and chestnut flour used to produce bronze dyed pasta, all in this magical place.
Visit the Museum Danesi, a private collection of ancient instruments and pictures, where we will learn about marble excavation techniques and means of transportation from the Roman Age up to today.
Marble is not used solely for art but also in everyday life and food production. Learn how lardo from Colonnata, the savoury local delicacy, is traditionally aged into big marble vats at a typical lard workshop.
Meet Emilio, a master stone-carver member of the Association Mani e Menti, committed to enhance ancient traditions including sandstone carving.
And the Moscatelli family, millers who in the ‘80s have brought an ancient water mill back to life launching a short food supply chain project from the production of wheat and flour to the final product, bronze dyed pasta.
Be welcomed by the Danesi family at their Cava Museo, an open-air private collection about the history of marble, founded in 1987 by the quarryman Walter Danesi.
Meet master sculptors at their atelier where we will be shown their instruments and can admire them skillfully chiseling marble blocks.
Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi _ here you will discover the fascinating stone people that today is the undiscussed symbol of Lunigiana.
Artisan Workshop
Mulino della Famiglia Moscatelli _ the production of wheat and flour to the final product, bronze dyed pasta, is the most important activity of this ancient mill
Cava Museo Danesi _ here is a private collection of photos and ancient tools used in marble-quarries
Lard Shop _ here lard is also produced in big marble vats
Transfer from one step to the next one is not included.
For more information call +39 02 89 092 665
The best period to visit Matera is from April to November. In August temperatures reach 30°C.
CAR: from Parma SS62, from Genova SS1
TRAIN: from Milan, Milano Centrale - Parma (HighSpeed) + Parma - Pontremoli (Local train)
Parcheggio dei Macelli, via Alcide de Gasperi, Pontremoli
We ask you to arrive 10/15 minutes before the time planned. If anybody arrives 5/10 minutes late the guide can wait, no further.
We can't accept cancellations within 48 hours from the start: refund is no more possible.