The choice of restaurants at Colonnata is bit limited and when one wants pasta, the menu selections with the restaurants are quite similar. Each of the restaurants has also something made with lardo, the local specialty. I made my choice between 4 of the restaurants, all close to each other as the village is small. I made my choice based... More

I booked here on the basis of other reviews on Tripadvisor. A colleague was vacationing with his family from the UK, and wanted to see me before flying later in the day from Pisa. I wanted to take them somewhere a bit special and Colonnata, with its history and the surrounding marble mines high in the Apuan Alps seemed like... More

We had lunch there on a Friday in late October. Surprisingly, there were only two other groups of diners. The food was very good. One of the most unusual places I have ever been to and definitely worth the drive. More

Set way above the city of Carrara in a tiny, mountain town called Colonnata, Da Venanzio is a find. We have been coming here several times a year, when we are here in Italy for the summer. The pictures should speak "more than a thousand words". In French they say "Vaut un detour", it's worth the detour, and it's quite... More

home of lardo di colonnata, a real speciality... within the marble caves of Carrara More