We were met by a very friendly guide. We were treated to wonderful stories about the town and buildings as we walked through historic streets. The city has many wonderful restaurants and shops to see. Our guide's recommendations were excellent. It was well worth having someone knowledgeable help us with this adventure.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Walk
Excludes
- Coffee and/or Tea
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Exit the Lucca station, cross the street and proceed to the left. Your destination will be on the right
Return
- Second oldest gate of the Renaissance Walls of Lucca
Itinerary
The oldest gate of the Renaissance walls
We go up above the Renaissance walls, with a view of the Cathedral of San Martino, and we go down into the basement of the San Colombano bulwark
Observation of the remains of the ancient Roman walls
Observation of the Colonna Mozza, of a detail of the facade of the Church and of the point where the ancient Roman gate was located
Medieval gate of Lucca
Detail: bas-relief with a view of the medieval city
Observation of another door of the Medieval Walls: Porta dei Borghi
Ascent to the San Frediano Platform, observation of the difference between the Medieval and Renaissance Walls and descended towards the Church
Explanation of its functions from Roman times until 1800
Language Offered
Additional Info
Cancellation Policy
Reviews
You don’t see alit of the wall surrounding the historical city. It is worth your time to walk around the complete wall surrounding tbe historical Lucca
I booked this 2 hour tour for my second morning in Lucca to help me feel more oriented and settled in. The guide was very knowledgeable about all the sites she took us through. She was also considerate of the people in our group of 9. She did not walk too fast and made sure we had a chance for a snack and toilet. There were interesting stops that I revisited later in my week in Lucca with confidence thanks to the tour. I was also pleasantly surprised to end at San Frediano, steps from my apartment. I definitely recommend this well run and well priced tour.
Anna was very informative. She provided so much history of Lucca.
Anna was very knowledgeable about the city and walls of Lucca. Good value for the money. Multilingual tour guide. No complications.
Anna was a very informative guide, very pleasant too.
Anna did a good job showing us around some of the city inside the walls. Took us to good café that serves excellent coffee ☕️ drinks. Grazie and Ciao Anna !
Thank you for a lovely walking tour of Lucca. Anna was a very knowledgeable guide about the history. We had a great time.
Our guide, Anna, was very knowledgeable and made sure that the whole group stayed together and learned all the history of Lucca and its walls. I'm so glad we did a walking tour so that we have a good feel for how and why Lucca developed as it did.
A great introduction to Lucca, Anna was informative and engaging, the tour was well paced with the right balance of history, culture and general information of the area.
Knowledgeable guide and good overview of the town of Lucca. Anna covered the basics and more. Even allowed time for refreshments in a small piazza.
The tour leader was very knowledgeable. Very good tour enough details and adequate length. City of Lucca is a beautiful city and a must see in Tuscany.
A dual language tour - the engagement may have been better for those who speak Italian, in English there was no enthusiasm for the City, maybe better to read a tour guide book yourself.
Excellent tour, very knowledgeable and friendly would definitely recommend
Be careful booking this experience. The tour guide did not show. iMessage the tour operator via that app and there was no response. It wasn’t until over an hour later that I got a response from the tour guide that she “forgot“ that she was already booked for this tour. once I contacted Viator they were able to process my refund.
Informative - beautiful walk to introduce important sites of Lucca . Lots of History - Anna spoke good English😁
Ana has lots of information! She kniws the city of Lucca well. Could answer any question imaginable.
Guide was knowledgable and enthusiastic. Tour was enjoyable. Would recommend as a complement to church tours.
We waited for 30 minutes but Anna never showed. We received a notice of the cancellation 2 hours later. This was probably not the fault of the guide.
Anna was a Very informative guide who knows her history very well. She took us to many interesting places that we wouldn’t have found on our own. Thanks Anna.
Wonderful tour of Lucca with Anna learning all about the town’s historic architecture, history, and culture. Was the perfect amount of time.
The guide didn't build any personal connection with us at all. It felt like listening to a history teacher's lecture at school. She would talk about historic events without shutting up or pausing for questions. If we asked a question, she talked over us before we finished the question, gave a rushed answer to a question we didn't ask, turned around and moved on, while continuing talking away from us. At one point our group just split up into multiple sub-groups who decided to stop by the attractions they wanted to check out on their own - sign of a great tour.
Anna was very knowledgeable and helped us get a great overview of the history of beautiful Lucca. Highly recommend.
Anna is a very professional guide, she gave us a great tour around Lucca! We were introduced in its history and architecture.
It was only ok! we were expecting a little more she said it would last 2 hours and she cut it short because she had another tour at eleven. Before that we had a long coffee stop which we could have taken at the end. Otherwise we enjoyed it.
We really enjoyed our little walking tour ❤ of Lucca's walls & history with Antonella Bertolani. She showed great passion for the history of the town & on this very hot day tried to give us lots of shade to make us comfortable. We finished our tour with the best takeaway pizza & ate in the gardens on top of the walls, a great suggestion by Antonella. Grazie Mille.
Tour guide was very knowledgeable and gave us a thorough presentation of her community . She gave good recommendations for other ac as well.
Anna was an excellent guide and knows her Lucca history! We saw mist of the highlights of the city. Thank you Anna!
We enjoyed the tour and while it was good to give the tour in English and Italian (4 people, 2 from US, 2 from Italy), we wished it could have been in just 1 language. Anna did a good job
Ana gave us a very thorough intro to the history of Lucas walls and some sights in the walled town. Well Done!
Learned alot about Lucca today. Anna was very knowledgeable. Many walls to explore and lots of history within those walls.
The tour is not actually a walking tour of the city and its walls, but only a tour pretty much focused on the walls. The guide was nice and agreed to walk to the cathedral, but, for the rest, I haven't seen much of the city itself. The guide was a nice, good girl, but she didn't have a story to tell and she explanations were kind of superficial. Only few words per subject. I am sorry to say that the tour was neither interesting nor entertaining. I still tipped the guide with 20 euros, as she was very accommodating with my requests.
I think our guide was delightful. Anna answered all question considerately and was knowledgeable about the town
We were late and called Anna to tell her we would be. She waited for us which was very nice but then took that time off tour. We had 11 am tour, arrived at 11:30ish and she ended at 1:30 because she had another tour coming up at 2p, so totally understand. Thanks to her for waiting for us! Tour was informative. People with us had been to Lucca before so not as eye opening to them but we enjoyed the tour and we had a great day to walk around.
Good tour of Lucca and its walls and informative guide - but had a rather mechanical delivery, She answered too many ''important'' phone calls.
Anna was very knowledgeable, accommodating and pleasant. We enjoyed the walking tour and learned a host of interesting facts about the history of Lucca
This was a lovely introduction to the area. Anna was very knowledgeable and coped as well as you can having to speak in two languages to the group - about 10 of us including 3 children who coped exceedingly well. Due to the heat of the day we found the language swapping a bit difficult to focus and we probably didn’t get all we could have. Made me appreciate what the Germans in another tour we did were going through.
I enjoyed the tour of Lucca and its walls. The town is charming, and the guide was knowledgeable, attentive, and helpful. She helped us get a transfer back to Florence as it was too late to take a train, especially since there was no direct train due to the track repair.
We were looking forward to this English language tour, but it turned out that it was us and two Italian people. The guide spent most of the tour speaking we then and we had to keep asking her what she had just said to them. We actually made our excuses and left this tour partway through.
Anna Romani was a knowledgeable friendly guide who brought the city to life with stories of its people, history and architecture. I highly recommend this trip!
We were met by our guide Anna Romani in Lucca for our walking tour. Anna was extremely knowledgeable about her city. She explained the history, the food and the the experience of living in this amazingly preserved historic city. I highly recommend this tour.
Do not book this tour, we booked, paid and then arrived for the tour. I didn't have internet and then as we were waiting a email has come through that she had sent 1 hour before tour to cancel. Very very bad don't book
Tour in English with subsequent translation into Italian. Superficial descriptive explanation without getting into the heart of the history and events of Lucca. 2-hour tour with a 30-minute break…
Great walking tour of Lucca with plenty of information. I would particularly like to emphasize that the tour was completed even though I was the only participant. In this case, I could absolutely have understood a cancellation on the part of the guide. So again grazie Anna.
Nous avons adoré la disponibilité de la guide, ses explications et le rapport qualité/prix de la visite guidée.
Anna was for us a competent, prepared guide who made us discover even the lesser-known sites of Lucca, but equally interesting. Thank you and Happy 2025.
Presentazione accademica a "monologo" con classiche informazioni riguardo arte e storia della città. Ho partecipato a walking tour in altre città decisamente più coinvolgenti. Nella prenotazione avevo indicato che avevamo dei bambini. Qualcosa di più interattivo (tipo domanda-risposta) sarebbe stato gradito
Bella la presentazione della città di Lucca ,molto preparata l"accompagnatrice.complimenti abbiamo conosciuto una parte diversa della città
Passeggiata piacevole con guida disponibile ed attenta. Descrizioni pieni di aneddoti e racconti interessanti.
The tour starts over the city walls to many historical places in Lucca's east and Anna (guide) was able to report well and also answer questions. There was a break for toilet and espresso. Overall an entertaining tour of Lucca, time passed very quickly. I can recommend guidance.
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