The great variety of this region is reflected in a wide choice for tourism. Ortonovo, the area's main center, is a small village with a number of typically medieval buildings. Among Ortonovo's monuments, we recommend the church of San Lorenzo and the Mirteto shrine, with a stunning white marble front. Also, Nicola and Luni are of great .

While Nicola is charming for its picturesque roads, Luni is fascinating for its history. Here, nature lovers can find intact oases in the woods not far from the sea. Food connoisseurs will appreciate the local cuisine with its genuine specialities and a great variety of white and red wines already popular with the Romans.

Nicola
Nicola is situated on a gentle hill not far from Ortonovo, in the lower part of the Magra Valley. The toponym comes from the Byzantine term "Mikauria" which indicated the auriferous pyrites mine in the northern part of the region. Following a series of transformations the name became Nichola and finally Nicola. The town has a radial structure; its narrow roads offer picturesque glimpses on the central church dedicated to saints Filippo and Giacomo.

This thin, yellow little church is squeezed between the surrounding houses; it hosts an interesting wooden crux from the ancient school of Lucca, picturing a Triumphant Christ. Not far, there are the ruins of the old castle, with its tower and a church dedicated to San Guglielmo. Nicola also enjoys a wide view on the lower Val di Magra down to the sea.

Luni
Luni is absolutely a must in the Val di Magra. It used to be the most important center in the region beteween Etruscan times (VIII-III century b.C.) and the Middle Ages, when the town was an important Episcopal see. Excavations have brought back to the light a number of important items and buildings from Roman times. It is still possible to see the typical Roman structure of the town: two perpendicular roads (the "cardus maximus" and the "decumanus") crossing at the center of the square town. Just before meeting the "decumanus", the "cardus" opened into a large closed square, surrounded by arcades; the via Aurelia, which crosses the town, was separated from this square by a tree-arch porch.

Roman Luni's rich houses are unusually large; above all, they are enriched by marble floors built with stone coming from the nearby Carrara, from Greece and from Asia, which proves that Luni used to trade intensely with the rest of the Empire. Among other findings: a series of baked clay sculptures coming from some lost pediment; a series of marble portraits from the imperial period picturing Augustus, Germanicus, Nero, Agrippina the Elder and Agrippina Junior. All these perfectly preserved pieces are now in the Luni museum.