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Live tours in Lucca

Explore Lucca, Italy, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Renaissance Walls of Lucca, Piazza dell'Anfiteatro and Torre Guinigi on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

10 live tours From 19,00 €

Explore Lucca live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Centro storico is worth asking about: the walled historic centre, flat and fully walkable end to end.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Renaissance Walls of Lucca Intact 16th and 17th-century ramparts encircling the old town, now a tree-lined path for walking and cycling.
  • Piazza dell'Anfiteatro An oval square built directly on the remains of a Roman amphitheatre.
  • Torre Guinigi A medieval tower with a rooftop garden of holm oak trees still growing from its top.
  • Torre delle Ore The city's tallest tower, home to a mechanical clock still wound by hand.
  • San Michele in Foro A church with an elaborately tiered marble facade topped by a large statue of the Archangel Michael.
  • Lucca Cathedral (Duomo di San Martino) Home to the Volto Santo, a wooden crucifix venerated since the Middle Ages.
  • Palazzo Pfanner A baroque palace with a formal garden of statues and lemon trees open to the walls.
  • Via Fillungo The main pedestrian shopping street running through the historic centre.

Neighbourhoods

  • Centro storico the walled historic centre, flat and fully walkable end to end
  • San Frediano the quarter around the basilica, home to bars and student life
  • San Michele the commercial heart of the centre around Via Fillungo and the church

Food to know

  • Tordelli lucchesi (stuffed pasta)
  • Zuppa di farro (farro soup)
  • Buccellato di Lucca (aniseed sweet bread)
  • Garmugia (spring vegetable soup)
  • Necci (chestnut flour crepes)

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Good to know about Lucca

Do I need to be in Lucca to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Lucca, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.8 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Italian, English and French; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.