Historic Centre of Lucca – Lucca City Walls loop from Borgo a Buggiano

Historic Centre of Lucca – Lucca City Walls loop from Borgo a Buggiano

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Historic Centre of Lucca – Lucca City Walls loop from Borgo a Buggiano

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52.3km

260m

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Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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20.8 km

Historic Centre of Lucca

Highlight • Historical Site

The birthplace of Giacomo Puccini. is a gem that no one should ignore. Behind the heavy fortress walls that bear witness to a glorious past, lies a particularly atmospheric medieval town with rich and exceptional architecture. Life is good in Lucca, where cyclists and pedestrians come and go in the lively, narrow streets. Because of the church facades that almost look like lace, the two old towers that have been saved from the hundred that used to reach the sky and the oval-shaped Piazza dell'Anfiteatro with its cozy terraces, it is tempting to stay a little longer in Lucca.

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20.9 km

Lucca City Walls

Highlight • Monument

Lucca has one of the most impressive fully preserved city walls in Europe. The wall with the Italian name "Mura di Lucca" is almost 4 km long and completely surrounds the historic center. The city walls are more than 10 meters high in many places. In the past, the city was accessed through 6 gates, today there are more entrances. On the tree-lined wall there is a wide circular path.

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21.9 km

Lucca City Walls

Highlight • Monument

Built between the 1500s and 1600s, the walls of Lucca are, after those of Nicosia, the second largest example in Europe of walls built according to the principles of "modern style" fortification that have been completely preserved in a large city.

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22.2 km

Villa Bottini (Lucca)

Highlight • Historical Site

This beautiful urban villa in Lucca (built in the second half of the XVI century by Paolo Buonvisi) takes its name from a noble local family who lived there until the early 1900s.
It has the shape of a parallelepiped surmounted by a lookout lodge. It is located in the center of an elegant garden enclosed by a adorned with Renaissance windows and three portals (the main access portal is located on Via Elisa).
Inside the building, on the ground floor, you can admire the evocative decoration of a cycle of frescoes with mythological and allegorical scenes made by Ventura Salimbeni at the end of the sixteenth century.
It is currently used by the municipality of Lucca, as the seat of the Culture Office.

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22.6 km

San Martino Cathedral, Lucca

Highlight • Religious Site

In the left transept of the cathedral, which is well worth seeing, is the famous tomb of Ilaria del Caretto, who died in childbed in 1405 at the age of 19 as the wife of a nobleman from Lucca. The portrait is made of the finest Carrara marble and is unusually realistic. Her female body is clearly visible under the robe, while she just seems to be asleep. A small dog watches over her feet, a sign of marital fidelity.
The wooden relic Volto Santo in the cathedral is also very famous.

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23.4 km

San Michele in Foro, Lucca

Highlight • Religious Site

Always well worth a visit. For Buccellato di Lucca head to main square, there is a great bakery just behind the back of the church

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23.7 km

Lucca–Versilia Loop

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The route that connects Lucca to Versilia can be done with two itineraries that - combined with each other - constitute an interesting loop tour. The first part of the tour involves leaving Lucca from Porta S. Anna and continuing on the SS 439 Sarzanese to Maggiano, where the road begins to climb gradually until reaching the Monte Quiesa pass (at an altitude of almost 200 m at the junction for Chiatri) and then descending to the village of Quiesa with a short series of hairpin bends. Continuing on the SS 439 after Massarosa and Piano di Mommio, turn right at the junction for Camaiore, where the second part of the tour begins. After passing Camaiore, continue on the Camaiore-Lucca Provincial Road (which overlaps with the Via Francigena and the EV 5) and, leaving the junction for Nocchi behind, begin to climb with a series of curves towards Montemagno (200 m above sea level) and then descend gradually along the valley of the Freddana stream, first to Valpromaro (where you separate from the Francigena), then to S. Martino in Freddana and finally Monte San Quirico, where you cross the Serchio to return to Lucca from Borgo Giannotti.

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25.2 km