{"id":53,"date":"2012-05-03T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T15:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitapisa.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:14:37","slug":"lucca-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitapisa.com\/en\/lucca-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucca has one of the most beautiful example of modern wall system still intact, with a wild road running along the top of the walls. Lucca will surprise you with its lovely ambience and you will always find something special out walking through the streets of this city. The exclusive ancient palaces give to Lucca a very chic and refined style in line with the sober lifestyle of its inhabitants. The squares being not present in a large number, it makes you surprised to find a space carved out in the maze of streets. A tradition says that there are a hundred churches in the city. The ambience of Lucca is unequalled and its strong and special identity made Lucca able to keep free and independent for the largest part of its history before Italy became a nation.<\/p>\n

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HALF DAY TOUR <\/strong>: the tour guide is at your disposal for maximum three hours, starting from the time that guide and visitors agreed for the appointment.
\nThe length of the tour may differ according to the different itineraries the client agrees with the guide. A customized tour may be created on request, starting from classic tours showed in this website: www.visitapisa.com .
\nThere is also the opportunity of booking a tasting of local typical products or a full meal.<\/p>\n

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The visit starts from the walls, in order to have an outlook onto the buildings, the private terraces and gardens and to understand the feeling of protection and density that Lucca offers to its inhabitants and visitors. Starting from this symbolic depart you will go exploring the buildings with their architectural history and their famous inhabitants history ( like the composer Giacomo Puccini ). You will visit the Duomo di San Martino (St Martin\u2019s Cathedral), where there is the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, and the San Frediano\u2019s church, with the centuries-old relic of the Volto Santo, the Holy Face. You will go back and forward through the history of the city, visiting the Roman Piazza dell\u2019Anfiteatro and the 19th century Piazza Napoleone. Walking through the city streets you will discover the other marvellous treasure of the city: the chiassi, the Canto d’Arco, the sorche de’ cuoiai\u2026<\/p>\n

TICKETS:<\/strong>
\nIf you wish to visit the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto in the Cathedral vestry.<\/p>\n

Budget on demand.<\/p>\n

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FULL DAY TOUR<\/strong> : the tour guide is at disposal of the clients for maximum six hours. The six hours can be diveded in two parts or more, according to the itinerary chosen or for having a break (a launchbreak or shopping time, for exemple) The length of the tour may differ according to the different itineraries the client agrees with the guide. A customized tour may be created on request, starting from classic tours showed in this site: www.visitapisa.com . There is also the possibility of reserving a tasting of local typical products or a full meal.<\/p>\n

\u00a0If you are interested in spending more time in Lucca, a walk on the road which runs along the top of the walls is introduced in the visit plan. From this privileged panoramic viewpoint, you will discover the magnificent Villa Pfanner, the botanical garden, the Setaioli\u2019s quarter, and other interesting and beautiful treasures of Lucca. You will be able to widen the itinerary and multiplicate the number of stops in the different point of interest, as the very particular Guinigi tower with live oak trees on the top or the Art nouveau decorations of many shops in the city centre or other churches ( e.g. San Somaldi, Santa Maria Nera)<\/p>\n

TICKETS: <\/strong>
\nIf you wish to visit the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto in the Cathedral vestry.
\nBudget on demand.<\/p>\n

The FULLDAY solution can also include:
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\nCATHEDRAL\u2019S MUSEUM<\/strong>: it is formed of the Cathedral\u2019s sacristy (where there is the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto), the Cathedral museum, the church of SS.Giovanni e Reparata.
\nTickets: budget on demand.<\/p>\n

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PALAZZO MANSI:<\/strong> this museum is housed in a luxurios mansion that shows how the habitations of the merchants looked in the 17th century. Lounges and sitting rooms, tapestries and a painting collection that Pietro Leopoldo II Lorena donated to Lucca.
\nTickets: budget on demand.<\/p>\n

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