Michael Satterfield
Forte dei Marmi/S. Agata Bolognese, 8th May 2013 – This morning, at 9
a.m. on the dot, the 350 vehicles taking part in the Lamborghini Grand Tour
started their engines and set off towards Forte dei Marmi. Leaving the parc
fermè in Milan, capital of Italian design, fashion, and finance and starting
point of the Grand Tour behind them, the roaring supercars from the House of
the Raging Bull set off towards Forte dei Marmi, one of the most exclusive and
fashionable resorts on the Tyrrhenian coast and birthplace of the Italian
bourgeoisie’s luxury vacations of the 1960s.
The convoy covered 270 km, taking in the breathtaking scenery of the Aveto
Natural Regional Park and the Trebbia River valley, described by Hemingway as
one of the most beautiful in the world, stopping for lunch at the Saint
Columbanus Monastery in Bobbio. On reaching their destination, the Lamborghini
cavalcade parked up in Forte dei Marmi’s “living room” – Piazza Marconi, right in the center of town – to the surprise and admiring glances of residents and holidaymakers who are usually no strangers to seeing powerful cars driving through.
This evening, the club Capannina di Franceschi, meeting place for bon vivants from Italy and around the world, will open its doors to the 700 participants of the Grand Tour, letting them relive the atmosphere of the clamorous Italian 1960s.
