Viareggio

I only had a couple of hours to look around Viareggio. Viareggio is half way between La Spezia and Pisa. I had originally planned to check out Pisa, but on the way to Cinque Terre, I had noticed most of the guys on the train with their trinket bags had got off at Viareggio and not Pisa. This had originally got me thinking of stopping at Viareggio. The idea of checking the beach out also seemed more appealing than some leaning tower. I had already seen a few leaning towers and even climbed one that was nearly 100 metres high in Bolognia.

The baggage self storage lockers were out of order, so that kind of slowed me down and limited my enthusiasm having to carry all my luggage.

This is meant to be a beach holiday destination. After a long walk, I managed to reach the beach. I was rather surprised to find that it was sandy.. not the nicest sand though. A yellowy brown colour. The part I found was deserted and I never really came across another area. There didn't seem to be any tourist information booth that was open either, so I couldn't get a map to figure out where I should have been heading.

There are plenty of large sailing and cruising boats here, but I didn't find much that was of interest. I found a big pool with a fountain in it, but that had been emptied. Just one of those days where it didn't really work I guess.