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Italy - Tuscany - Lucca and Forte dei Marmi
In the 16th century as Lucca really prospered, its nobility and merchants built fine villas with great gardens – there are well over four hundred of them – in the soft rolling countryside to the north and east of the city. Three are open to the public: Villa Mansi, Villa Torrigiani and the more well-known Villa Pecci-Blunt.
The countryside to the north, east, and west of Lucca is largely rich, green agricultural land with fields, olive groves, vineyards, orchards, cypress-dotted hills and low mountains just as Gozzeli and Fra Angelico painted them in the fourteenth century.
There are many villages here – once there were over a thousand – with houses neatly arranged in rows rather than classically around a central piazza.
The countryside to the north, east, and west of Lucca is largely rich, green agricultural land with fields, olive groves, vineyards, orchards, cypress-dotted hills and low mountains just as Gozzeli and Fra Angelico painted them in the fourteenth century.
There are many villages here – once there were over a thousand – with houses neatly arranged in rows rather than classically around a central piazza.
For guests staying in the Lucca area, apart from historical excursions around the city, there are local activities: wine and olive oil tasting; concerts; cooking school sessions.
Then there are trips to interesting places like Pisa as well as Forte di Marmi and the famous Cinque Terra villages; Siena, Florence, and Chianti are within a sixty to ninety minute-drive; for the sportif, walking in the hills, tennis, horse riding and hot-air ballooning will provide stimulus. Forte dei Marmi is twenty minutes from Lucca: gorgeous boutiques, cafés and beach clubs in the best Italian taste.
Our villa-hotels – luxury, staffed properties with big pools and concierge service – are located close to the charming villages near Lucca and in the heart of Forte dei Marmi.
Then there are trips to interesting places like Pisa as well as Forte di Marmi and the famous Cinque Terra villages; Siena, Florence, and Chianti are within a sixty to ninety minute-drive; for the sportif, walking in the hills, tennis, horse riding and hot-air ballooning will provide stimulus. Forte dei Marmi is twenty minutes from Lucca: gorgeous boutiques, cafés and beach clubs in the best Italian taste.
Our villa-hotels – luxury, staffed properties with big pools and concierge service – are located close to the charming villages near Lucca and in the heart of Forte dei Marmi.
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