Lucca - The Walled City

Trip into Lucca today. Stood at a bus stop trying to work out the bus situation (public transport does not seem great here!) and then a friendly local pulls up and offers to take us … so we jump in. He didn’t speak English and wouldn’t take anything for the lift.

Loved Lucca as soon as we entered the walled city! Compares to the feel of Venice only without the water and a lot more low key. Very Italian. Spent the afternoon getting lost in the cobbled streets, window shopping and visiting some of the many churches and cathedral.

In the church San Michele in Foro there is an actual mummy encased in glass at the alter positioned as though it’s waving at you 😳 … time for a drink.

Spritz, pizza and people watching at Piazza dell’Anfiteatro which is an oval area outlined by colourful Tuscan buildings - built on the former site of a Roman amphitheater.

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