adoher

A group of us are spending a week in Lucca in mid June and would like to go walking in the hills in the surrounding area but will have to use public transport. Can anyone recommend a place to get to ? I would really appreciate it.

kybourbon

Here's the bus map for the area. You would need to make sure about return buses so you don't get stranded somewhere.

http://www.vaibus.com/pdf/rete/rete_extraurbana.pdf

klondike

Using kybouron's map link, you will note the small village of Montecarlo. There is a beautiful little centro storico there with a great view. see: http://www.comune.montecarlo.lu.it/storia.htm

You could walk part of the Wine Road (here are some of the local fattorias: http://www.comune.montecarlo.lu.it/stradadelvino.htm

Not sure where the bus stop is in relation to our favorite Fattoria, BuonAmico, but you could either walk down to the winery or ask them how to arrange a visit from town centre. Two of their young ladies speak excellent English.

If you make arrangements ahead of time they will prepare a tasting with meal to follow the tour of their Fattoria.

You could bus in the morning,hike down to the Tenuta to tour the winery and have a tasting lunch before returning to the village to visit the castle. Bus home to Lucca.

http://www.buonamico.it/en/

klondike

I know someone who enjoyed walking the Lucca aqueduct, but haven't done it personally:

"From the little temple of San Concordio, a footpath follows the fascinating course of the aqueduct through the countryside of Lucca."

http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/itine...iAqueduct.html

klondike

A very easy walk (the path alongside is asphalted for hikers/bikers) from Asciano downhill to Pisa, where you could lunch in Pisa before training back to Lucca:

http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/itine...OfAsciano.html

klondike

If you were looking for something more "back to nature"...again, using the map above you will find along the coast Migliarino, where an extensive Nature reserve is located (just be sure you have something for mosquitoes depending on the time of year!)

http://www.parcosanrossore.org/en/kn...ve-of-chiarone

adoher

Thanks a million everyone for all your help .I am delighted to have received so much information. I will post details of the walks when I return .