Things to Do in Lucca

Torre Guinigi

Only one of the two towers sprouting from the top of the 14th-century palace, home of Lucca's iron-fisted...

• Landmarks

Cattedrale di San Martino

The facade of Lucca's Duomo is an excellent and eye-catching example of the Pisan-Lucchese Romanesque...

• 4WD

Chiesa e Battistero di San Giovanni e Santa Reparata

The Duomo's Romanesque neighbor has a 16th-century facade and a 12th-century body, but recent excavations...

Piazza Anfiteatro

Near the north end of Via Fillungo, a series of houses were built during the Middle Ages into the remains...

• Landmarks

San Michele in Foro

This church is as beautiful as a 12th-century Romanesque church can get. It boasts a Pisan-inspired facade...

San Frediano

Especially on a sunny day, San Frediano's facade vies with those of the Duomo and San Michele as the...

Piazza dell'Anfiteatro

• Castles, Palaces & Historic Buildings

Saint Martin's Cathedral

• Religious Sights

Piazza Napoleone

Cresci Museum for the History of the Italian Emigration

• Tours

Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)

• Castles, Palaces & Historic Buildings

Museo Nazionale Villa Guinigi

The early-15th-century palace built for Paolo Guinigi on the occasion of his second marriage is now home...

• Museums

Santa Maria Forisportum

This church was built in the 12th century outside the gates, hence the name, with a Pisan-style facade...

Museo della Cattedrale

The highly successful architectural marriage of the town's 12th- to 15th-century buildings with the cast-iron-and-glass...

• Museums

Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi

This museum is worth the admission price if only to see the ridiculously sumptuous tapestries, frescoes,...

• Museums