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Private Walk through the Lucca Walls
Private Walk through the Lucca Walls
Private Walk through the Lucca Walls
Private Walk through the Lucca Walls
Private Walk through the Lucca Walls

Private Walk through the Lucca Walls

By Michela Di Francesco
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$265 per traveller* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The tour highlights the artistic heritage of the city of Lucca. Several artistic sites will be visited in order to reconstruct the history of the city following a chronological order. It is therefore a classic tour that gives all those who visit Lucca for the first time the opportunity to get to know the places and characters that have characterised its history: from the first construction of the walls to the creation of Piazza Napoleone.
There will be some curiosities ….. and goodies.

Activity location

  • Porta di Santa Maria
    • Piazza S. Maria, 42
    • 55100, Lucca, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Specialità da Piero
    • Porta San Maria
    • 55100, Lucca, Toscana, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Private Walk through the Lucca Walls in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • Opening hours: Thu 9:30 am-12:30 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$264.90 x 1 TravellerAU$264.90

Total
Price is AU$264.90

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedCity map with detailed route included
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe various consumptions during the coffee break are not included in the price.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Porta di Santa Maria
  • 15m
Brief introduction on the birth of the city of Lucca then the history of the walls from the Roman era to the Renaissance era.
Borgo Gate
  • 5m
Short stop in front of the Porta dei Borghi, a surviving gate of the medieval walls, located at the entrance to via Fillungo.
Piazza Anfiteatro
  • 15m
Square where once stood the Roman amphitheatre.
Basilica of San Frediano
  • 10m
Brief description of the Basilica, without internal visit.
Via Fillungo
  • 5m
Later we will head to Via Fillungo passing through via Fontana where the Pozzo di Santa Zita is located.
Torre delle Ore
  • 5m
Brief description of the Torre delle Ore and its legend starring the beautiful Lucida Mansi.
Chiasso Barletti (Pass by)
.. alley that has maintained an unaltered medieval air while preserving the typical T-shaped shops.
Piazza San Michele
  • 30m
Heart of the city. Description of its function from the foundation of Luke in Roman times to the present day. Coffee break and with the possibility of buying typical Lucca gastronomic products.
Piazza Cittadella
  • 15m
Statue of the famous Giacomo Puccini. Brief description of his birthplace and the possibility of shopping in the Puccini 'Bookshop'.
Corte del Pesce
  • 10m
Typical medieval court ... description of its function.
Piazza Napoleone
  • 15m
Called Piazza Grande by Lucca. Description from the first construction of the palace, once a castle, of the captain and lord of Lucca, Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli; the construction of the square with Napoleon's sister, Elisa Baciocchi, up to the current 'Summer Festival' music concert festival.
Lucca's Duomo (Cattedrale di San Martino)
  • 20m
Passing by the Teatro dei Gigli and the first cathedral of Lucca, Ss. Giovanni and Reparata, we head towards the cathedral of San Martino, a church full of sculptures and inscriptions that make the memory of medieval Lucca indelible.
Porta San Pietro
  • 5m
End of the classic tour of Lucca. Possibility to be accompanied to the starting point: train station or Porta Santa Maria passing through the path above the walls.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPorta di Santa Maria
    • Piazza S. Maria, 42
    • 55100, Lucca, Italy, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESpecialità da Piero
    • Porta San Maria
    • 55100, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLELucca
    • 15 Viale Camillo Benso Cavour
    • 55100, Lucca, Toscana, Italy

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