Lucca is another one of my favourite towns in Italy. On our first trip here over 20 years ago, we stayed on a wine farm outside town. We mostly remember trying every grappa they had and watching Italian game shows on TV. Still, we always return.
It's one of the Tuscan fortified towns that has a medieval wall that is still intact. Lucca isn't super touristy. There are lots of tourists but they don't outnumber the locals. 
We love wandering from piazza to piazza, stopping for a drink and people-watching or poking our heads into the odd church. 
Stephen and Vivienne joined us here. They have rented a campervan for 5 weeks to travel around Italy with us. 
It's a 2km walk from the campsite into town, a good warm-up for all the walking we will be doing over the next few months.
En route to Florence, we stopped in the hilltown Vinci, where Leonardo's from. You can visit a number of museums dedicated to his life, his art and his inventions. 
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