Mayor Pardini engineers Lucca tourist boom!
The rain never seems to last long in Lucca…
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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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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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Meet the New Mayor: an interview with Mario Pardini, newly elected mayor of Lucca – August 9, 2022 – Part 2
PART TWO – POLITICS Where did your desire to become mayor come from? Yes, my adventure in the world of wine went well. We started with a company that made zero bottles and finally produced more than 200,000 bottles – it was a good experience – it also worked economically, but I’m a fatalist. You […]
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