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Where the gardens meet the fortifications
Detail of the Piazza´s shape
Anfiteatro curve
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Hi!
Me and my girlfriend are visiting Tuscany this summer in August. My question is; do we have to book ahead for our whole stay? Or is it easy to get budget bed&breakfast rooms?
I am looking at Da Elisa in Lucca...does anyone have any experience with this place?
Thank you for your help!
ciao!
August is peak holiday travel time, for Italians as well as everyone else, and getting budget accom. in any popular location can be a scramble, particularly in small charming towns like Lucca, where the supply is small to begin with.
I would book ahead to avoid the anxiety of arrival and finding hotel after hotel already 'completo'. Tramping the hot streets ringing doorbells while the sun rapidly goes down really sort of sucks. I have spent two nights outdoors for lack of booking ahead (Mantova and Venice), and have never managed to visit Verona because whenever I happen to be passing by there's nothing available.
Agree with 'dnwitte'. Make your reservations, specially in August.
Couple of years ago my daughter and her friend couldn't find any accommodation in Italy and the turned back to Holland.
Happy travels
Jaap
Thank you guys for you help I just booked the B&B!
In and around Lucca you will find many water fountains. The water comes from the mountains between Lucca and Pisa, called "Monti Pisani". The water is drinkable and you will see many locals refilling their plastic bottles and cans at the fountains. I drank the healthy water 3 days and I am still alive, so the water can't be that bad .... :o)
In the 4th weekend of every month in Piazza San Giusto there is the handcraft market. Many kind of goods are sold in this market... something is nice, something is kitch, but it's a nice market and if it happens it worth a visit.
This lively bar is good to get away from the crowds and have a drink or snack. There is a limited menu but the food is good, and the bar is popular with locals and businessmen at lunchtime. Pasta, drinks and coffee at lunchtime for two came to 15 euros.
The strangest sight in Lucca. The battlemented tower attached to 15th century town house of Lucca's leading family, is surmouted by an ancient holm-oak tree whose roots have grown into the room below.
As I mentioned before, the buildings encircling the square are plain and colourful as many on the Liguria coast – although in Lucca there are a lot of buildings in brownish shades, reminding of nearby city Siena and its characteristic brownish houses. Most of the buildings on this square are bright yellow and have windows decorated with red flowers, making them quite lively and pleasant.
There are two entrances to the round square, opposite to each other. On one of those arches you will come across Piazza San Frediano, where beautiful San Frediano church may be visited.
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