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Magra Delta Roadtrip | A Tagine, a Lighthouse, and a Dead Roman City

The loop we drove on a busy May Saturday when Lerici was full, and have been driving ever since

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Peter Benei
Jun 05, 2026
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There are two ways to leave Versilia when you live here: the flat country, the umbrella beaches, and the smell of the marsh that this whole coast was built on top of begins to press you down. The first is north-east, into the mountains, the road that climbs up the inland valleys toward the Lunigiana and the Garfagnana, and we have written about that one…

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