Guidebook for Lucca
Food Scene
This is probably the best pizzeria in town. Try their special "cecina" made of chick pea flour. Wide choice of focaccia bread stuffed with fresh seasonal ingredients. You can take away or eat on the spot since there are many tables inside and outside.
32 locals recommend
Itaco Pizza | Beyond flavours
58 Via S. PaolinoThis is probably the best pizzeria in town. Try their special "cecina" made of chick pea flour. Wide choice of focaccia bread stuffed with fresh seasonal ingredients. You can take away or eat on the spot since there are many tables inside and outside.
It's probably the oldest restaurant in town. Still run by the family, it's an institution in town. A dinner here is kind of a must.
54 locals recommend
Trattoria da Giulio
45 Via delle ConceIt's probably the oldest restaurant in town. Still run by the family, it's an institution in town. A dinner here is kind of a must.
Drinks & Nightlife
If you are wine lover, you cannot miss toi stop at Vanni's. Wide choice of labels. Ask to visit their underground canteen. It will be impressive!
18 locals recommend
Enoteca Vanni
7 P.za del SalvatoreIf you are wine lover, you cannot miss toi stop at Vanni's. Wide choice of labels. Ask to visit their underground canteen. It will be impressive!
Sightseeing
it's the most beautiful square in town. It was the roman amphitheatre. Now this amazing oval shaped square is surrounded by shops and houses as well as bars and restaurants.
222 locals recommend
Piazza Del Carmine
2 Piazza del Carmineit's the most beautiful square in town. It was the roman amphitheatre. Now this amazing oval shaped square is surrounded by shops and houses as well as bars and restaurants.
It's the only tower with trees on top. Even only for this reason it worth the climbing. Great view over the city and its roofs.
141 locals recommend
Guinigi Tower
Via Sant'AndreaIt's the only tower with trees on top. Even only for this reason it worth the climbing. Great view over the city and its roofs.
Parks & Nature
Lovely botanical garden to see local plants, trees and flowers.
78 locals recommend
Orto Botanico Comunale
14 Via del Giardino BotanicoLovely botanical garden to see local plants, trees and flowers.
Arts & Culture
This is a national museum. It exposes one of the richest and most interesting collections of works of art produced by artists born in Lucca and foreigners artists that worked in the city for the private or Church commissions. The core of the collection are the paintings who were originally Church property combined by the finds from excavations in the city, new acquisitions, gifts and deposits of various entities. In the late Gothic Villa, which was the home of Paolo Guinigi, Lord of Lucca in the first thirty years of the fifteenth Century (1400-1430) the exhibition traces the history of the city: from the eighth century BC of the archaeological collection, to the paintings of the late 18th.
82 locals recommend
National Museum of Villa Guinigi
4 Via della QuarquoniaThis is a national museum. It exposes one of the richest and most interesting collections of works of art produced by artists born in Lucca and foreigners artists that worked in the city for the private or Church commissions. The core of the collection are the paintings who were originally Church property combined by the finds from excavations in the city, new acquisitions, gifts and deposits of various entities. In the late Gothic Villa, which was the home of Paolo Guinigi, Lord of Lucca in the first thirty years of the fifteenth Century (1400-1430) the exhibition traces the history of the city: from the eighth century BC of the archaeological collection, to the paintings of the late 18th.
Essentials
This is one of the closest minimarket to the apartment to buy your groceries
18 locals recommend
Pam local Lucca
16/18 Via S. PaolinoThis is one of the closest minimarket to the apartment to buy your groceries
Getting Around
From Piazzale Giuseppe Verdi you can take the bus from / to Florence, Pisa, Barga, Viareggio and Castelnuovo Garfagnana. Have fun choosing your destination for a day trip to discover the province of Lucca or nearby cities.
17 locals recommend
Biglietteria di Lucca Clap e VaiBus
4 Piazzale Giuseppe VerdiFrom Piazzale Giuseppe Verdi you can take the bus from / to Florence, Pisa, Barga, Viareggio and Castelnuovo Garfagnana. Have fun choosing your destination for a day trip to discover the province of Lucca or nearby cities.