IT · Tuscany · 43.84°N 10.50°E

lucca

Tree-lined city walls to cycle, an oval piazza and a tower with oak trees on top.

Best time
April–June and September–October are good for cycling and walking. July–August is hot; late autumn is wetter, and the Lucca Comics & Games festival packs the town in late October and early November.
How long
1–2 days
Getting there
Fly with one stop to Pisa, usually via Istanbul or Dubai, about 16–18 hours all in. Trains from Pisa Centrale reach Lucca in about 30 minutes, and Florence is about 1.5 hours away by train. Italy is 6 hours behind KL in summer and 7 in winter.
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Lucca, Italy

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Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each.

Lucca sits inside a ring of Renaissance walls so wide they're now a tree-lined park. Ride a bike round the top, climb the tower with trees on its roof, then wander the lanes and churches inside.

Makan

  1. Tordelli lucchesiLucca's big half-moon ravioli under meat sauce; the meat filling usually includes pork.Map ↗
  2. BuccellatoThe town's sweet ring-shaped bread with raisins and aniseed.Map ↗
  3. CastagnaccioA flat cake of chestnut flour with pine nuts and rosemary, baked in autumn and winter.Map ↗

Things to do

  1. The city wallsA 4 km loop along the top of the ramparts, shaded by trees and best done by bike.Map ↗
  2. Piazza dell'AnfiteatroAn oval square of houses built into the outline of a Roman amphitheatre.Map ↗
  3. Guinigi TowerA medieval tower with holm oaks growing on its roof.Map ↗
  4. San Michele in ForoA church with a tall, lacy white marble front, on the site of the Roman forum.Map ↗

Good to know

  • Hire a bike near the gates: the walls are flat, car-free and the easiest way to get your bearings.
  • Cars can't enter the old town without a permit, so park outside the walls.
  • Halal food is scarce inside the walls; pizza, seafood and the bakery sweets are the easy options.

Last checked October 2026. Things change, so check opening times, fees and transport before you go.