History lovers will find Lucca has examples of all the periods, architectural styles and art that italy and Europe have gone through: the Antiquity still keeps ruins of its amphitheatre, the Middle Ages has churches witnessing the power of the feudal nobility and the Catholic Church and the Renaissance in the Modern era left its traces in its walls.
Nature engulfs this lovely town: the hillscape of Tuscany with its rolling shapes dotted here and there with cypresses and carpeted with olive groves and vineyards. The section devoted to excursions affords webpages, telephones and addresses of tour operators that can guide visitors around the town and surrounding area to make the most of its history and nature.
The hometown of Puccini cannot but honour its son in concerts held all year round.
These virtual pages give readers a guide to the sights in Lucca, a little of history about them and explain the reason why they have become so highly regarded. They wiill also find out what the best places to Stay, organized by stars, are. The section Climate and When to Go will make sure they choose the best season or moment to relish a festival or event of their like. Many useful sections provide travellers with useful insformation such as how safe Lucca is, how much they may expect to spend during their stay and How to Get to it with all the means of transport, lengths and timetables to do it.
