four star hotels tuscany - Hotels in Lucca Area, Italy

LUCCA AREA: SHADES OF MEDIEVAL ITALY
Lucca is a medieval walled city that is located about an hour’s drive west from Florence and 30 minutes north of Pisa. Lucca’s churches, piazzas, and narrow lanes recreate the city’s rich Roman history. The Lucca area also has a great variety of hotels, bed & breakfasts, and villas as we have listed, along with excellent restaurants, cafes, and bars that make it extremely popular among tourists. Connectivity is not a problem either, since Lucca is on the rail network, with an efficient bus service and connections to the A11/A12 freeways, which lead to Florence, Pisa, Livorno, and Genoa.

While at Lucca, you can go on day trips to Florence, Pisa, San Gimignano, Siena, Viareggio, and Cinque Terre. The hills surrounding Lucca produce some truly excellent wines and some of Italy’s finest olive oil, and you are also within a short distance of some fine beaches and vibrant nightlife.

The town of Bagni di Lucca, 20 km north of Lucca, is traditionally described as a town of ‘poets, princes and philosophers’. Once a famous resort and spa town, Bagni di Lucca played host to famous visitors like Byron, Shelley, Rossini, Puccini and the Brownings. There is a closed down casino that claims to be the first in Europe and still extant spas and thermal baths. The ‘Devil’s Bridge’ over the river Serchio is justifiably famous.

Barga lies 25 km north of Lucca atop a hill, and boasts an excellent cathedral, with an excellent marble pulpit and a few examples of the Della Robbia School. Part of the historical region of Garfagnana, Barga offers wonderful natural views and delights a visitor with its narrow streets, archways and winding stairways.

Pietrasanta, 25 km north west of Lucca, is historically and artistically the chief town of inland Versilia. Famed for its marble workshops, the town draws marble sculptors from all over the world. The town of Camaiore lies 18 km north west of Lucca, at the foothills of the Apuan Alps, and has a long main street that you can stroll down, taking in some fine Romanesque churches.

Also near Lucca is the small hilltop town of Montecarlo, at the centre of a wine-producing area. Its charming town centre is topped by the fortress of Rocca del Cerruglio, and offers a great view of the surrounding vineyards. At Montecarlo, you must taste the local wines, some of Tuscany’s best, famous for their use of a high proportion of French grape varieties.

The costal resort of Viareggio and the ‘Versilian Riviera’ are also a short distance from Lucca. The coastal strip from Forte dei Marmi to Torre del Lago Puccini has over 20 km of beaches with numerous bagni (bathing houses), nature reserves, woods, natural lakes and stunning countryside.

So we welcome you to sample the delights of the Lucca area, while staying at some of its finest accommodations. For more, click here (www.yourwaytotuscany.com/Lucca-Area.htm).

HOTELS IN TUSCANY: YOUR GUIDE TO A PERFECT HOLIDAY

Most tourists who visit Tuscany once can’t help coming back for a return visit. Well, the hotels that you stay in while you holiday in Tuscany should have the same quality – once you stay in them, you can’t stay anywhere else. And we can promise you a choice of Tuscany hotels that will leave you yearning to return to this beautiful region of Italy, with its dazzling landscapes, wonderful cuisine, warm locals and celebrated wines.

The hotels on our list rank among the best in Tuscany, and offer you the best value for money in terms of modern comforts, luxury, and elegance. They are located in some of the most picturesque areas of Tuscany, and offer you access to some of its most famous cities, such as Florence, Pisa, and Siena.

The Hotel Residence Toscana Verde, for example, stands in the heart of old Etruria. Originally an old tobacco-working factory where Tuscan cigars were made, the hotel today stands inside a protected nature reserve, that of Ponte a Buriano Penna. All the bedrooms contain air-conditioning units, mini bars, satellite TV, telephones, and safe deposit boxes. The excellent restaurant offers many traditional Tuscan dishes. The complex also features 20 apartments, with kitchens. These can be rented according to the resort formula.

Then there’s the I Cedri, a new three-star hotel that is just a stone’s throw from Florence, a perfect blend of culture and business, ideal for the manager and the businessman who wants to combine business with pleasure, and also for the tourist who can admire both the city and the beautiful hills that surround it. The hotel has 15 double bedrooms, all trendily furnished and equipped with air-conditioning, mini bars, safes, TV sets and telephones. It also has a private car park and a breakfast room where a delicious buffet breakfast is served every morning.

But these are just two examples that give you a taste of the kind of Tuscan hotel accommodation that we can offer. Our hotels have been chosen to suit every budget, and will make you so comfortable that you will feel as though you are at home. We offer direct links to the Tuscany hotel of your choice, and you will never want to stay anywhere else in Tuscany once you have stayed at one of ours. So come and check us out because Tuscany awaits you!

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