Lucca Tours in Summer

Fantastic trip with a good variety of walks. The Garfagnana area truly is one of Italy's best kept secrets - a lot of the time it felt like you had the whole place to yourself! The whole area is absolutely stunning.

It was an excellent way to see the less popular towns in Italy. Absolutely stunning meandering through the vineyards and olive groves of Tuscany. Some stages of the walk were challenging, mainly due to the rain, or the other extreme the heat but so worth the experience. The accommodation was great and satisfying breakfasts. GPS was user friendly & informative of the places of interest on route. Highly recommend to do it!

Wonderful to be able to walk amongst the vines and olive trees of Tuscany and feel the country. Suggest add swimmers and travel towel to packing list so might swim in the streams along the walks. Being able to swim and enjoy a cocktail by the pool at the accommodation places is also a delight after a hot day walking.

The walking in Tuscany trip far exceeded my expectations. The whole trip was meticulously planned and it was so easy to relax right from the start and simply enjoy myself. The accommodation at Agriturismo Braccicorti was clean and comfortable and the family who run it are just the loveliest people and made everyone feel so welcome. The food was simple, locally sourced and we were very well fed. The walking (Level 3) was absolutely fantastic - made all the better by our simply wonderful guide Sara, and the lovely group of people on the trip. I was a bit apprehensive about the weather as there had been storms the week before we went. However our guide Sara is an absolute expert on the region and was able to plan each days walk to take full advantage of where the weather was the most glorious on each day's hike.

I can't summarise this trip any better than the excellent reviews already given on this page. A great combination of some varied and challenging walking, comfortable and relaxing accommodation and a 1st class group leader.

This was my fourth Exodus holiday, all were excellent but this was probably the best overall in terms of consistently excellent accommodation, food and walking routes. Our Agriturismo was beautiful, delicious food and wine all locally produced, plus a lovely large pool. Rooms were very comfortable. This is a mountainous area with unpredictable weather, so come prepared for some heavy downpours/thunderstorms mixed with hot sunshine, even in July. Our guide Tony was very professional and knowledgeable, and provided a good mix of encouragement and flexibility to enable everyone in the group to get the most out of their trip. Thoroughly enjoyed the free day in Lucca, hired bikes and rode around the ancient city walls. Don't believe the trip notes which suggest Cinque Terra is do-able on the free day, it is too far away.