Lucca takes flight: Celebrating 100 years of Aeronautic Achievements
Lucca celebrates local hero Aviator Carlo Del Prete along with 100 years of military aeronautics.
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August 26: LUCCA’S WHITE NIGHT FESTIVAL IS BACK
Summer’s Over but No One is Sleeping LUCCA’S WHITE NIGHT FESTIVAL IS BACK! Expect more than 70,000 people in the historic center of Lucca to celebrate Saturday, August 26th Museums will be open for the first time, more free guided tours, special events for children & families, dance & dancing in the squares, live music […]
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Lucca’s walls see 100s enjoy free concerts & dancing
Lucca’s walls host an enchanting evening of music and dance on the night of San Lorenzo
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Why Walk Around Lucca’s Walls?
It’s an unforgettably beautiful experience that’s good for you too 😃 Take your choice of pavement, gravel or grass: the park along the top of Lucca’s renaissance walls has all you need to enjoy a quick or leisurely trek under a canopy of trees and within view of the flowers that sprout spontaneously along the […]
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Wine, Witches & More
The outskirts of Montecarlo are a great venue for a hike.
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Tourist BOOM in Lucca
The first five months of 2023 brought a boost in tourism to Lucca unseen except perhaps before COVID: receipts from bus revenue quadrupled, tourist tax income almost doubled and 20,000 more people visited the city’s towers… Assessor Remo Santini asserts: “The quality of this influx benefits all. The city’s identity is the added value that […]
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What they’re saying about Lucca…
CLICK BELOW ELLE Wall Street Journal Barron’s THE CICI CHRONICLES
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Lucca’s own Beatrice Venezi ignites inaugural Puccini Festival
Director Beatrice Venezi is a Lucca born super star who will inaugurate the city’s Puccini Festival in honor of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.
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CiCi “La Quarantina” tells her exciting story: Chapter 1 – At the Beach
At the Beach I am a kitten. My name is CiCi, but sometimes I call myself ‘La Quarantina’, since I was born in Castiglione di Garfagnana right in the middle of the pandemic. Castiglione di Garfagnana The little barn that I called home for about a week was great, but my owner Grace promptly whisked […]
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Expert Italian Advice
Ditch the crowds at the beach and head for these little-known oases: fresh-water swimming holes, waterfalls & streams await From Malbacco to Candalla and then Gaudine here are some enchanting places in the backwoods of Versilia The mercury rises, the beaches are crowded and very often you can’t find a bit of relief there anyway. […]
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Lucca’s Best Kept Secret Garden
Hot? Tired? Need a quiet space to rest? Worry not. Lucca has many gardens, not just atop its walls… One of the most lovely hides just steps from the […]
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Overcome Jet lag on the way to Lucca: Indulge in a drive on E80
Driving from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport to Lucca?You’ve had a grueling time on the plane. Enough is enough. Indulge in some R&R on the way to Lucca. DON’T take the Autostrada del Sole – A11.Drive north instead on the wind swept, tollway known as E80/SS1. The sea views will take your breathe away. This highway, originally […]
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COUNTRY PLEASURES OF THE CASENTINO
Many years ago we discovered a happy, mysteriously isolated place. The hills, nearly mountains, there are rich with dense forest and wild boar, thickly built stone homes as well as beautiful vineyards and fields of grain. This is the Casentino, a region in Tuscany that’s conveniently just two hours directly east of Lucca and […]
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A Country Walk: the perfect getaway
Getting far from the hustle and bustle of city life is simple in Lucca – at about a mile down the viale San Concordio is Sorbano del Vescovo, better known as ‘Sorbanello’. There, just off the path under the acqueducts, lies a grass road along the Lozzori River that dives into fields of sunflowers, hay, […]
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Il settembre lucchese torna in piena forza…
MUSICHE della PROCESSIONE:
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Eventi per dare il benvenuto ai lucchesi rientrati
I soci e gli amici dell’Associazione Lucchesi nel Mondo sono invitati a riservare un posto alle seguenti attività per festeggiare il loro ritorno a Lucca per la Festa di Santa Croce 2022. Si prega di contattare Lucchesi nel Mondo all’indirizzo lucchesinelmondo@virgilio.it o al +39 0583 467855 per prenotare o richiedere maggiori informazioni… 9 settembre, ore […]
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INTERVISTA con il NUOVO SINDACO di LUCCA: MARIO PARDINI
Il 9 agosto 2022 Luccalife.com ha avuto il piacere di intervistare il neoeletto Sindaco di Lucca Mario Pardini nel suo ufficio di Palazzo Orsetti. Il suo dinamismo, intelligenza e approccio considerato al governo della città è eccitante e fresco. Se leggi questo, siamo sicuri che sarai d’accordo con noi…. Il testo della nostra intervista con […]
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Meet the New Mayor: an interview with Mario Pardini, newly elected mayor of Lucca
On 9 August 2022, LuccaLife.com had the pleasure of interviewing the newly elected Mayor of Lucca Mario Pardini at his office in Palazzo Orsetti. His dynamism, intelligence, and thoughtful approach to governing the city is exciting and inspiring. If you read this, we are sure you’ll agree with us…. The text of our interview […]
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Lucca: Star Location Internazionale
Le protagoniste di “Gooische Moeders,” popolare reality olandese, vanno a spasso a Lucca a bordo di un risciò.
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A Family Secret
After the war, my zia Gina continued working as a teacher. The handsome South African soldier named Donny with whom she had fallen in love didn’t write as he had promised, so to divert herself she quickly fell for the attention of a puppy whom she called “Bijoux” – zio Carlo thought the name was […]
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Before World War II started to impact her and her family’s life directly, my Mom finished her teaching degree but unlike her sister, Gina, who went straight to work at a middle school in Garfagnana, Mom continued her university studies. She studied Chemistry at the University of Pisa after receiving an associate teaching degree because […]
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Watermelon Square ~ Piazza dei Cocomeri
Watermelon Square ~ Piazza dei Cocomeri, may have been named during the centuries when a fruit and vegetable market occupied the square of St. Michael’s Church ~ Piazza San Michele.
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Murabilia 2023: fiori, piante, colori e profumi per scoprire i tesori nascosti della Natura
“Underground” rappresenta una delle mostre del giardinaggio più importanti di qualità in Italia. Realizzata da Lucca Crea (società che organizza il festival Lucca Comics & Games e altri eventi) e il Comune di Lucca, Murabilia animerà le Mura urbane (dal baluardo San Regolo al baluardo La Libertà) nei giorni 1, 2 e 3 settembre 2023. A presentare l’edizione 2023 […]
Continue ReadingLucca prende volo: Da Carlo del Prete a voli virtuali per festeggiare 100 anni
La mostra, gli eventi, i giochi e le esibizioni: ecco il ricco programma con cui a settembre si celebreranno a Lucca i 100 anni dell’Aeronautica Militare che si svolgerà alla Cavallerizza di piazzale Verdi dall’1 al 30 settembre 2023.
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Centinaia sulle Mura di Lucca per “E lucevan le stelle”
Successo per il bis dell’evento organizzato dall’amministrazione Pardini Otto baluardi, 6 casermette, 2 castelli delle Mura e le Torri civiche cittadine, per un totale di 24 associazioni culturali e di rievocazione storica coinvolte il 10 agosto 2023. Sono questi i numeri principali della seconda edizione di un evento che ha allietato la notte di San […]
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Notte Bianca – ‘Nessun dorma’ forse fino alle 3!
TORNA LA GRANDE FESTA POPOLARE IN CENTRO STORICO Appuntamento sabato 26 agosto quando si aspettano più di 70,000 partecipanti all’interno del centro storico di Lucca Musei aperti per la prima volta, più visite guidate, iniziative nuove per bambini e famiglie, danza nelle piazze, musica dal vivo, eventi speciali con il clou della mezzanotte in piazza […]
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Perché passeggiare sulle mura di Lucca?
È un’esperienza indimenticabile, bella e fa persino bene 😃 Asfalto, ghiaia o erba: il sentiero sulla sommità delle mura rinascimentali di Lucca offre tutte le superfici che potrebbero servire per godersi un trekking veloce oppure tranquillo sotto le fronde di alberi e con una varietà di fiori spontanei lungo tutto il perimetro della struttura. È […]
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