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Want to see the best of Lucca? We got you covered. But as you can expect from a Withlocals experience, the real excitement is its hidden gems. Join your favorite local and get a feeling of the city's real vibe on a tour that has it all, so you can say: I experienced the real Lucca!

Destination

Lucca, Italy

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

3 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Español, Italiano, Français, Polski

Included

• Private Guide
• 1 Local Snack or Drink
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 4 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Torre delle Ore, in front of the main entrance - Lucca to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See from Guinigi Tower, Palazzo Pfanner, Cathedral of St. Martin, and other landmarks and must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots in town so you can get the perfect overview of what makes Lucca so unique

4. Hidden Gems

   Along the way, your local host will show you treasures hidden in plain sight that only the locals know about. Get to know the city through a different perspective, the local way, and discover places and stories that not many tourists experience

5. Magical Storytelling

   Behind every landmark and every stop, there’s a story, and your local host is ready to tell it all. Get ready to listen to incredible stories, one-of-a-kind insights, and fun facts only a knowledgeable local would know!

6. Special Treat

   Follow your host to one of their favorite eateries for a snack or a drink beloved by the locals. Take a break and catch up with your new local friend and get the answers to all your travel questions

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Matt🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Sara)

28 January 2025

“We had the pleasure of having Sara as our guide during our tour of Lucca. It was brilliant, Sara’s passion for the city and its history was clear from the start. She brought the history of Lucca to life. We loved discovering hidden gems throughout the city that we would never have found on our own. Her knowledge and storytelling made the tour feel like a journey through time. We’d highly recommend Sara to anyone visiting Lucca — she’s the perfect guide to uncover the city’s secrets! Excellent

Charles🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

21 December 2024

Maria was flexible, friendly and very knowledgeable. Being a native of Lucca really added to the experience and stories she had. We highly recommend her. Great local knowledge

SCOTT🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

12 November 2024

Sara knew so many interesting Lucca tidbits, as well as insights about Lucca citizens. She clearly is a big fan of the entire area. We learned a lot and could probably have toured with her more. Thank youLucca expert

Tatyana🇺🇸 United States

(About local Belinda)

6 October 2024

We spent few hours in Lucca with Belinda! Her knowledge, love for her city and her sparkling personality made this tour a special one. We highly recommend her as a guide!Great experiance in Lucca with Belinda

Casey🇲🇺 Mauritius

(About local Sara)

28 September 2024

Sara was a delight! She was organised, prepared, efficient, interesting with a great knowledge of the town and history of Lucca. We so enjoyed our tour with her and highly recommend her services! Wonfeful personalised tour

Hedda🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Sara)

23 September 2024

We had a wonderful tour with Sara! She was engaging, knowledgeable and funny. Her insight into the history of Lucca made for a fascinating morning! Sara also recommended some great local restaurants and we are eating our way through all of them. Grazie mille Sara! Lucca with Sara

Jill🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

19 September 2024

My husband and I had never been to Lucca, but had heard wonderful things about it from friends. We went on a private tour with Sara, and spent an enchanting few hours with her exploring the city. She was so knowledgeable about the history of the city, and her humor in telling us stories about what we were seeing added so much fun to the facts. We loved the way she would talk about the history of a place and then relate it to present day. We ended our tour with a delicious lunch at a restaurant she had reserved for us in the heart of the city. I highly recommend taking a private tour; and don’t forget to ask for Sara!!Lucca with Sara was Magic!

Rosie🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Sara)

19 September 2024

Super friendly Sara showed us around the walled city of Lucca, sharing her knowledge of how the city was built from roman and medieval times to current day. Walking us to historic churches and areas of the town we would not have found, pointing out historic details and telling the many stories of the rich history of Lucca! Enjoyed tasting local delicacy and appreciated and tried (!) the restaurant and café recommendations. A wonderful afternoon, thank you Sara.Wonderful afternoon in Lucca Sara!

Ann🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

11 September 2024

Sara was a delight — so fun and informative. She was flexible about our needs and desires and her stories made the time fly. Highly recommend! Thank you, Sara. Great tour!

Manu🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

28 August 2024

We had a great experience in Lucca with Maria. She shared all her knowledge on the history and art of the city while giving a full tour around. She was very nice and accommodated for our needs whenever requested. I would highly recommend the Lucca experience with Maria as your personal guide.Thank you Maria.

Maria🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

14 July 2024

We really enjoyed our tour of Lucca with Maria. Maria was extremely knowledgeable and showed us sights that we would never have seen without her pointing them out. Lucca is lovely and has so much to offer. We will return and would very much recommend a tour with Maria. Thank you.Fantastic tour!

Kelly🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

5 July 2024

Thank you Maria for a lovely wonder through Lucca listening to your amazing stories and knowledge. My favourite part was seeing the lady on the loom and purchasing a beautiful souvenir. My husband enjoyed talking with you about your life in Lucca. Wandering with Wonder in Lucca

Belinda🇿🇦 South Africa

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

5 July 2024

We loved our time with Maria. She was knowledgeable and had some fun and interesting insights. Even my 16 year old loved the tour! I highly recommend herA fun and informative tour

Jodie🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

4 July 2024

What a wonderful job Maria Lucrezia did addressing the different interests and ages of our group! She tailored the tour to my interests in music, my dad’s interest in history and also to the general knowledge of the group really well with lots of great anecdotes and fascinating stories. I would most definitely recommend her. She was also quite brilliant at adapting her Italian to my level and still getting her message through in English. A lovely, good humoured lady! Good humoured and adaptable

Dr Christian🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Sara)

27 June 2024

We spent a fantastic day with Sara on a “hidden gems” personalised tour of Lucca. Sara Was knowledgeable, kind, engaging , and maintained interest for our teenage kids. She took us to local places to try delicacy such as Bucellato and Torta d’erbe, and even helped us book restaurants for dinner the night before and for lunch after the tour, which was incredibly helpful.. Highly recommended! She also does tours in Pisa and food tours. Wow 🤩!Fantastic personalised tour of Lucca

Luther🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

26 May 2024

Maria was very knowledgeable and helpful throughout the tour. She catered the tour and conversation to the needs of our group. I would highly recommend her as your guide in Lucca!Great Tour Guide

Hillary🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

15 May 2024

Maria provided a wonderful tour. She is warm, friendly and professional. Maria has extensive knowledge in the history of Lucca and also local knowledge bringing the streets alive! We loved every minute of our tour. Many thanks ☺️ A wonderful tour

Jan🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Sara)

12 May 2024

We really enjoyed our 3 hours wandering the streets of Lucca with Sara. She is so personable, polite, and eager to please. She designed a tour to accommodate our wishes perfectly. She has a sense of humour that fitted in well with her explanations about why the Luchese designers did what they did. She touched several times on the rivalry between local citizens and those of Pisa. We would definitely book her again. Sara know Lucca!

Carmen🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

8 May 2024

Despite the heavy rain, Sara made the tour very enjoyable. She is extremely knowledgeable of the history of Lucca. Highly recommend Sara. Amazing Tour Guide

Eddie🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Sara)

1 May 2024

Sara was absolutely amazing and able to instantly adapt the itinerary to our individual requirements (and those of our 2 dogs!). I cannot praise highly enough her knowledge and obvious love for her job. We wanted to be taken a little off the beaten track and suddenly we were transported to the lesser known alleyways of Lucca where we recreated the journeys and experiences of ancient times. Our highlight of the holiday. The perfect individual experience

Lanette🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

11 April 2024

Sara was an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable, personable and accommodating. We received a great overview of Lucca as well recommendations for shops, restaurants and other places of interest. Thanks , Sara, for the delightful day!Excellent tour of Lucca!

Stephanie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

17 February 2024

My colleague and I had a wonderful time exploring Luca with Sara! Her passion for Luca’s history is palpable and her knowledge is vast. She took the time to curate the tour to our interests and we had the opportunity to try a local sweet treat and digestif. She even ran a bit over to make sure that we were able to see all the sites. Would recommend that anyone visiting Lucca take Sara’s tour! Wonderful day In Luca

Marielle🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

28 January 2024

Very interesting walk with Maria through ancient Lucca. She told us a lot of historical stories and showed us many symbols and signs on the buildings and in churches. Maria has a lot of knowlegde and answered all our questions. Walking around with Maria felt like walking with a friend, the city came to live. We had several tastings and recommadations for dining. Beautiful day, thx Maria 💛Excellent morningwalk through Lucca

zg9vmfqjns🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

13 October 2023

Maria grew up in the area and has a degree in art history. She was an excellent guide - informative about the history here as well as local tips. Very friendly and excellent English. She was able to answer our many questions - something you can not get with a group tour. We would highly recommend!!Excellent

Anneliese 🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Sara)

29 July 2023

We really enjoyed our tour of Lucca with Sara. Informative, hidden surprises on the way, Sara was accommodating to our requests, and overall it was an excellent afternoon spent learning about the historical city of Lucca. Thank you Sara for sharing your Lucca with us we had an amazing time and will definitely be in touch when we return!!! Highly recommend Sara Excellent guide

Gail🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

19 October 2024

Maria Lucrezia was a wonderful and fun guide on our first full day in Lucca. She shared so many interesting stories of the city’s art, architecture and ancient history - and the tastings !! She made perfect selections. All the proprietors we met were as welcoming as she was. It was a perfect day. Highly recommended. Grazie Mille, Maria Lucrezia!Wonderful introduction to Lucca

Margaret

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

16 October 2024

She is an exceptional guide! Kind, social and fascinating! Loved the experience! 10/10/10!Outstanding and charming!

Holly

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

1 October 2024

Delicious food with a top-notch history tour!!Extraordinary!!

Deborah🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

17 September 2024

Our guide, Maria, was amazing! She was so helpful throughout the entire process. Her knowledge was inspiring! We also found her to be kind and patient - would recommend her anytime! Amazing experience

Scott🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Sara)

7 September 2024

Sara was a wonderful guide for our private group of 4. She was friendly, knowledgeable and spoke excellent English. She was also good fun and soon tuned in to our Northern Irish humour ! I would certainly recommend the tasting tour of Lucca and indeed any tour that Sara leads. Thanks again Sara for a great day in Lucca. Sara - Lucca

Carrie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

3 August 2024

Our tour with Maria Lucrezia was a highlight of our trip. I'm so glad we scheduled at the beginning of our visit to Lucca. She was warm, knowledgable, and a lot of fun! The blend of food experiences, sightseeing, history, and just getting the lay of the land was perfect. We felt ready and excited to explore further on our own afterward. All of the ideas she gave us, from fabulous restaurants and gelato, to climbing to the top of a couple of medieval towers, to visiting the Roman house museum, to walking the walls around the town, and I could go on, were just wonderful. Thank you, Maria Lucrezia, for being such a special moment in our trip to Italy!!A Perfect Introduction to Lucca!

Robert🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

3 August 2024

Sara was an exceptional tour guide! She customized our visit to Castiglione and Coreglia Antelminelli, showcasing her deep knowledge of the area. Her patience and willingness to accommodate our needs made the trip unforgettable. She even arranged transportation and restaurant reservations flawlessly. Highly recommended!Exceptional tour guide

Sam🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

17 July 2024

We had a fabulous tour with Maria Lucrezia. She was very knowledgeable, personable and easygoing, while tailoring the tour to what our little group was most interested in. We learned a lot of interesting things about Lucca’s past and present and enjoyed many delicious foods and drinks. Thank you Maria Lucrezia!!Definitely recommended!!

Reinoud🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Belinda)

11 July 2024

We had a great time exploring Lucca by bike. Everything was perfectly arranged with bikes being ready for us an the kids. The tempo of the tour was very easy to follow for all of us which meant it was also really nice for the kids. Even when I didn't show up on the right date Belinda was very accommodating and rescheduled to the day after.Amazing morning with Belinda

Kathy🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

2 July 2024

Sara was amazing! I can’t recommend her enough. She is so knowledgeable not only about the area but weaves in historical stories and insights that bring the town to life. Sara shares her family’s rich history in the area to help make it personal. She is simply fantastic!!10!

Unknown

(About local Sara)

1 July 2024

Sarah was our guide for a walking tour in Lucca, Italy. She was, simply put, outstanding! So knowledgeable, shared incredible information we would never have gathered on our own. And she has cultivated great relationships with local businesses that she shared with us. I would recommend her again and again. Thank you, Sarah.Excellent tour in Lucca

Amy

(About local Sara)

1 July 2024

Our group of three generations really enjoyed our Tasting tour of Lucca. Sara was an awesome guide providing history, humor and great recommendations. She was personable and engaging with everyone in our group. We would definitely choose Sara for future tours.Sara was great!

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

1 July 2024

I am really sorry but my wife and I found the experience to be very, very disappointing. We have booked a number of these food tours over the last 15 years and have found them to be progressively expensive but equally, worse value for money. Maria Lucrezia was very pleasant, very knowledgeable and easy company with good English. However, the key objective of our previous bookings had been to try local food in authentic restaurants we would have known about ourselves. On this occasion, we each had a single cappuccino, a single scoop of ice cream with whipped cream topping, a triangle of chickpea pizza dough, half of one chocolate, two thimbles of digestivo, three teaspooons of olive oil, four teaspoons of balsamic vinegar, a look in the cellar of a wine shop, one glass of red wine and we shared a portion of tortellini with ragu. My wife and I scored a 4 because Maria Lucretia was a good guide but the food experience itself was a 1.

Vicky🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

16 June 2024

We were a group of 12 women (friends, relatives) who did the Pisa walking taste tour with Sara. Sara was a good communicator at the time of booking (where I could park & the meeting spot). She was on time to the meeting place and very friendly. She does a great job of explaining the local sites and taking you to some amazing places for tasting. We were all stuffed by the time our tour was over. We all loved Sara as our guide! 💕 I had previously visited Pisa in 2005 on a cruise ship stop on a Pisa tour booked through the ship. I did not want to return to Pisa because I was not impressed with my last visit, but the other 11 had not been to Pisa so we booked a tour with Sara. Having your own local guide makes a huge difference in the experience. I now love Pisa and would return again! Fabulous Pisa tasting tour with Sara

Jennifer🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

29 May 2024

Maria exceeded our expectations for the food and history tour. She told us interesting stories about the history of Lucca and included recent events as well. She included personal facts and told us about the daily life in Lucca. We all enjoyed the tour and food we ate. I texted her when we arrived in the city and she arrived early to start our tour because we had to end early. She was very accommodating. The places she chose for us to eat at had a good mix of food-she varied the sweet and savory flavors. I highly recommend. Wonderful tour in Lucca

Keith

(About local Belinda)

16 May 2024

Belinda was an awesome tour guide! A great mix of history, architecture and of course wonderful Lucca foods. Had a great time. Hats off to Belinda.Awesome Lucca Tour with Belinda

Dermot🇺🇸 United States

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

19 April 2024

Maria was entertaining, enthusiastic, and very knowledgeable about all things Lucca. We had been to Lucca a few times before but Maria told us many things about Lucca and its history we hadn't heard about before. Stopping occasionally to try a local delicacy along with 'chance' encounters with artists, wine sellers etc made for a very memorable experience. Couple all of this with brilliant restaurant recommendations and suggestions for places to visit it was a really great way to get to know Lucca and its locality. Highly recommend booking a tour with Maria!!Educational and Enjoyable!

Linda

(About local Roberto)

8 April 2024

We had a great time with Poala in Lucca. We were noticed in time that Roberto wouldn’t be our guide, he send Paola instead. She is great! We did a nice walk through Lucca, she knows a lot of the history and shows nice spots and details. It was very impressive. Because she lives in Lucca, she knows what is going on the weekend and had some tips for the next days, even months to visit some events. It’s maybe not the cheapest way to discover Lucca, but it is a great way to do it. The tasting of Lucca is very nice and we highly recommend this trip.Poala is a great guide

Kelsie 🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

6 April 2024

If we could make it an 11 we would! In spite of it being a rainy day, we had an incredible day of sunshine with Sara. Her knowledge, passion and personality captured our attention and hearts. If you want to enjoy a day of storytelling and tasting a wonderful selection of Lucca’s specialties, you must go with Sara. Extraordinary experience with Sara

Nils

(About local Maria Lucrezia)

3 April 2024

It was a nice and delicious Tour with many local places and food. We had the private tour. Very good if you start your journey to find the best restaurants and historic spots.Very friendly

malcolm🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Sara)

2 February 2024

When we go to a new city, we like to do a guided walking tour - ideally with food tasting - to orientate ourselves and get a feel for the place. We did this in Lucca with Sara. She was wonderful. She was knowledgeable about Lucca, both the history and the present (including little known sites, shops and restaurants), and imparted that knowledge with charm and panache, and a great sense of fun and humour. Our morning flashed by, even extending into the afternoon. Thankyou very much Sara. And for other readers, we highly recommend Sara. (I only reduced the price-value rating to 8 because I never give out 10s - Sara herself is a 10*)Introduction to Lucca

rachelmhowes🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Sara)

23 October 2023

Sara is a wonderful guide. She's incredibly knowledgeable and personable and created an itinerary for us that kept us - mom and dad - and our two boys engaged in local history while enjoying delicious gelato, local delicacies and wine along the way. We could not have asked for more - she was the best and we highly recommend her.Just Wonderful!

nawal🇲🇦 Morocco

(About local Roberto)

23 October 2023

our group do a wonderful tour with Roberto to discover Pise. chapeau robertolovely pro guide

Unknown

(About local Sara)

19 October 2023

I'd even make sure you see specifically if Sara was available. This service is amazing. I wouldn’t ever do any other way

Rich🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

1 October 2023

We took a food tour with Sara, and had the best time. Sara is bright, fun, engaging, and her mastery of the English language is impressive: we understood every word that came out of her mouth! She told stories about Lucca and its history and mythology; pointed out major attractions, gave us recommendations for shopping and dining (all of which were quite good), and introduced us to many of the best foods of Lucca: the best gelato we have ever had, delicious chocolates, liquers, a wonderful gluten free flatbread, etc. It was a delightful way to get oriented to Lucca and to have some great foods on our first full day here. This is only our 4th food tour, but we now consider food tours to be the best way to spend part of the first day in any city that offers food tours. And this tour was probably the best of the 4 we have taken. I highly recommend With Locals tours, and very highly recommend Sara as the guide to use in Lucca!A wonderful experince!