Lucca Self-Guided Walking Tour: Towers & Ramparts - Explore at Your Own Pace

Highlights

• Smartphone Self-Guided Tour
• 3 km Discovery Route
• Complete Flexibility

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Porta San Gervasio

   Pass by

   See the ancient Porta di San Gervasio, one of Lucca's few surviving medieval gates, standing with its two imposing towers.

2. 2

   Santa Maria Foris portam

   Pass by

   Discover the church whose name means Saint Mary Outside the Gate, a survivor of Lucca's older walls on the Square of the Severed Column.

3. 3

   Duomo Di San Martino

   Pass by

   Admire the bell tower of Lucca's Cathedral of San Martino and the famously narrow right arch of its facade, a compromise with the pre-existing tower.

4. 4

   San Michele in Foro

   Pass by

   Marvel at the soaring marble facade of San Michele in Foro, built on the old Roman forum and climbing far higher than the church's roof.

5. 5

   Torre Guinigi

   Pass by

   Look up at the Guinigi Tower, crowned with holm oak trees - a 14th-century symbol of one family's power over Lucca.

6. 6

   Piazza Anfiteatro

   Pass by

   Step into the elliptical Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, a lively square shaped by the ghost of a 2nd-century Roman amphitheater.

7. 7

   Basilica Di San Frediano

   Pass by

   See the golden mosaic facade of the Basilica di San Frediano and learn why its main entrance faces an unusual direction.

8. 8

   Porta di Santa Maria

   Pass by

   Pass through the grand Renaissance gate of Porta Santa Maria, carved with the Republic of Lucca's motto, Libertas.

Before you go

Location