Lucca Travel Blogs

Lucca is a fully walled city which was on my way to Bologna.  I thought it would be neat to see and felt that I had experinced the Cinque Terre enough, as beautiful as it is.My train ride was again a bit long, this time because I hit a stroke of bad luck.  I didn't check the train schedul…

I drove by car from Amsterdam Holland to Lucca. There I discovered a beautifull hotel! Actually it's a "privately" run mansion on the hills in the neighbourhood of lucca called "la cappella (www.lacappellalucca.it) with a swimming pool with beautifull views! A superb breakfast and very nice people!…

Did this trip back in October 2006 Had planned on going over to go to game, but with the date of the fixture with Livorno worked in that the kids were off for their October holiday so we decided to make a holiday of it. Spoke to my mate, who does a fair bit of work over there, and he pointed …

Except today, children, we will be visiting the town of Lucca.  And there is no second floor.  Only a super awesome medieval wall surrounding the city that was filled in by Princess Elisa Bacciocchi to create a city park circling the city.  Well done, princess.  Well done. Lucc…

More proof of why Italy is my favourite country!

The youth Hostel of Lucca is fantastic. It´s well located, inside the walls of the old city (Lucca is one of few north Italy´s cities with walls surrounding the whole center) and huge! It was once a school, and has been reformed. A very good choice if you want to discover liguria coast and nearby…

In the summer of 2007 we made a short trip to Italy. Cernobbio, San Giuliano Terme, Florence.

Sydney-Japan, Japan-Italy, Italy-London, London-Japan, Japan-Sydney. Five weeks. Incredible

I arrived in Lucca in the morning having no idea where I was heading. I saw a guy with a similar backpack as mine and asked if he was going to the same hostel. Turns out he was and he didn't know where he was going with. Perfecto! We ended up finding the hostel and hanging out together for the res…

On Friday I headed out to a weekend trip to Lucca. I had been there once before but only for a moment really. All I could really remember were the walls and that it was beautiful.   The day started out pretty gloomy but by the time I had reached Lucca it was downright hot! After fi…

Visiting Firenze and Lucca for a day each in May 2008 and staying with my buddy in Firenze.

For the past 4 years I have spent 1-2 weeks in Florence, Italy. I love the city, the atmosphere and the sites. It is such a great place and I always have a blast. This year the plan is to stay for almost 3 weeks!

Two weeks with my friends from high school flew by in Tuscany.  Time has a different meaning in the countryside, when you wake up around 11, make breakfast, swim, visit the local store, then make yourself dinner.  And that's your day.

I'm studying in Florence for three weeks, then off to Parma until January. I decided to do this mini blog/ pictures for anyone who is interested.

Lucca is a walled city and some.  Parking the car we walk up to the city walls and in.    Cobbled narrow streets, clean but too narrow for cars and people, but there are both.  At the top there is a huge eliptical centre surrounded by buildings that was once a Roman am…