Day 24 – Lucca (Rest Day)

After a few days of challenging hikes along the coast, we’ve moved back onto the official Via Francigena route.

Today was a rest day which means laundry and sightseeing. We climbed two towers, biked the city wall and Jeff and Arielle took a walking tour. Fun and beautiful day.

Basilica di San Frediano
The bell tower of the Basilica di San Frediano
Inside of the bell tower as we climbed up
View of the edge of town and part of the city wall from the bell tower
Guinigi Tower, famous for the trees growing on its top
View from the top of Guinigi Tower
Do we look like tourists? We had so much fun that we biked around the city twice.
The city walls are still intact and fully surround the old town. The walls date back to the 1500s.
Brushetta
Bistecca alla Fiorentina on display
Gnocchi with burrata cheese and an unknown but tasty sauce
Breakfast at our B&B is really good

Biking around the city wall

11 thoughts on “Day 24 – Lucca (Rest Day)”

  5. Yay for pedaling around the wall!!!
    🤩👏🏻

    I’ll have to think of more requests since you clearly did this for me 😎

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    • Such beautiful buildings. Group biking looks to be a popular activity there. Nice bell sounds Ali!! Tagliere for breakfast! That’s the way to go.

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      1. Thanks! Yes, we stayed at B&B Anfiteatro. It seems to have two buildings in Lucca. I think the one we stayed at is listed on their website as their “B&B suite”. It had 5 bedrooms within a lovely building (I’d call it a “villa”) with a nice shared space where you can relax and they serve breakfast. It’s just a few steps from the main piazza. The breakfast was great, btw.

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