Rich young of the city was born the idea of a parade of coaches who immediately assumed the character of taunts, which aims to expose and exorcise the problems of society.
Viareggio’s Carnival every year, celebrates the splendor for a full month of daily and nightly parties, parades with spectacular floats, local parties, masked balls and festivals of all kinds. This Carnival is a special attraction. From 5 February to 4 March 2012 All Sunday you can take part masked at Carnival.
Some hotels offer special rates in this period, even outside of Viareggio. For example, Hotel Europa in Signa (near to the train station of Signa) offers rooms from 60 to 85 euros each day. Tourists can arrive to Viareggio in an 1 hour by train and to Florence in 15 minutes by train.