Lucca has made a virtue of staying in the political shadow of its three mighty competitors: Pisa, Florence and Siena. Instead of striving for military supremacy, the small town has historically sought after economic prosperity.  Even today, it boasts a general well-being hardly matched by any other Tuscan town. 

You will begin your guided tour where the residents of Lucca spend their free time: on the city wall topped by a line of shady trees.

Your first stop is San Frediano Church, with its magnificent thirteenth century mosaic, representing Christ in Majesty, and an amazing facade.

Next, you visit nearby Piazza del Anfiteatro, the most beautiful square of Lucca. Passing by the elegant shops of Via Filungo and through small medieval streets, you reach the Duomo that houses the famous Volto Santo and a splendid marble sarcophagi, a masterpiece of Jacopo della Quercia.

Passing Piazza Napoleone with its distinctive French outlook, you finally arrive at Piazza San Michele, the central civic square of Lucca since Roman times.