Lucca's Renaissance walls, a 4 km tree-lined promenade, are about 80 minutes from Florence. Day trips pair Lucca with Pisa and its Leaning Tower, 30 minutes away.
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Listings we describe that name their stops combine Lucca with Pisa, by coach or on a food-led day. The most common length is about 9 hours; the private car format states 5. We list 4 day trips from Florence on this page. Travellers have left more than 1,151 reviews on the tours we list here, with an average rating of 4.3 out of 5. The trips on this page run from 5 to 10 hours.
Coach departures divide the day between Lucca and Pisa, and the guiding is an option on some of them. The coach listing is rated 4.2 for about 9 hours in an air-conditioned vehicle; "Expert English speaking escort throughout activity", the listing notes, is marked optional. A shorter 8-hour listing adds a live guide and a guided walking tour of Pisa.
Food-led departures keep the Lucca and Pisa circuit and add a Buccellato cake tasting to it. The listing is rated 4.4 over about 9 hours. We would start here for a day that mixes sightseeing with food.
A private car replaces the coach and keeps the day to your own party. The listing is rated 4.5 over about 5 hours, and its inclusions state hotel pickup and drop-off with an English-speaking driver.
| Type of day trip | ★ | Duration | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach day, optional guided Pisa | 4.2 | ~9h | Air-conditioned coach + optional escort + optional Pisa tour |
| Lucca and Pisa day with tasting | 4.4 | ~9h | Buccellato tasting + Pisa Cathedral admission (optional) + Lucca tour (optional) |
| Private car with driver | 4.5 | ~5h | Hotel pickup and drop-off + private car + English-speaking driver |
Coach and tasting days run about 9 hours and the private car about 5; the choice comes down to how long you want to be out and whether you want a tasting or a guided Pisa tour. Of the trips shown here, the one with the most reviews is "Pisa and Lucca Day Trip", with more than 761 reviews and a rating of 4.2 out of 5.
Table data is indicative and comes from the GuruWalk catalogue. Each activity's current details, including availability, are the ones shown on its listing when you book.
Free cancellation up to 48 hours before is stated on the coach and private car listings we describe, while the food-led day and the shorter guided day state 24 hours. The window is worth checking against the date you pick.
Several inclusions on the Lucca and Pisa days are marked as options: the escort and the Pisa tour on the coach day, the Lucca tour and Leaning Tower entry on the food-led day. "Entrance to the Leaning Tower (if option selected)", the food-led listing notes, so we pick these while booking.
English is shown on every listing we describe. The food-led day also shows Spanish and the shorter 8-hour guided day shows Italian, so check the language line on the listing you choose.
On the food-led day the admission fee appears when that option is selected, and the shorter guided day lists entry to the cathedral. The coach day instead offers an optional guided tour of Pisa.
A live guide is listed on the shorter guided day, while the coach escort and the food-led Lucca tour are options you select. The private car listing names an English-speaking driver rather than a guide.
