Immediately to the south east is the Garfagnana, which is the narrow volley of the river Serchio between the Apuan Alps and the watershed formed by the Apennines. To the south west, there is the somewhat fiat, sandy coastal area of the Versilia, with its pinewoods and its beaches, once fashionable and to some extent still so. With its centre at Viareggio, historically speaking this area is linked to one of the three great ‘capitals’ of the region, Lucca. This same city is the centre for the lower volley of the Serchio the Lucchesia and the Valdinievole which includes the towns of Pescia and Collodi.