PRIVATE tour in Carrara marble quarries with 4x4 vehicles

One of a kind experience

And One of our Favorite things we did in Italy

Our Tour guide was phenomenal and very knowledgeable

We met Luca at the meeting point which was easy to find. We then went to studio to see how they made the statues by hand. Then off towards the top of the mountain. It was amazing to see all the marble. The quarry was the most amazing experience. You can’t imagine how large it is. We drove around through it. Luca was a great guide. He’s very knowledgeable and gregarious. Highly recommend it as it is something completely different.

New knowledge, adventure and also suitable for curious children!

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought

the greatest artist has. (Michelangelo)

Heike, our tour guide, was fabulous! She was full of wonderful insights and information about the industry and processes . We really were not prepared for such a great experience. Plus, the ride up to the mine was thrilling ( not for height averse people). Do not miss this!

We signed up for the private tour of the Carrara quarries, and we’re driven up into the heart of the stone cutting area. Although we had a car and guide to ourselves while driving, the tour was given to 3 vehicles full of travelers. The 2 guides were very knowledgeable about the stone cutting process and had unbelievable access to the active quarries. We highly recommend this excursion!

We do have a word of advice for the guides: given the active nature of the work going on around us, a few words of introduction and advice about safety, before leaving the meeting place, would have been helpful. We had no idea what to expect, and therefore there was some confusion among the group about expectations.

My wife and I paid for a private tour including rt from the train station.Well worth it for us. Exciting but rough 4 x4 adventure into the mountains of marble. Excellent explanation of quarries worked for 3,000 years. The group tours heard our guide/driver give most of the information at the photo stops but some had to sit on benches in the back of one of the 3 vehicles or be 6 in a Land Rover. That would have been too uncomfortable for us. This was a “ not to be missed” experience and met our value for money standards.

Driver was very informative. Felt safe all the way up the mountain in our jeep. Went on a Saturday so no workers felt like we had the whole area to ourselves.

Whatever you have heard or seen on TV or YouTube about Carrara - forget it. One MUST have to see and experience the marble quarries "live". The vastness of the collection of sites is breathtaking. The ease with which truck drivers and guys handling huge machines navigate the steep rubble tracks is aweinspiring, as is the precision with which the marble is cut out of the mountain and then handled almost with a "soft" touch as if these blocks didn't weigh several tons each.

And we wholeheartedly recommend doing a tour with this operator. Heike is not only knowledgeable but also very friendly, patient with her guests and she goes the extra mile to make this tour an unforgettable experience.

You travel in Range Rovers in groups up into the quarries where our guide ,Heike, explained exactly how the marble is cut and transported not only now bt in years/ centuries past.

It is an amazing tour, well wort it.

Excellent tour! We were in the mines with the workers, not just looking in from far away. A must-do if in the area!