Tours & Activities in Lucca

Immerse yourself in a private cooking class at the Cesarina's home and learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of Lucca cuisine.

Visit the vibrant local market and the traditional food shops with the Cesarina and immerse yourself in a small group cooking class at the Cesarina's home, learn the secrets of the most famous dishes of cuisine from Lucca and taste the fruit of your labour accompanied by a glass of local wine. During the lesson the Cesarina will reveal the tricks of the trade of 3 authentic regional recipes. Have fun putting your cooking skills to the test. Each participant will have a workstation equipped with utensils and all the ingredients to make the dishes. Then, taste everything you have prepared accompanied by a selection of red and white local wines. Cesarine is 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.

With this tour it is possible to visit the entire city of Lucca at 360 degrees, also including its history and development in over 2500 years of history, all accompanied by a horse, Luigi, who has now become an icon of the city!

Within an hour, you can discover all the secrets of the city sitting comfortably on our carriage, accompanied by a horse and his driver.

Become a local of Lucca by experiencing the traditional rustic flavours of Tuscany on a charming walking tour. Taste original and quality food, wines and ingredients within the town's beautiful and historic streets.

Experience a relaxed afternoon in the Chianti area with a visit to a boutique winery and enjoy a guided Chianti wine tasting along with a visit to the birthplace of the ingenious artist Leonardo da Vinci, which is surrounded by stunning views over vineyards and olive groves. Savour the tasting of our selection of Chianti wines, together with bruschetta topped with extra-virgin olive oil and tomatoes, sample tuscan salami, pecorino cheese and prosciutto ham, along with a classic sweet dessert wine, served with local cantucci biscuits to bring our afternoon to a close.

You will experience a unique and fun opportunity with an expert truffle hunter and his dogs trained for hunting truffles. Improve your sensory experience in contact with nature and good food. You'll also get a chance to taste specialties made with truffles.

The experience always includes an introduction to wine tasting, the history of the territory and the wineries. 5 wines accompanied by bread, cheeses and locally produced oil. These are wines selected from small producers, mainly with organic certification We can organize the tasting directly at your home or at the hotel where you are on vacation, even in the center of Lucca. I'll take care of everything and you won't have to think about anything! I will set the table with tasting tablecloths and serve you the wines in professional glasses! At the end of the tasting I will leave the bottles uncorked (if not finished 🙂 in order to enjoy them during the holiday. I am a sommelier from Lucca with many years of experience, winner of some important competitions, 3rd place in the Best Sommelier of Italy 2018 and owner of the Uvaggio online wine shop. I work as a wine consultant, educator and write about wine on the homonymous blog Wineafterwine.

Explore the iconic and unique city of Lucca surrounded by its towering walls. Learn from a passionate, local guide about history, culture, and more. Travel in a small group and visit the Duomo. Enjoy a fully guides 2 hour walking tour at a relaxed pace.

The best unforgetable tour in Tuscany in order to discover the real life in Tuscany. You will visit the great countryside, you will discover the old wineries so you can understand the old and news wine-making process. Vineyards, olive trees, old houses, this is just something you will find in your tour. San Gimignano, the ancient medieval village, considered one of the most beautiful village in Italy.

During this private 3-hour guided tour of the Gothic Line you will visit the Museum of the Liberation, enjoy a walking tour exploring two of the area's World War 2-era bunkers. Climb, with your guide, aboard your vehicle and visit a third bunker, and walk across the famous Devil's Bridge from where you may enjoy panorama of the river and surrounding hills.

A way to experience the territory and get to know the story of a family that, for generations, has devoted itself with passion and dedication to the production of wine and oil. From the "Ebrius" to "Linchetto", you will have the opportunity to taste these amazing products, stroll through the vineyards and discover what makes this land uniques. A great experience to learn more about the wines of Lucca.

Cantina Biagiotti produce one of the best Tuscan wine: he is able to sell to the Michelin Star restaurant of Lucca. But more than this, he transmit the passion of winemaking just by looking at you. The place is unique: a small cellar of a Monastery from 1700. You will have the opportunity to know Ferdinando, a real Tuscan winemaker, and to let him show you the beauty of his cellar. He will bring you to his vineyard where he will explain you all the secrets of winemaking and all the process that allowed him to produce one of the best wine in Lucca. Then he will bring you inside his historical cellar and he will serve you a complete wine tasting matched with some local charcuteries like salami and local cheese. You will be amazed by the knowledge of Ferdinando and the passion he has for the wine!

Experience in wine for Chianti Lovers. Visit 2 wineries in the Chianti area. Visit cellar, walk in the vineyards and taste very good wine

Explore Lucca at your time effortlessly thanks to our easy-to-use e-bikes. You can choose an E-city if you wish to visit Lucca and the city walls and discover all the secrets of the town and immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the historic center. Thanks to the strong bike lock, you can leave the bicycle outside if you want to stop to a restaurant or visit a monument. Or you can choose an E-trekking if you are a bike enthusiast and you wish to have a trip to the beautiful countryside that surrounds Lucca, rich in small farms, historical villas, vineyards and charming villages on the hills. In this case, together with the lock, we will furnish you with a repair kit and helmets.

Have a fun in a beautiful town colonised by the Romans in the 2C BC and it has retained the plan of a Roman military camp, with the two principal streets perpendicular to each other. We might have a wine tastings at the winery in Montecarlo di Lucca!

Nighttime has always been particularly fascinating. Backstreets and unexpected glimpses of monuments appearing to those negotiating the city in the darkness, are a clear invitation to experience Lucca at night. If you are travelling with your family, in a small group, or individually, share the experience of a guided tour of Lucca’s historic center with others. It is an interesting and economical way to discover the wonders of the town.

Immerse yourself in a private dining experience at a local's home, enjoy an exclusive show cooking and taste authentic recipes from Pistoia treasured in family cookbooks passed down by real Italian Mammas. Feel the warmth of Italian hospitality as you connect with local people. Enjoy a 4-course menu including starter, pasta, main course with side dish, 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 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.

Follow me to a place where time stopped, re-discover a remote world, full of poetry and history, where you will admire medieval churches and places that have remained unchanged for centuries. You will walk among olive groves from which you can enjoy a unique view over the whole valley of Lucca. You will discover the secrets hidden behind the green gold of Lucca and surprises along the route that you will not forget. THE MEETING POINT IS JUST 10 MINUTES DRIVING FROM THE TRAIN STATION (MEETING POINT). IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR YOU COULD TAKE A TAXI.

Visit Lucca secrets streets with a native professional guide. Head to the top of Guinigi Tower or see the famous Piazza dell’Anfiteatro. Pass along the elegant shopping streets, or look at the city from the top of the ramparts.

The Monti Pisani are a mountain range that marks the natural border between the cities of Lucca and Pisa. Inhabited since prehistoric times, this place has been able to enchant famous people who have also changed the face at this land. Highlights: • Admire the Romanesque parish of S. Maria del Giudice. • Walk through the garrigue and discover the wild plants of the Mediterranean shrubland. • Visit a site of hermits from the 1100s, still visible today. • A unique view up to the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. THE STARTING POINT IS JUST 10 MINUTES DRIVING FROM THE TRAIN STATION (MEETING POINT). IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CAR YOU COULD TAKE A TAXI.

This is a prefect tour for first time travellers visiting this Region. You will have the chance to admire the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, and spend most of the day in Florence, one of the most beautiful cities in the World. Along the way our driver will provide tons of information about the area and our lifestyle while crossing part of the famous Tuscan countryside. From Pisa to Florence the drive will be surrounded by rollings hills where the Italian wine and olive oil is produced. A "must do" itinerary the get and overlook of this unique part of Italy. Enjoy a day with locals on board a comfortable air conditioned vehicle rather than a crowded bus!

This tour is including a car at your disposal during the tour, transfer to a beautiful winery in Montecarlo where you can taste 4 different types of wine. After the winery, 1 hr free time to visit Montecarlo, a magical medieval town that is on top of a lone hill, with an amazing panorama. After the visit, the driver will take you on a different part of the countryside of Lucca to Experience a real Tuscan farm; Among the silence and the scent of the hills, the Farmhouse and its cellars are still intact, just as they were in the 1600’s. It’s in this setting that we want to invite you, where you can learn about our history and the products of the Farmhouse: a taste of the past in Tuscany. Here you will taste local cured meats and cheeses, a bruschetta, a typical first course ‘Lucchese’ dish, a tasting of the Farmhouse’s olive oil with slices of bread and a tasting of 4 of our wines from the Farmhouse (3 red and 1 white). 5-hrs tour. Lunch included

Garfagnana is the mountain area of Lucca: if you love little villages on the top of the hill and good food… this is definitely a place to visit in Tuscany! I will pick you up at your accomodation with my professional van, and I will drive you through the hills of Tuscany. At every attraction, our driverguide will stop the van trying to offer you an exclusive and comfortable experience. Then, our driverguide will explain you everything he/she knows: it will be like watching the view from the eyes of a local. Barga and Castelnuovo are the main villages of the area, but something we cannot miss is the Devil Bridge (example of the architecture of the medieval age) but also the characteristic lake of “Isola Santa”. One of the most important moment in a tour in Tuscany must be a good meal: let us organize you a special lunch tasting some local specialties, like a farro soup or some good prosciutto. Don’t worry, we have always some surprises for you during our tour!

Explore Lucca and the surrounding beauties by bike at your own pace. At the shop we will give you all instructions to follow our customised itinerary on a free app for mobile and all accessories to be independent and safe and then you have just to cycle and have fun! You don't need to consume your mobile data, everything works off-line. You can choose an easy tour, following the northern variant of the Via Francigena along the cycle path of Serchio river park, to reach Villa Oliva, Villa Grabau and Villa Reale. In particular, it is possible to enter Villa Reale and the park (entrance fee not included) and stop for as long as you want on the lawn for a picnic or cool off at the villa's cafe. EASY - aprox 25 km round trip. Our staff will be at your disposal for any needs.