Visit Lucca - 5 Things You Will Love & Hate About Lucca, Italy

Lucca, Italy is a true Tuscan gem. A walled city where you can literally take the whole family onto the walls, run on them, bike on them, picnic on them and have a great time. The city's winding streets can be a bit confusing on your first day but by the end of your stay you will know them like the back of your hand. Lucca, Italia does have some things you may not like though and this video goes through the best and the worst of Lucca, Italy.
Filmed in Lucca, Italy
Copyright Mark Wolters 2012

[woltersworld]

Glad to hear it! I love making them and am so glad that people find them helpful. Thanks for watching and all the great comments. Thanks to you! Have a great weekend!

[francesmcmullan]

As someone who used to live in lucca best and easiest way to get there is the bus. Goes straight to the centre inside the walls and super cheap plus bags just got under the bus and its easier.
Other than that agree with the points about lucca being more touristic than before and the bikes are pretty dangerous with the tourists! But i still love lucca either way

[exterminatethem]

I loved visiting Lucca. I would ride my mountain bike from Pisa to Lucca regularly. I lived in Italy for three years and enjoyed every minute.

[woltersworld]

much appreciated. we are planning to release 25 new videos over the 25 days of christmas so they will be coming fast and furious here soon :)

[stant]

Nice video...Now I will definitely visit this September...Thanks!

[TRUTHRULES]

My Great Grandparents on mom’s side are from there. I heard my Great grandmother went to church everyday. 🕊️

[AntonioRodriguez-diqz]

There are 2 train lines that go from Florence to Lucca and viceversa one with final destination "Viareggio" and one with final destination"Lucca".
If you can avoid it DO NOT take the line that goes directly to Lucca it has 1 million and one stops and gets you to Lucca in minimum 1 hour and 40 minutes(in the Summer it's much longer, especially in August ).
Take the line that ends in Viareggio from Florence, that usually is much smoother and gets you to your destination in about 1 hour and 10 or 20 minutes.
If it's the Summer take the bus at Piazzale Verdi, in August forget the train

[woltersworld]

I would love to but I have not been there since I started filming my videos :( I was there in 2008 and LOVED it!) we had a great time there, ate well, great weather, helpful tourist attractions. I have llublijana on afew of my top 10 Europe lists. fun city too. and easy to use as a base to see the rest of the country. hopefully I will be back in the next couple years to film there, so let us hope! maybe next summer if I can pull it off.

[Mariantocook]

Two great restaurants in Lucca: Trattoria Gigi, at lunch, great lucchese food, nice and efficient service, very lucchese atmosphere, very good prices. Piazza del Mercato del Carmine.

Then, very different kind of style but great fresh pasta and wonderful interesting french recipes, Paris Bohème. Beautiful place and atmosphere, fabulous service with Luis Fargione and really good cuisine from Chef Davide, the owners. I love this two restaurants. In Piazza Cittadella (Puccini's statue.)

[woltersworld]

cool. glad I can help. I have had a lot of request to head to india and I would love to go, but we are going to wait until the boys are a bit older (the youngest is 2) so we will get there, but probably not for another 2 or 3 years. We are in China now and next year we are back filming in Europe and the US so 2015 is our next "free" period :) any tips on india would be greatly appreciated by the way :)

[MassiveChetBakerFan]

Thanks for the tips! I really appreciate it.

[ChrisSmithFW]

Love your travel tips; one my faves, for sure! The wife and I will be in Munich in a few weeks for opening ceremonies. If you're around, I'd love to buy you a beer.

[msjannd]

I loved your video about Lucca, thanks so much for making it! I'd like to go to Italy next March during my spring break, and I'm just starting to "explore" different places. I've almost settled on Siena, but just stumbled upon your nice little video about Lucca...so...hmmm! I hadn't even heard of it before! Have you been to Siena? Ciao!!! Jan

[deeschaffer]

I am an American who lives in Lucca. As for the train, there are two. One leaves Florence at about 10 minutes after the hour headed for Viareggio and takes about 1 hour 30 minutes. The other is to Lucca around 38 minutes after the hour and takes 1 hr 45 minutes. There is another, but you have to change in Pisa. There is also the option of the bus which takes an hour.

[PacificaBlu]

Mark I have watched so many of your videos, how have you learned all this and travelled so much? I watched many country videos of yours.

[ericwilliams]

We were staying in Florence & decided to spend a day in Lucca. The train trip was fine. Wonderful city. Well worth the trip. Walking the walls a real highlight!

[hondarider]

@woltersworld That's great man I'm looking forward to them, I appreciate you taking the time to make these videos man

[steveee]

just back of Lucca i loved it, my day started in a bed and brakfast in rustic tuscany i was thinking first two visit Florence, at the end i made Lucca and Manorola cinque terre and drive back switzerland was amazing day.

[woltersworld]

They both are really worth visiting. If you are on a ten day break you could do siena, Florence and lucca... that would be cool :)
I really appreciate your kind words as well. hope my videos can help with your trip prep! all the best! mark

[woltersworld]

They both are really worth visiting. If you are on a ten day break you could do siena, Florence and lucca... that would be cool :)