However you arrive climb the walls immediately to get your bearings and then to move around from one point of interest to the next. Lovely and cool on a summers day, the kids will love it.

This is a great place for a stroll or run. The view is spectacular whether you look at the city or the surrounding hills.

Walking around the entire city is about 2.5 miles. We opted to rent bikes from Chrono Bikes. They don't seem to have their own listing so I'll promote them here. Their bikes are in great shape, the shop is easy to find when you enter the front gate, customer service is very good as well. We had two kids, ages... More

Great Historic Walls Go for a run, walk or bike ride If you are adventures perhaps a picnic Watch the true locals (Lucchese) they are the stylish ones

Easily done in an hour or so, with a few pleasant stop off points for an espresso/ristretto/cappucino

Like another reviewer we arrived by train from Livorno (cruise ship) changed trains in Pisa then straight on to Lucca - on leaving the train station we walked directly to the walled city - had a lovely stroll around the walls taking lots of photos and enjoyed the views. If like us time was an issue don't walk all the... More

Lucca's walls are a wonderful walk, views into lovely gardens, terracotta roofscapes to gaze at and you can walk the full way round without stopping..... the traffic goes under the wall. There are cafes and loos along the way.

Dogs, kids, runners, strollers, gelatos, coffees, this walk around the Lucca walls is a beautiful experience. The walls are striking and to walk around the top is so peaceful. Get up first thing in the morning before the it starts moving to see the sunrise,....breathtaking

Staying in Lucca (again!) and as always really enjoyed our stroll around the walls prior to dinner. It is such a wonderful way to round off the day watching old couples wandering arm in arm, young families with buggies and tots on cycles, groups of teenagers laughing and everyone enjoying themselves on this open space above the city - wish... More