Things to do in Lucca

Must-see in Lucca

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   1. ⛪ place of worship

   Lucca Cathedral

   Lucca Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Lucca, Cattedrale di San Martino) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours in Lucca, Italy. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Lucca. (Wikipedia)

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   2. ⛪ place of worship

   Basilica of San Frediano

   The Basilica of San Frediano is a Romanesque church in Lucca, Italy, situated on the Piazza San Frediano. (Wikipedia)

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   San Michele in Foro

   San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum. Until 1370 it was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore ("Major Council"), the commune's most important assembly. It is dedicated to Archangel Michael. (Wikipedia)

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   4. ⛲ square

   Piazza dell'Anfiteatro

   Piazza dell'Anfiteatro is a public square in the northeast quadrant of the walled center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The ring of buildings surrounding the square follows the elliptical shape of the former second century Roman amphitheater of Lucca. The square can be reached through four gateways located at the four vertices of the ellipse. (Wikipedia)

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   5. 🏛️ museum

   Guinigi Tower

   The Torre Guinigi is a tower in Lucca in the region of Tuscany, central Italy. It is a typical example of local Romanesque-Gothic architecture. The height of the tower is 45 metres (148 ft) with a total of 230 steps over 28 flights to reach the top. (Wikipedia)

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   6. 🏛️ museum

   Palazzo Mansi National Museum

   The Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi is one of the two main art museum hosting tapestry collections and mainly post-19th century art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. The collection is displayed in the Baroque palace, formerly belonging to the Mansi family, and located in central Lucca. Many of the original room decorations remain in place. (Wikipedia)

🏛️ Museums in Lucca

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  Torre delle Ore

  The Torre delle Ore or Torre dell'Orologio is a clock-tower or turret clock located on Via Fillungo in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Villa Guinigi National Museum

  The Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi is the main art museum hosting the pre-modern art collections owned by the city of Lucca, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Villa Mansi, Segromigno in Monte

  Villa Mansi is a country palace and gardens located in Segromigno in Monte, near Capannori, about 12 kilometers northeast of the city of Lucca in the region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Villa Reale di Marlia

  The Villa Marlia or Villa Reale di Marlia is a late-Renaissance palazzo or villa, and its estate's property that includes renowned gardens and adjacent villas and follies within the compound. (Wikipedia)

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  Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca

  The Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca is a botanical garden located at Via del Giardino Botanico, 14, Lucca, Italy, and operated by the city. (Wikipedia)

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  Museo-casa natale di Giacomo Puccini

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Museo del fumetto e dell'immagine

  Museum in Italy

🏺 Archaeological sites in Lucca

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  Via Clodia Nova

  Roman road

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  Roman amphitheatre of Lucca

  Roman amphitheatre in Lucca, Italy

🏰 Castles and fortresses in Lucca

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  City walls of Lucca

  The walls of Lucca are a series of stone, brick, and earthwork fortifications surrounding the central city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Porta Elisa

  City wall of Lucca (Italy)

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  Porta San Donato

  City Gate in Lucca

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  Porta San Gervasio

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Porta San Jacopo

  City Gate in Lucca

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  Porta San Pietro

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Porta Sant'Anna

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Porta Santa Maria

  City Gate in Lucca

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  Porta dei Borghi

  Former City Gate in Lucca

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  Antica Porta San Donato

  Former City Gate in Lucca

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  Rocca di Ripafratta

  Rocca in Ripafratta, San Giuliano Terme, Italy

👑 Palaces in Lucca

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  Ducal Palace, Lucca

  The Ducal Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a palace in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Pretorio, Lucca

  The Palazzo Pretoria is a Renaissance-style civic office building, built mainly during 16th-centuries, located in the Piazza San Michele of central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Pfanner

  Palazzo Pfanner is a palace and a garden in Lucca, Italy, now converted into a museum of art and artifacts. (Wikipedia)

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  Zaouche Palace

  Palace of Aryanah, Tunisia

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  Palazzo Bernardini

  The Palazzo Bernardini is a Renaissance palace located on the Piazza Bernardini, diagonal from the church of San Benedetto in Gotella in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Cenami, Lucca

  The Palazzo Cenami is a Renaissance-style palace located on Via Santa Croce in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Guidiccioni

  The Palazzo Guidiccioni is a 16th-century urban palace located in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Archbishop's Palace

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Massoni Palace

  Palazzo in Lucca

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  Palazzo Tucci

  Palazzo Tucci is an 18th-century palace in central Lucca, Region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Galli Tassi

  The Palazzo Galli Tassi is an architectural complex located in the historic centre of Lucca, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Boccella

  The Palazzo Bocella is a Renaissance style palace located on Via della Fratta #36, near the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Palazzo Bartolomei

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Palazzo Brancoli Pantera

  Palace in Lucca, Italy

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  Palazzo Brancoli Busdraghi

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Palazzo Orsetti

  Historic building in Lucca, Italy

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  Palazzo Indap

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Palazzo della Magione del Tempio

  Historic building in Lucca, Italy

⛪ Churches and places of worship in Lucca

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  Church of San Francesco

  San Francesco is a former Gothic-style Roman Catholic church and monastery located in Piazza San Francesco in central Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Certosa di Farneta, Province of Lucca

  Farneta Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Farneta (also Certosa di Santo Spirito di Farneta or Certosa di Maggiano) is a Carthusian monastery (charterhouse) just north of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Sant'Alessandro, Lucca

  Sant’Alessandro Maggiore is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Basilica of St. Paulinus

  San Paolino or Santi Paolino e Donato is a Renaissance- style minor basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Giusto

  San Giusto is a church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Giulia, Lucca

  Santa Giulia is Roman Catholic church in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Salvatore (Lucca)

  San Salvatore in Mustolio is a Romanesque- style, Roman Catholic church located on Piazza of the same name in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Pieve di Brancoli

  The Pieve di San Giorgio is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic rural parish church, located in the Pieve di Brancoli sector outside of the city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Ponziano, Lucca

  San Ponziano is a Renaissance-style, former Roman Catholic church located on a piazza of the same name in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Leonardo in Treponzio

  The San Leonardo in Treponzio is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church, located along the road from neighborhood of Compito to the center of the town of Capannori in the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Pietro Somaldi, Lucca

  San Pietro Somaldi is a Gothic- style, Roman Catholic church located on a Piazza of the same name, near the location of the old medieval walls, in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Maria Corteorlandini, Lucca

  Santa Maria Corteorlandini is a Baroque- style, Roman Catholic church located on a street of the same name in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Maria Forisportam, Lucca

  Santa Maria Forisportam, also called Santa Maria Bianca, is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located on piazza Santa Maria Bianca in Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Chiesa del Suffragio

  The Church of the Suffragio (Italian: Chiesa del Suffragio) is a former Roman Catholic church in the historic centre of Lucca, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Cristoforo, Lucca

  San Cristoforo is a Romanesque and Gothic-style, former Roman Catholic church located on the narrow Via Fillungo in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Maria della Rosa, Lucca

  Santa Maria della Rosa is a Gothic- style, Roman Catholic church located on Via della Rosa in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Sant'Agostino, Lucca

  Sant'Agostino is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located in the piazza of the same name in central Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Sanctuary of Santa Gemma, Lucca

  The Santuario di Santa Gemma is a Roman Catholic church-sanctuary devoted to the local saint and mystic Gemma Galgani located on Via di Tiglio outside the medieval walls of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Romano, Lucca

  San Romano is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic Church located on Piazza San Romano in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

🎭 Theatres in Lucca

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  Teatro del Giglio

  The Teatro del Giglio (Theater of the Giglio) is the historic city theater and opera house located in Piazza del Giglio #13 and #15 in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Rossini Theatre

  Theater in Pontasserchio, San Giuliano Terme

⛲ Squares in Lucca

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  Piazza San Martino

  Square in the center of the city of Lucca, dominated mainly by the asymmetrical facade of the Duomo, dedicated to Saint Martin, with a high portico and bell tower.

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  Piazza San Michele (Lucca)

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  Piazza Napoleone

  Main square of Lucca

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  Piazza Cittadella

  Square in Lucca, Italy

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  Piazza Antelminelli

  Urban square in Lucca

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  Piazza di Santa Maria Forisportam

  Square in Lucca (Italy)

🌉 Bridges, towers and architecture in Lucca

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  Villa di Corliano

  The Palazzo al Borgo di Corliano is a villa situated near coast of Tuscany, central Italy, in the valley between Lucca and Pisa, 2 kilometres from the Spa town of San Giuliano Terme. (Wikipedia)

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  Aqueduct of Nottolini

  The Aqueduct of Nottolini is an aqueduct near the city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Villa Bottini

  Villa in Lucca, Italy

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  Caldaccoli Aqueduct

  The Caldaccoli Aqueduct was an ancient Roman aqueduct dating to the 1st century. (Wikipedia)

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  Fregionaia Hospital

  The Hospital of Fregionaia is a set of buildings in a former monastery, made into hospital for indigent, then a psychiatric hospital (ospedale psiquiatrico or manicomio), and which in 2019 lies unused and abandoned, and which is located on Via di Fregionaia in the hills outside Santa Maria a Colle - Maggiano, province of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Oak of the Witches

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  Oratorio della Madonnina

  Building in Lucca, Italy

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  Acquedotto Mediceo

  Aqueduct from Asciano (San Giuliano Terme) to Pisa

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  Lucca’s Historical Diocesan Archives

  Memory of the World inscription, submitted by Italy, added in 2011

🗿 Monuments and fountains in Lucca

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  Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto

  Sculpture by Jacopo della Quercia

🏔️ Nature around Lucca

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  Monte Cimone

  📍 41 km from Lucca

  Monte Cimone is the highest mountain in the northern Apennines, of Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Monte Pisanino

  📍 40 km from Lucca

  Monte Pisanino is the highest peak (1,946 m) in the Alpi Apuane, in Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Monte Serra

  Mountain in Italy

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  Lago di Massaciuccoli

  📍 15 km from Lucca

  Lake Massaciuccoli (Italian: Lago di Massaciuccoli [ˈlaːɡo di massaˈtʃukkoli]) is a lake in the Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Monte Tambura

  📍 37 km from Lucca

  Monte Tambura is a mountain (1,891 m) in the Alpi Apuane, in Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Monte Sagro

  📍 41 km from Lucca

  Monte Sagro (1749 m) is a mountain located in the northern part of the in the Apuan Alps or Carrara Mountains, in Tuscany, central Italy, overlooking the city of Carrara. (Wikipedia)

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  Lago di Gramolazzo

  📍 41 km from Lucca

  Lago di Gramolazzo is an artificial lake in the Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Pania della Croce

  📍 26 km from Lucca

  Pania della Croce is a mountain (1,858 m) in the Alpi Apuane, in Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Monte Corchia

  📍 27 km from Lucca

  Mountain in Italy

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  Corno alle Scale

  📍 39 km from Lucca

  Mountain in Italy

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  Cave di Fantiscritti

  📍 41 km from Lucca

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  Valle delle Fonti

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  Lago di Bientina

  📍 15 km from Lucca

  Lago di Bientina, also known as Lago di Sesto, was a lake in Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Lago di Vagli

  📍 35 km from Lucca

  Lago di Vagli is a lake in the Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Parco regionale del Corno alle Scale

  📍 42 km from Lucca

  Corno alle Scale Regional Park (Italian: Parco regionale del Corno alle Scale) is a regional park in the Bolognese Apennines, in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Monte Rondinaio

  📍 30 km from Lucca

  Mountain in Italy

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  Monte Giovo

  📍 32 km from Lucca

  Mountain in Italy

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  Monte Forato

  📍 23 km from Lucca

  Monte Forato is a mountain (1,230 m) in the Alpi Apuane, in Tuscany, central Italy. (Wikipedia)

🥾 Hiking trails near Lucca

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  Monte della Romagna

  Moderate · 4.1 km · ↑ 440 m · ~2 h

  Hiking trail from Gattaiola to Quattro Venti

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  Castel Passerino

  Moderate · 5.4 km · ↑ 580 m · ~2 h 30 min

  Hiking trail from Meati to Sacrario della Romagna

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  Le Parole d'Oro

  Moderate · 7.2 km · ↑ 553 m · ~2 h 45 min

  Hiking trail from San Quirico to Via per Santallago

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  Anello di Vorno e Coselli

  Moderate · 6.1 km · ↑ 280 m · ~2 h

  Hiking trail from Vorno to Vorno

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  Traversale di Compito

  Moderate · 6.9 km · ↑ 315 m · ~2 h 15 min

  Hiking trail from Pieve di Compito to Gallonzora

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  Anello di San Giuliano Terme

  Moderate · 5 km · ↑ 385 m · ~2 h

  Hiking trail from San Giuliano Terme to San Giuliano Terme

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  Anello di Montemagnoli

  Easy · 6.9 km · ↑ 95 m · ~2 h

  Hiking trail from Via Valdorme Nuova, incrocio Via delle Coltelline to Via Valdorme Nuova, incrocio Via delle Coltelline

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  Percorso comunale 11

  Hard · 4.6 km · ↑ 757 m · ~3 h

  Hiking trail from Rifugio Ninfa to Monte Cimone

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  Anello del Torrino

  Easy · 6.8 km · ↑ 190 m · ~2 h

  Hiking trail from Chiesa di Martignana to Chiesa di Martignana

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  Agnano – Foce di Calci

  Easy · 4 km · ↑ 680 m · ~2 h 45 min

  Hiking trail from Agnano to Foce di Calci

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  San Bernardo – Via di Pari

  Easy · 4 km · ↑ 250 m · ~1 h 30 min

  Hiking trail from San Bernardo to Via di Pari

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  Caprona – San Bernardo

  Easy · 12 km · ↑ 875 m · ~4 h 30 min

  Hiking trail from Caprona to San Bernardo

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  Vicopisano – Col di Cincia

  Easy · 5.3 km · ↑ 360 m · ~2 h

  Hiking trail from Vicopisano to Col di Cincia

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  Arni – Passo Sella

  Hard · 6 km · ↑ 742 m · ~3 h 15 min

  Hiking trail from Arni to Passo Sella

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  Vaccareccie – Passo Boccaia

  Hard · 5.9 km · ↑ 772 m · ~3 h 15 min

  Hiking trail from Vaccareccie to Passo Boccaia

🧭 Worth seeing around Lucca

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  Leaning Tower of Pisa

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza, - ˈpiːsa]), or simply the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa), is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. (Wikipedia)

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  Piazza del Duomo, Pisa

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  9-acre) compound in central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of the finest architectural complexes in the world. (Wikipedia)

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  Pisa Cathedral

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Pisa Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Pisa), officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a medieval Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldest of the three structures in the plaza followed by the Pisa Baptistry and the Campanile known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (Wikipedia)

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  Baptistry of San Giovanni

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  The Pisa Baptistery of St. (Wikipedia)

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  Camposanto Monumentale

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  The Camposanto Monumentale ("Monumental Cemetery"), also Camposanto Vecchio ("Old Cemetery") or simply Campo Santo, is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Pisa Botanic Garden and Museum

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  The Orto botanico di Pisa, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pisa, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Pisa, and located at via Luca Ghini 5, Pisa, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Maria della Spina

  📍 18 km from Lucca

  Santa Maria della Spina is a small church in the Italian city of Pisa. (Wikipedia)

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  Collodi

  📍 12 km from Lucca

  Collodi is a part of the municipality of Pescia in the Tuscany region of central Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  National Museum of San Matteo

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  The National Museum of San Matteo in Pisa (Museo Nazionale di San Matteo) displays works from historic ecclesiastical buildings in the city and Province of Pisa. (Wikipedia)

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  Knights' Square

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Piazza dei Cavalieri (lit. (Wikipedia)

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  Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri is a church in central Pisa, located on Piazza dei Cavalieri (Knights' Square). (Wikipedia)

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  Santo Sepolcro

  📍 18 km from Lucca

  The Church of the Santo Sepolcro (Italian: Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro, literally "church of the holy sepulchre") is an octagonal church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Ponte della Maddalena

  📍 15 km from Lucca

  Ponte della Maddalena is a deck arch bridge crossing the Serchio river near the town of Borgo a Mozzano in the Italian province of Lucca. (Wikipedia)

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  San Frediano

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  San Frediano is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Cristina

  📍 18 km from Lucca

  Santa Cristina is a Neoclassical-style, Roman Catholic church in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Paper Museum in Pescia

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  The Paper Museum in Pescia (Tuscany, Italy) (Italian: Museo della Carta di Pescia) is the only museum in Tuscany that records, documents, protects, and passes down to the public the art of handmade paper. (Wikipedia)

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  San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno

  📍 18 km from Lucca

  San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno (St. (Wikipedia)

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  Pescia Cathedral

  📍 15 km from Lucca

  Pescia Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Pescia; Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta e di San Giovanni Battista) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Pescia, Tuscany, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and to Saint John the Baptist. (Wikipedia)

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  Santa Caterina

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Santa Caterina d'Alessandria is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  San Rossore Park

  📍 20 km from Lucca

  Natural reserve in Tuscany, Italy

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  Palazzo della Carovana

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Palazzo della Carovana (also Palazzo dei Cavalieri) is a palace in Knights' Square, Pisa, Italy, presently housing the main building of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. (Wikipedia)

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  San Zeno

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  San Zeno is a church and a former abbey in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. (Wikipedia)

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  Medicina

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Frazione of Pescia, Italy

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  Pietrabuona

  📍 17 km from Lucca

  Frazione of Pescia, Italy

Other destinations nearby

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  Pisa

  18 km away

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  Florence

  60 km away