More and more walking has been rediscovered this summer 2021. Physical activity, but without any competition, with calm and time to relax strolling through the landscape, getting to know people, tasting local products, discovering the history and its characters and simply feeling good.
Music, this year more than ever, is the queen of summer and in Lucca music strictly connected to Maestro Giacomo Puccini.
Here are all the small and big occasions not to be missed to celebrate the great composer and his princess "Turandot".
The Piana di Lucca area is perfect for slow-paced excursions. Here are 5 easy rides to discover authentic landscapes crossing history, nature and culture.
In the immediate outskirts in the southern part of the city there is a path running along the nineteenth-century aqueduct, up to the area of the springs.
June is the month of the solstice, of the arrival of summer, never so long awaited as this year, time of big changes and small things we have learned to appreciate.
We have become pleasantly accustomed to being surprised by even the smallest things and to look for new places, even in our own home town or in our favourite holiday destination where we know everything about and where we feel at home.
Get ready to visit Lucca and see a city you have never seen before this way, explore the green spots of the gardens that can usually be seen only from the top of the towers, hidden by high walls in the historic center of Lucca.
For garden globetrotters this is the opportunity for a discovery tour of all local green secrets!
On Sunday 23 May from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm the gardens and courtyards are open again for the 2021 edition of the Giardini e Cortili aperti event.
The future of museums: renewal and innovation is the 2021 theme of International Museum Day on May 18.
Lucca's museums will be open on this day, ready to resume activities and fantastic stories.
On this occasion Torre Guinigi and the bell tower of the Cathedral also reopen with the most beautiful views over the red roofs of the city. The Botanical Garden organizes guided tours on the occasion of the World Biodiversity Day on May 22.
In the city of the hundred churches, a special itinerary is dedicated to the Madonna in the month of May. Three churches, a chapel and a miraculous image in a tour to discover the places dedicated to the Madonna in Lucca.
Throughout Italy and the world Dante's genius is remembered this year with particular love and attention as it is the seven hundredth anniversary of the Supreme Poet's death.
Dante travelled and lived in different places like Florence, Verona and Ravenna, where he stayed until his death. But he also lived in Rome, Arezzo, Pisa, Bologna, Forlì ... and probably even in Lucca, mentioned several times in the Divine Comedy not only with words of appreciation, but he certainly knew the Serchio river, the city wall, and a series of local characters met during his journey.
In these first sunny days we all love to pass our time outdoors again, to go for a walk or cycling.
Let's start with three classic spring tours.
... or rather the city wall of Lucca. In 1800, two great women transformed the mighty defensive structure into a long tree-lined promenade and the ramparts into gardens with elegant groves.
a bouquet of daffodils, Santa Zita's flowers.
