Versilia can be seen as a long coast, parallel to a wide and wealthy hinterland of contrasting panoramas. Its geographical boundaries are the lake of Massaciuccoli and the mouth of the Cinquale river. Versilia is nowadays well-known for the lovely beaches extending for 20 kilometres in front of the imposing Apuan Alps, world-famous because of their marble quarries. The administrative centre is Camaiore, the other towns are Viareggio, Forte dei Marmi, Massarosa, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, and Stazzema: a stretch of land enclosing both sea and mountains. A few minutes' drive from the coast takes to small villages, rich in history and facing the Versilian coast: each of these picturesque villages, separated by fields, woods or mountains, has its own history, its own peculiar natural and cultural-artistic features, and each deserves a visit in every season of the year. Remains of old buildings, fortresses, small churches with their typical bell-tower stand out in the green countryside of Versilia, and gaze towards the nearby coast which by night, almost by magic, takes on the colours of the lights of the many crowded night-clubs, restaurants with their typical sea and land menus and of the renowned ballrooms, since the Sixties, a mundane label for this lively land.