Walks

☆ Save📤Share: The walk on the walls

11 stops · 3.9 km in a straight line between stops · ≈ 60 min on foot · 13 places to refill along the wayestimate at 4 km/h on the straight-line distance, stops not included

The walk follows the Walls of Lucca bastion by bastion, each with its own name: Santa Maria, San Paolino, San Donato, San Regolo, San Pietro, among others. You climb by stairs and ramps, not all of them suited to everyone, and the grassy banks on either side are off limits. It does not promise entry: at Baluardo San Regolo the underground areas need a separate ticket.

Source: Turismo Lucca (Comune di Lucca) · 2026-09-12

1. Baluardo Santa Maria
2. Baluardo San Colombano💧water 119 m🚻toilet · paid 185 m🚻toilet 250 m
3. Baluardo San Regolo💧water 39 m💧water 118 m
4. Mura di Lucca💧water 74 m
5. Baluardo della Libertà💧water 19 m🚻toilet 177 m
6. Baluardo San Salvatore💧water 38 m💧water 128 m
7. Baluardo San Pietro
8. Baluardo San Martino💧water 81 m
9. Baluardo Santa Croce💧water 43 m💧water 79 m💧water 90 m💧water 117 m🚻toilet 184 m
10. Baluardo San Donato🚻toilet 173 m
11. Baluardo San Paolino💧water 49 m

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☆ Save📤Share: The city gates

8 stops · 3.4 km in a straight line between stops · ≈ 50 min on foot · 8 places to refill along the wayestimate at 4 km/h on the straight-line distance, stops not included

The walls mark the edge of the old town: the gates are its passages. This walk touches some of the gates, seen from outside, including Porta San Pietro and Porta Santa Maria. The pin marks the structure, not an entrance: the listing doesn't say whether you can go in, what it costs, or when it opens. Signs on site count.

Source: Turismo Lucca (Uffici Turismo di Lucca, Comune di Lucca) · 2026-09-12

1. Porta San Pietro
2. Porta Santi Gervasio e Protasio💧water 18 m💧water 128 m🚻toilet 113 m
3. Porta Elisa💧water 135 m🚻toilet 27 m
4. Porta San Jacopo
5. Porta dei Borghi💧water 55 m
6. Porta Santa Maria
7. Porta San Donato💧water 76 m💧water 96 m💧water 108 m🚻toilet 106 m
8. Porta Sant'Anna💧water 84 m

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☆ Save📤Share: The towers still standing

2 stops · 230 m in a straight line between stops · ≈ 5 min on footestimate at 4 km/h on the straight-line distance, stops not included

In the Middle Ages Lucca had around a hundred and thirty towers. Almost all were pulled down or truncated in the sixteenth century. Only two survive intact: the Guinigi tower and the Torre delle Ore. The Guinigi was built in the fourteenth century by the Guinigi bankers, topped with a hanging garden of holm oaks. Climbing either one requires a paid ticket. Booking is advised on weekdays, required at weekends and on public holidays.

Source: Turismo Lucca (Comune di Lucca) — pagina Torre Guinigi, con riscontro sulla pagina Torre delle Ore dello stesso sito ufficiale · 2026-09-12

1. Torre delle Ore🚻toilet · paid 166 m
2. Torre Guinigi

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☆ Save📤Share: The churches beyond the Cathedral

19 stops · 3.3 km in a straight line between stops · ≈ 50 min on foot · 10 places to refill along the wayestimate at 4 km/h on the straight-line distance, stops not included

This walk gathers Lucca's churches beyond the Cathedral, including San Michele in Foro. Where services are held, respect them. The municipality describes San Cristoforo as closed to worship and now used for exhibitions. San Martino and Santi Giovanni e Reparata have fixed hours and a paid entrance; San Frediano also has set hours. Check on site.

Source: Comune di Lucca · 2026-09-12

1. San Michele in Foro
2. Chiesa di San Salvatore💧water 27 m
3. Chiesa di Santa Maria Corteorlandini
4. Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
5. Basilica di San Frediano
6. San Pietro Somaldi💧water 114 m
7. San Leonardo in Borghi💧water 61 m
8. Chiesa di San Francesco💧water 91 m💧water 137 m
9. Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Giuda
10. Santa Maria Forisportam💧water 116 m🚻toilet 214 m
11. San Martino Cathedral🚻toilet · paid 50 m
12. Santi Giovanni e Reparata💧water 80 m
13. Chiesa di San Cristoforo
14. Chiesa di San Giusto🚻toilet · paid 71 m
15. Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro💧water 21 m💧water 75 m
16. Chiesa dei Santi Paolino e Donato
17. Santa Caterina💧water 129 m
18. Chiesa del Crocifisso dei Bianchi🚻toilet 160 m
19. San Matteo

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☆ Save📤Share: The palaces seen from outside

21 stops · 3.2 km in a straight line between stops · ≈ 50 min on foot · 8 places to refill along the wayestimate at 4 km/h on the straight-line distance, stops not included

The Ducal Palace stands where Castruccio Castracani built a huge fortress in 1322. The Lucchesi themselves tore it down in 1369. The palace was spared: it became the seat of government again. In 1815 the Congress of Vienna made Lucca a Duchy under Maria Luisa di Borbone. She turned it into a grand residence. Today it holds the Risorgimento Museum and the Paolo Cresci Museum. The other stops, like Palazzo Pretorio, you take in from outside.

Source: Turismo Lucca — portale turistico ufficiale del Comune di Lucca, scheda "Palazzo Ducale" · 2026-09-12

1. Palazzo Ducale💧water 17 m💧water 72 m
2. Palazzo Pretorio🚻toilet · paid 32 m
3. Palazzo Cenami
4. Palazzo del Decanato
5. Palazzo Santini
6. Palazzo Tucci💧water 60 m
7. Palazzo Sardini
8. Palazzo Pfanner
9. Palazzo Parensi
10. Palazzo Galli Tassi💧water 80 m💧water 145 m🚻toilet 111 m
11. Palazzo Verdi - 1💧water 79 m
12. Palazzo della Magione del Tempio
13. Palazzo Bertolli
14. Palazzo Arcivescovile🚻toilet · paid 138 m
15. Palazzo Mazzarosa
16. Palazzo Spada
17. Palazzo Tegrimi💧water 103 m
18. Palazzo Bernardini
19. Palazzo Fatinelli
20. Palazzo Guinigi
21. Palazzo Bartolomei💧water 147 m

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