From Lucca take the SS12 for Abetone until you reach Bagni di Lucca. From Bagni di Lucca follow directions for Montefegatesi.
Although not essential, in order to enjoy a holiday in this area to the full, we would recommend the use of a car.
Montefegatesi represents an ideal destination for those who seek an uncontaminated natural environment , a country in which to taste the rural life of Tuscan country, distant from the frenetic rhythms of every day life.
Near Montefegatesi you can find the natural Reserve of Orrido di Botri, site of special naturalistic interest. The Orrido di Botri is an imposing calcareous throat, characterized from steep walls dug in depth, high until 200 meters. It is therefore like a true stalactite canyon, a tight and packed valley , a natural scenario of rare suggestion.
From Montefegatesi also depart numerous paths for other trips and walks that retrace the ancient roads of shepherds, woodcutters and pilgrims, across secular forests of chestnuts, beeches and oaks, precipices, pastures and springs of pure water.
In the outskirts a lot of destinations of interest are found: the thermal station of Bagni di Lucca, (about 20 minutes by car), the ski station of Abetone and the Versilian coast (about 50 minutes)and the numerous medieval villages of Garfagnana. Finally from here are easily attainable the greater cities of Tuscany, like Lucca, Pisa, Florence, Siena.
