Lucca, Tuscany
Once the capital of Tuscany, Lucca is the very picture of what a trip to this region of Italy brings to mind. With green, rolling hills, medieval cathedrals and even a cooking school, visitors will find an entire vacation’s worth of things to see and do here.
The city itself offers walls built during the Renaissance that are over two miles long. Many towns of the era were walled to provide defense during the many wars between Italian city-states. Today, they serve an entirely different purpose, giving Lucca the look of a huge, open castle where every tourist is king or queen. Read more