Discover the five picturesque villages of Cinque Terre scattered along a beautiful stretch of the Mediterranean coast, listed among the most famous and beautiful World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
You will visit at leatst 3 villages but if the weather allow us we will visit 4 villages of the five
SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE HISTORICAL CENTER AND WALLS OF LUCCA ON FOOT
If you are individual travelers, families or small groups and are curious to discover the monuments, squares, artistic beauties, the most famous characters and stories of Lucca, but also the secret passages and curiosities of this surprising city, follow one of our official tour guides on a fun and interesting guided walking tour of Lucca and the city walls.
Includes a map with descriptions of the main monuments.
The departure of the walking tour is also available from your accommodation in Lucca.
Difficulty: Very Easy - Walls and historic center
Colle di Bordocheo is nestled in a beautiful panoramic location on the hills of Segromigno in Monte.
We are an organic farm that produce wine, extra virgin olive oil and we welcome who wishes to discover and savour the beauty of this enchanting corner of Tuscany.
Our location is truly to be envied, offering stunning views across the valley and extraordinary sunsets. Our guests can enjoy a walking tours in the garden, which fades into typical vineyards and olive groves, before to start with the tasting of wine and olive oil.
It’s A FAMILY HISTORY ! We will be glad to tell your during your visit
Hosted through Cozymeal, this 4-course cooking class in Lucca invites you into a welcoming restaurant in the historic center. Led by a local culinary expert, you’ll explore refined Italian flavors and techniques through a menu featuring antipasti, risotto, veal and dessert.
The menu you will prepare includes:
- First course: Beef carpaccio, rustic tartare and buffalo mozzarella with tomato blend
- Second course: Risotto with four options, including saffron and shrimp, porcini mushroom, radicchio with speck and Gorgonzola, or squid ink with seafood
- Third course: Veal scaloppine cooked four ways, with variations such as sage, lemon and wild mushrooms
- Dessert: Creamy semifreddo with caramelized almonds
This class combines authentic recipes with chef-led instruction in a refined yet accessible setting, offering both a cultural journey and a memorable dining experience.
The only Carrara marble tour that allows you to get in a real cave.
Nice to meet you!
We are drivers and tour leaders... we would like to show you an hidden gem of Tuscany!
I will pick you up with my professional van from the area of Lucca or Pisa and I will bring you up on the mountain of Carrara.
We will reach the cave and we will jump in a 4x4 Jeep that can drive us inside.
A professional tour guide will explain you everything about the story of this legendary place: not only how they work and they extract the marble, but also how they are producing a special wine or how to recognize a real Carrara marble from a fake one.
At the end of tour, we will get out from the cave and I will drive you up in the little village of Colonnata: a very small and authentic place famous for a very tasty kind of salami... "lardo di colonnata" !
I can bring you in the best food shop to buy a piece of lard or try to book a local restaurant for a tasting!
A tour off the beaten path :)
Enjoy the highlights of Pisa and Florence together with our professional driver!
Directly from your accommodation a full day tour by a comfortable Mercedes vehicle! As an option we might stop in a winery for Wine Tastings!
We will visit Pisa in the morning then off to Florence to enjoy the main attractions in the city center: Cathedral Square (Duomo), Republic Square, Signoria Square, Pontevecchio and the famous Leather Market. Later on if you wish we will leave the city to head to Tuscany for wine tastings! The best of Tuscany in a day!
We will select on of our favorite wineries for you!
NOTE: wine tastings and light lunch are not included and will have to be paid directly on spot (optional)
VISIT LUCCA, THE WALLS AND TASTE THE TYPICAL PRODUCTS OF THE TOWN
Explore Lucca by bike in small groups and taste typical local products. Lucca is surrounded by Renaissance cycle walls and is known as "the city of 100 churches", but also for its food, both sweet and salty.
During this relaxing tour you will discover the main attractions such as the Cathedral of San Martino, Church of San Michele, Piazza Napoleone, Piazza Anfiteatro and part of the walls always accompanied by our friendly guide.
You will stop at a traditional delicatessen where you will taste Tuscan appetizers accompanied by a glass of wine and, after a short ride, seated again in one of the historic pastry shops where you will also taste sweets from Lucca.
Enjoy the visit of the most beautiful medieval villages in Tuscany with us: Siena and San Gimignano. Admire the lovely and stunning views driving in the beautiful Tuscan countryside. Discover the vibrant local life, the colorful pottery shops and the tallest towers of San Gimignano. In Siena will learn all the secrets about the famous horse race “Palio” and Campo square. A special guided Chianti wine sampling and the visit of a famous wine estate will be reserved for you. Small group, more flexibility and attention for you.
I am Simone Vergamini, "Best Sommelier of Tuscany 2023", 3rd place at the Best Sommelier of Italy 2018, 2021 and 2022, and it will be a pleasure to accompany you to discover the best wineries. During the journeys I will tell you the history of the area and its traditions, the vines and the peculiarities of the area. It will be a pleasure to answer your questions and I will put all my knowledge at your service so that you return home enriched.
We will visit a winery representative of the beautiful countryside around the city of Lucca, usually Valle del Sole a Cappella (LU) and after visiting the winery, you will be welcomed in the tasting room or on the panoramic terrace to enjoy a light lunch based on local products that includes all the wines produced by the company.
I’m a young entrepreneur running our family business.
Our winery is located in a small monastery dating back to the late 1700s. Here, we carry on our small project, born out of passion and dedication to tradition.
The atmosphere evokes ancient times and old customs, making the entire experience intimate and familiar.
The tour begins with an introduction to who we are and the story of our winery.
You'll then be guided through the cellar.
At the end, you'll enjoy a light lunch and, of course, a tasting of our wines :)
Everything is personally hosted by the owners.
Enoteca Vanni is the oldest wine shop in the city of Lucca, it was founded in 1965 by the grandfather of the current owner Paolo Petroni. It is a unique place where time seems to slow down and the history of wine mixes with the enveloping atmosphere of our underground cellars. During the time you spend here you will live a unique sensory experience: the tasting guided by the sommelier which includes the tasting of four wines and will take place in the barrel vaulted tasting room, where you will be surrounded by numerous bottles that the cellar houses.
An interactive course with the possibility of tasting. With the help of the master ice cream maker you will discover how to recognize a real artisan ice cream from an industrial ice cream.
Don't lose the opportunity to become a "pizzaiolo" (pizza-maker) and a great tiramisu maker! Enter a local home, connect with an expert home cook and discover how Italian mamma and nonnas used to prepare awesome pizza at home.
With this small group hands-on cooking class, you will learn how to make pizza and tiramisù from scratch from a real Italian family. To complete your feast, enjoy what you have prepared for lunch or dinner with a selection of local wine included.
Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test and amaze your friends and family with a pizza party once you come back home!
This experience is suitable for families with children of all ages.
Le Cesarine is Italy’s oldest network of home cooks all over the country in more than 120 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.
Travel from Lucca in a comfortable minivan in order to reach the Tuscan Hills.
Visit a winery and taste a selection of red and white wine combined with some local products.
The tasting at Cantalici is a way to immerse yourself in a family atmosphere to discover typical wines of the Chianti Classico production area, an experience that allows you to rediscover ancient flavors and the love for creating a product that contains the history of an entire family.
You have the possibility to taking a guided tour in the vinification area and aging cellar with explanation of production processes, history and company philosophy.
Not just wine! The guided tour leads to the discovery of an ancient brick kiln dating back to the early 1500s - past, present and future!
It ends with the tasting of 6 wines, accompanied by crackers, taralli and bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil.
The guided tour allows visitors to learn about the evolution of military engineering in Italy from the 13th to the 17th centuries. Visiting the interior of the bastions is like entering the ‘bowels’ of the Walls of Lucca which, incidentally, were never used for defensive purposes. The immense brick vaults of the galleries, built for the purpose of hiding the heavy bronze cannons, are spectacular and breathtaking.
DISCOVER LUCCA AND THE WALLS HAVING FUN
Do not miss this fantastic opportunity to reach all the interesting points of the city centre and its 4.2 km of walls in a single tour. You can choose the tour by city bike in the morning or the ebike tour in the afternoon.
Take the chance to explore Lucca by bike with an expert tour guide, the best way to visit the town center. The city walls protect the center from the traffic of motor vehicles and offer a fascinating trail around.
After a ride on top of the walls, you can see the most important attractions. A local tour guide will show you Piazza San Michele, Piazza Anfiteatro, Torre Guinigi. Piazza Anfiteatro is an elliptical open space, built on the ruins of the ancient Roman amphitheater during the 2nd century. Today the square is host to many shops, bars and restaurants. The tour continues through the street of antique shops, via del Battistero, Cattedrale San Martino, the main square Piazza Napoleone and Piazza del Giglio.
Music and Giacomo Puccini are two points of reference tied to history and harmony. To acquaint oneself with Lucca, they can also be perceived as two of the fundamental elements generated by a territory rich in history, culture, and tradition.
Visitors will be surprised to discover how many other artists have left mementos of their passage through Lucca and how many major events have been held here, to present day. Past musicians like Boccherini, Paganini and contemporary ones like Chet Baker and The Rolling Stones, to name a few, have all been protagonists in Lucca’s still vibrant musical journey.
Our guided tour consists of a pleasant stroll through town, accompanied by excerpts of the artists’ most significant and famous compositions.
So, in addition to getting to know the history of Lucca, it will be possible to become acquainted with the musicians, hear anecdotes about their lives and the places in town connected to them, including the Puccini Museum and the Teatro del Giglio.
Five small fishing villages scattered on the cliff of Mediterranean sea, not bad isn’t it?
If your dream is to discover all the hidden corners of a natural paradise, this is your tour.
I will pick you up at your accommodation with my professional van, and I will bring you in the two most beatiful towns of the natural park of Cinque Terre.
Usually is impossible to drive there, but thanks to our professional license, I can drive you as close as we can to the main attractions of the tour... but always be prepare to walk because it is a very wild place!
It will be like watching the view from the eyes of a local.
Prepare your smartphone to the best picturesque view of your vacation! The coloured houses and the clear blue sea are just stunning in Cinque Terre.
One of the most important moment in a tour in Tuscany must be a good meal: you can eat something quick or let us organize you a special lunch tasting some local specialties, like mussels or pasta with pesto sauce :)
Are you ready?
The only authentic wine tour in Lucca.
Two wineries. Two different ways of making wines, different opinions, and different methods, but united by the same aim: producing the best wine of Lucca.
I will pick you up in Lucca with my van, and I will drive you through the hills of Tuscany.
We'll start our visit with a walk in the vineyard and we will visit the cellar where you will discover all the secrets about Tuscan wine, thanks to the explanations and the life stories of the farmers.
Two very different places but united by the same passion for the Tuscan wine and the territory.
At the end, you will taste the wines of the production.
At the second winery, every wine will be matched with products from the garden and some specialties, like salami or pecorino cheese of Tuscany... a dip in the Tuscan table culture!
No luxury, just authenticity.
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Just an advice: have a rich breakfast because we will start drinking early ;)
"Wine, locals and passion"
If you're looking for a fun and curious way to visit Lucca, you've come to the right place! With this digital guide created with the support of a local, you will be able to visit all the most important monuments at your own pace. You'll get to know the stories and curiosities of Lucca! But also you will discover everything about local foods, Italian Aperitivo in authentic local restaurants, and much more! What are you waiting for?
Hosted through Cozymeal, this pizza and bread-making class takes place at a welcoming restaurant in the historic center of Lucca. Led by a local culinary expert, you’ll prepare classic breads, focaccia, pizza and a sweet Italian finale while mastering authentic techniques.
The menu you will prepare includes:
- First course: Bread varieties made with whole wheat, semolina and Tuscan flour
- Second course: Traditional pizza and focaccia with toppings such as mozzarella, ham, mushrooms, spicy salami and buffalo mozzarella
- Dessert: Dessert pizza topped with seasonal fruit or chocolate
This interactive workshop explores the craft of dough-making, teaching you how small changes in flour and method create distinct textures and flavors. It’s a flavorful and hands-on journey into Lucca’s culinary heritage.
Immerse yourself in a small group dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from
Lucca treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people.
Enjoy a 3-course menu including starter, pasta and dessert with drinks included (water, selection of red and white wines from regional cellars and coffee).
This experience is held by Cesarine: Italy’s oldest network of 1000+ home cooks all over the country in more than 500 cities. They are passionate and welcoming hosts that open the doors of their own homes to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences.
