I chose this spot because my service dog could be here and this was a perfect spot to stay for several days and enjoy the tranquility of Lucca and Viareggio. It looks like a very new property because it is well kept, including the lush green garden! If you have a car you can see more by day like the other guests. The property was fantastic by the farmland and foothills of the scenic green mountains. The backyard was very spacious if you have a dog or kids with a water spicket and clothes line to hang beach towels or handwashed clothes. There is no washing machine, but I brought clothes easy to wash and dry in half a day with the summer heat. The AC blows cold, water pressure hot/cold in the shower is fantastic, beautiful spacious rooms with high ceilings and two windows which open up and have shutters to angle the sun/breeze to your preference, clean linens and towels. The host he is very accommodating and helpful. I don't eat breakfast before 11am, but it was good to have hard-boiled eggs and an apple each morning. Other guests enjoyed the cheese and meat platter, fresh juice, yogurt, croissants, toast and jam, and muffins, tea and coffee/espresso that the host arranged. The host also has available for a small fee local red and white wine, sodas, water. I came without a car and found it very walkable to bus stops (3-minute - 8-minute walks), 10-minute walk to the grocery store Coop with a bancomat/atm inside during business hours), 6 minutes to a pizzeria, cafe, gelato, another gelateria 10 min walk. Bus ride is 10 minutes to Lucca center/bus/train station or 35-45 minutes to the beach. I did have to watch my timing in the evenings due to buses stop at 7 p.m. weekdays and have limited pickup locations on weekends for the same weekday routes to Lucca center. It worked out best to stay my first night inside Lucca center and walk the streets in the cool evenings after a 9:30 pm dinner and walk and sightsee 2/3rds of the tranquil Lucca center until midnight. Then at sunrise walk the remaining side of Lucca before the sun became intense at 9:30 am. This is for August. ~Cece (I will definitely be back here!!)
stayed from 08/04/2024 to 08/08/2024