Grotte di Equi
Grotte di Equi
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The Equi Caves Geo-Archeo-Adventure Park is a site of outstanding natural interest that offers many and diversified activities for the public: geological, naturalistic, paleontological theme visits, adventure trails, and hiking and e-bike excursions. The park comprises the Visitor Centre with its ApuanGeoLab interactive earth sciences museum, E-Bike Centre for bike rentals and guided tours and its well-stocked bookshop; the karst caves complex with fully-outfitted route for tourist visits and Speleo-Adventure excursions; an exciting Zipline aerial runway for bird’s-eye observation of the karst torrent; and the Tecchia prehistoric site, the archaeological exhibition and the Museo delle Grotte. Where The picturesque village of Equi Terme, home to the caves complex but also, as the name suggests, to a historic spa facility with pool, rises in the territory of the Comune di Fivizzano (MS) in the Lunigiana region, within the Apuan Alps Regional Park (a UNESCO Global Geopark).
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PHK
17 contributions
Aug 2021 • Friends
Great tour of the caves. Our guide, Giulia, was cracking. Her English was great, her enthusiasm fantastic and the level of detail was ideal. A very engaging experience. Well worth 9€ would highly recommend. Jumpers and closed toe shoes a must. We may have have been lucky to get a tour last minute, in hindsight booking may be preferable so you don’t miss such a great trip out.
Written August 8, 2021
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PaolaMarshall
Crockham Hill, UK12 contributions
Aug 2019
We were not too sure what to expect of the "speleo avventura" in the Equi Caves. Francesca was the leader of our expedition and she made sure we were all briefed and ready to go.
The tour exceeded our expectations!! Too hard it would have been far too challenging (for me anyway!) and too easy it would have been ... well just a bit too easy! It was just the perfect: quite a bit climbing up and down, a good amount of adrenaline pumping too; tibetan bridges/walking wires and, in all, an informative geological afternoon too. We all came out thrilled to have achieved the return journey in these wonderful caves.
I would definitely recommend the adventure well worth the money required to attend.
As a note of caution: you need to be relatively flexible to do the climb and moderately fit. there are some steep climbs and many steps. Vertigo may be an issue but our daughter - who suffers with heights - managed it all as there is only one deep wire bridge the others are relatively low (about 2-3m) Good walking shoes with grip required and a jumper but not too thick as the adventure keeps you warm!
Suitable for families. We were two parents in the early 50s and teenage children.
Enjoy it!
The tour exceeded our expectations!! Too hard it would have been far too challenging (for me anyway!) and too easy it would have been ... well just a bit too easy! It was just the perfect: quite a bit climbing up and down, a good amount of adrenaline pumping too; tibetan bridges/walking wires and, in all, an informative geological afternoon too. We all came out thrilled to have achieved the return journey in these wonderful caves.
I would definitely recommend the adventure well worth the money required to attend.
As a note of caution: you need to be relatively flexible to do the climb and moderately fit. there are some steep climbs and many steps. Vertigo may be an issue but our daughter - who suffers with heights - managed it all as there is only one deep wire bridge the others are relatively low (about 2-3m) Good walking shoes with grip required and a jumper but not too thick as the adventure keeps you warm!
Suitable for families. We were two parents in the early 50s and teenage children.
Enjoy it!
Written August 18, 2019
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refain
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Aug 2021 • Family
A short nice cave in a not crowded area, just a few italian tourists, the guide was very nice, translated in english and helped us with other questions. You can get a hitchhiking map there as well.
Written August 29, 2021
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Crumblesis
9 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
Ok place. The grotto is quite small and there is no big and impressive rooms. The guide was in both English and Italian. For French they have a pamphlet.
Written August 22, 2019
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TomasBXL
Brussels, Belgium9 contributions
Apr 2018 • Solo
Managed by a cooperative of young people from the region, they bring visitors and prosperity to a village that would otherwise be almost deserted. Very friendly guide Francesca,
particularly talented at explaining things to children. Easy access via the Aulla-Lucca railway (a branch always at risk of being closed). You can eat and walk around the nature in the surroundings.
particularly talented at explaining things to children. Easy access via the Aulla-Lucca railway (a branch always at risk of being closed). You can eat and walk around the nature in the surroundings.
Written April 2, 2018
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Gallio182
Woodland Park, CO461 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
Lots of diversity at this site. Give yourself at least an hour to visit the museum and hike the nature trails. The visit to the Stone Age Grotto is spectacular. Seeing where the river exits the underground is amazing. The artifacts in the museum are wonderfully displayed. The 55 minute tour in the cave itself was nice. The limestone formations are typical. They are working to open another 180 meters of the cave. Personally my favorite part of the cave experience was the bats swirling around. This 'air show' only happens with the first tour of the day, when they turn the lights on and the bats scurry to find darker quarters.
A great place to bring the kiddos (ages 4 and up). Adult entrance fee for the trails, museum, and cave was 7.50 Euro. Well worth it.
Caution, in the Spring, the cave may be flooded.
A great place to bring the kiddos (ages 4 and up). Adult entrance fee for the trails, museum, and cave was 7.50 Euro. Well worth it.
Caution, in the Spring, the cave may be flooded.
Written September 18, 2016
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peter_buriani
Melbourne, Australia2 contributions
Jul 2016 • Family
My daughter and I went to the grotto for an afternoon trip. A beautiful little village. We had a guided tour of the grotto that went for about 1 hour. You can also explore the archaeological site. The guide was very informative and spoke English very well. There is a lot of steps to climb both up and down. Would suggest that you need to be aware of this if you struggle doing steps. Thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend if you are in the area.
Written September 1, 2016
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PatriciaLuke
Bath, UK9 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
If you are into caves these are magnificent. According to your fitness one can choose the depth and length of your visit. You can do the 1nhour or much tougher tours. It does get crowded. Which is not my thing. But I could not help admiring it
Written September 25, 2015
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Andrew
London, UK12 contributions
Aug 2014 • Family
Tried to fit in a quick trip before dinner one night, but were advised against going into the caves without covered footwear and a warm top. So go prepared.
But well worth the trip back, the caves are quite amazing to behold, and the mind boggles when you think about the first explorers and the people that carved the paths and ladders to let us go in safely now. We were told that they couldn't do the tour in English as there wasn't time, but our guide ended up doing the whole thing again as we went just for us, which was a big bonus.
The art pieces as you go along a little odd given the setting, but quite interesting none the less, and exploring the grounds after the tour was nice too.
Overall, well worth it if you're in the area and want to see something a little different.
But well worth the trip back, the caves are quite amazing to behold, and the mind boggles when you think about the first explorers and the people that carved the paths and ladders to let us go in safely now. We were told that they couldn't do the tour in English as there wasn't time, but our guide ended up doing the whole thing again as we went just for us, which was a big bonus.
The art pieces as you go along a little odd given the setting, but quite interesting none the less, and exploring the grounds after the tour was nice too.
Overall, well worth it if you're in the area and want to see something a little different.
Written September 26, 2014
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Maurits B
Alba, Italy3 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
Very nice Italiaan tour guide who gave us the tour in English. The cave is beautiful and has a nice history. A must see for this area! Very good price (€9) as well. Bring closed shoes and a jacket or warm shirt. The cave is around 10-15 degrees Celsius.
Written July 26, 2019
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Francesca N
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Buon giorno dobbiamo andare a visitare le grotte. Mi sapete dire se c’è possibilità di stallo per il cane? Abbiamo un cagnolino al seguito. Grazie. Francesca
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Salve Francesca,
i cani di piccola taglia con trasportino chiuso possiamo tenerli in biglietteria.
Buona visita.
Milly70Como_Italia
Gravedona ed Uniti, Italy120 contributions
Quanto si impiega ad effettuare il percorso nelle grotte? Grazie
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Buongiorno,
La visita guidata in grotta dura 50/60 minuti.
Esistono anche percorsi liberi esterni e altre offerte di percorsi di tipo 'avventura'. Può trovare i dettagli sul nostro sito riportato nel nostro profilo.
Da quest'anno è attivo anche servizio di noleggio e-bike
Grazie e saluti
jessietey
Oslo, Norway2 contributions
Hi,
I am planning on bringing my family, my husband and I, our kids aged 2, 4 and 6 and my parents (we are 7) for a trip to the caves. I am struggling with the information in Italian only and was wondering if there is information in English to help me decide what is suitable for the children, perhaps the eldest could go for the caving trip?
Would appreciate any help or recommendation.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Jessie
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Hi, your reply soon, or can call us at +39 3385814482
Thanks
Sippy
Amsterdam, The Netherlands150 contributions
Dag, bestaat er morgen de mogelijkheid om de grotten te bekijken onder leiding van de Nederlands sprekende tolk? Zo ja hoe laat? Zo niet, wanneer wel? We vertrekken vrijdag weer.
Grtjs Sippy ten Brink Nederland.
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Salve, Evelin sarà in servizio per visita guidata alle grotte in olandese giovedì e venerdì. (dalle ore 10,30 alle 12 e dalle ore 14,3 alle 18)
Per ogni esigenza ci chiami al +39 338 5814482
Grazie e buona visita del nostro GeoArcheoPark
giorgior676
Reggio Emilia, Italy286 contributions
E' stata allestita l'apposita area per i cani cosi' da poter visitare le grotte con tutta la famiglia in un unica soluzione? Grazie.
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Ci spiace ma non è stato possibile, anche perché sono in corso cambiamenti e la biglietteria verrà spostata a breve in paese al Centro Visite/ApuanGeoLab.
In quel luogo sarà più semplice allestire l'area sosta per i cani decorosa e autorizzata.
Se vuole inviarci il suo contatto alla nostra email, vi terremo aggiornati.
Nel frattempo confermiamo:
I cani possono entrare nel Parco esterno e visitare i geo-percorsi, l'area museale e la mostra paleontologica della Tecchia.
All'interno delle grotte non è consentito l'accesso agli animali. Durante la visita guidata che dura circa 50'.
Alcune soluzioni, seppur parziali:
Se il cane è di piccola taglia in trasportino chiuso possiamo custodirlo presso la biglietteria.
Se il padrone del cane non è da solo, potreste invece fare la visita a turno in grotta e nell'attesa esterna visitare il parco.
Cordiali saluti
Con passeggino è
fattibile? Grazie
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Ci dispiace ma il Geo-Archeo Park non è accessibile ai passeggini. Sia i percorsi esterni che la visita in grotta hanno molti gradini e qualche asperità.
Se siete una coppia o un gruppo potreste arrivare alla reception e visitare a turno il complesso.
Zoe L
London, UK29 contributions
Hi Andreea
Are there Thermal Baths you can bath in - I get confused with the term "Terme" (no pun intended!)
Thanks
Zoe
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Dear Ms. Zoe,
in Equi Terme there is a spa with swimming pools, where the water temperature is about 20-22 degrees. It will open in the summer.
Greetings
serena d
Bologna, Italy17 contributions
fai riferimento alla macchina del terremoto? mi puoi dire di più ? grazie Serena
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Gentile Serena,
una semplice macchina di simulazione del terremoto è presente all'ApuanGeoLab, non alle grotte ma sempre nel paese di Equi Terme.
E' un piccolo Museo interattivo di Scienze della Terra che illustra la geologia ed i suoi fenomeni sulle Alpi Apuane.
Possono entrare i cani?
centrolunisost
Fivizzano, Italy17 contributions
Gentile Demetra,
i cani possono entrare nel Parco esterno e visitare i geo-percorsi, l'area museale e la mostra paleontologica della Tecchia.
All'interno delle grotte non è consentito l'accesso agli animali. Durante la visita guidata che dura circa 50' vi suggeriamo alcune soluzioni, seppur parziali: se il cane è di piccola taglia in trasportino chiuso possiamo custodirlo presso la biglietteria, diversamente, se non è da sola, potreste fare la visita a turno in grotta e nell'attesa esterna visitare il parco, sempre a turno.
Stiamo cercando di organizzare un'area apposita, ormai per la prossima stagione.
Cordiali saluti
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