Lucca Italy is an ancient walled city not far from Pisa. The fortress like walls are wide with a promenade on top where people can walk or ride bikes around the city. The full circuit is 4 km (2.5 miles). There is a large circular plaza, now surrounded by shops and apartments, that (according to a B&B hostess) was once the site of a Roman arena where gladiators fought. The city is a maze of narrow streets.
Part of the old city wall.
It has a wide promonade with trees on both sides on top.
View from the top of the wall.
Promonade to the right.
There are 4-peddle bicycles that can be rented to ride
on the city wall. We rented one with Wayne and Nomi,
Lincoln friends who we will travel with for one week.
It took us an hour to circle the city with some brief stops.
Images from the old city.
Outdoor cafes on the "gladiator" plaza.
Clothes drying above the plaza.
Wayne and Nomi's balcony overlooking the plaza.
(the apt we stayed in was outside of the old walled city)
Old churches
Other views
There are many narrow streets with shops
below and apartments above.
I used my tablet GPS locator (blue dot)
on the city map to guide us
(which fortunately works without a wi-fi connection)
Teens sitting by an old building just inside the entrance
through the city wall.
On the building above the teens.
People having lunch on the plaza.
For a birds eye view Google "Images of Lucca Italy".
