Villa Lucrezia

Top choice in Lucca


A particularly handy address for those arriving by car, this 10-room B&B is a two-minute walk from the city walls, inside a graceful 19th-century villa with a jasmine-scented garden. Rooms are spacious and light-filled, with big windows, contemporary design furnishings and sharp en suite bathrooms. Complimentary tea, coffee and cakes are at hand throughout the day in the basement breakfast room.

The villa also lends guests free bicycles to pedal into town. Free courtyard parking too.


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