Get ready to take plenty of great photos
There are no barriers between the Carnevale parade floats, revelers and spectators so you easily can get close and shoot the floats, their enormous figures and get close ups of lavish costumes and masks.
Use Viareggio as a base to explore western Tuscany
The city is just 30 minutes from Pisa and its iconic Leaning Tower and less than 10 minutes from Torre del Lago, opera composer Puccini's country home, open to the public. The lovely medieval walled city of Lucca is another great place to visit, less than an hour's drive or train ride.
Join in the evening passeggiata along Viareggio's promenade
The Italian evening tradition of a slow pre-dinner stroll is alive and well in Viareggio, where cafes and bars make for terrific people-watching while enjoying a gelato or sipping an aperitivo.