Which is closer to Lucca, Tuscany?

Question

I'm going to Florence, Rome, and Milan next summer and A LOT of my family lives in Lucca so i wanted to see if they could come to either one of the 3 places i was visiting while i'm there..does anyone know which is closer to Lucca?

Answer 1

I'm living in this area and Florence is far closer to Lucca than the other 2 towns.
By car Lucca is abt. 80 kms (50 miles) from Florence
(Milan at 280 kms= 175 miles)
(Rome at 360 kms = 225 miles)

By train from Lucca to Florence it takes frome one to one hour and half depending on the train and ticket for the round trip costs abt. € 10 per person.

Answer 2

Florence is clearly the closest of these three cities. Rome is about four hours drive south on the autostrada. Milan is a couple of hours north across the Apennine Mountains. Florence is less than an hour due east, up the valley of the Arno River.

Lucca is a beautiful city. Why don't you go to Lucca, instead of asking them to come to Florence? Enjoy!

Answer 3

Lucca is one of the provinces of Tuscany region, in Italy. It means that its registry office has a certain independency to the Italian Government.Lucca has undergone, form its first construction, during the VIth century, many internal wars and riots, but it was with the riots of Guelfi and Ghibellini, before the Renaissance, that Lucca has known its most troubled period. Anyway, despite its troubled political and social situation, Lucca has always be very well known, in Europe, for its important textile market and for its banks.Dante Alighieri has lived for a long time in Lucca, during his exile from Florence.Lucca has been an independent republic until 1799, when Napoleone Bonaparte offered Lucca to his sister Elisa Bonaparte and her husband Felicie Baciocchi: the Principality of Lucca and Piombino was born. Lucca is one of the main cities of art in Italy, its walls are very famous and well kept and give to Lucca the shape of a crown on the top of an hill. Thanks to its strong walls, the city centre of Lucca is intact with all its art pieces and historical buildings and churches. That is why Lucca is also named “The city with 100 Churches”, moreover, you can visit many towers, Renaissance buildings and other monuments inside the ancient walls of Lucca. The urban construction of Lucca worth a mention, with its beautiful spaces, such as the Piazza dell’Anfiteatro, an astonishing square that has been built on an ancient Roman theatre, Piazza S. Michele and Piazza S. Martino, where the beautiful cathedral of San Martino is located. These are the reasons why Lucca has been recently nominated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Answer 4

Florence

Answer 5

In your position I would fly into Pisa, which is the budget airport for Firenze, and get local travel to Lucca, stay the first night or two eith family and then take one of them to Firenze as a guide.

Answer 6

Florence is closer
Roma is 2,5 hours by train and Milan a little bit more

Answer 7

Florence is. I went there (via Pisa, which is even closer,although you can also go direct).
It probably takes about an hour. Its a lovely town...so much quiter than Florence!!!

Answer 8

florence

Answer 9

florence of corse

Answer 10

florence or Bologna?