Lucca

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28 September 2018

In 2004, during a camping holiday in Tuscany, we cycled along the top of Lucca’s 16^th and 17^th Century encircling Renaissance walls. Today we had an enjoyable walk around the 4.2k circuit. This was followed by a visit to the very attractive Romanesque cathedral; a pizza lunch; climbs up the cathedral’s bell tower and the Guinigi Tower which surprisingly has trees growing at the top; a look at oval Piazza Anfiteatro built on the site of a Roman amphitheatre; and a visit to the 17^th century Palazzo Pfanner and its baroque-styled garden.

After a rest back the van, we went back into town for an Italian meal at a very lively backstreet restaurant. An excellent day was brought to a great close by the music of a saxophone and drum marching band who passed us as we walked home.

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