The Hotel Burlamacco gets its name from the city of Viareggio’s official carnival mask. Located centrally in Viareggio – 400 meters from the train station and 500 mt. from the seaside – the Burlamacco is a small but charming B&B – a 2 star family-run hotel. Made up of 9 rooms, each with private bath and air conditioning, telephone, satellite TV and mini-bar, it offers a pleasant and relaxing welcome any time of the year.
You can actually stay at Hotel – B&B Burlamacco during the famous Viareggio Carnival, for the entire summer season, enjoying the cool air from the adjacent pine forest, or any other time of the year, considering the ever-moderate climate that you will find in this splendid little city.
Viareggio is located right on the coast and is known for a massive tourist presence during the summer and for Carnival which takes place every year, and has for 130 years, with its parade of floats along the boardwalk, as well as other various events. Viareggio is also an active industrial center and known around the world for its shipyard, that brags each year of the arrival of the most noted and wealthy ship-owners and international jet-setters. Other noteworthy events are the Premio Letterario di Vareggio (Literary Award), the Pucciniano Festival and the youngest, but in no way less fascinating, the Gaber Festival in August.
