Lovely Lucca Italy, Lucca, Italy

If you find yourself spending some time in Italy try to get out of the big cities and discover some of the smaller ones. We made a short stop in Lucca on an adventure to Italy and found we loved this small, walled city.

There are actually two parts to the city, the ancient walled in section, where most of the tourists stay and the more modern portion that surrounds it. Outside of the wall we stopped at what we thought was an ancient aqueduct.

Turns out this aqueduct was actually built in the 1800’s as a way to transport water from the surrounding mountains. It is very much made in the ancient Roman style. The length of the aqueduct was originally 2 miles long with 400 arches. Then, in about 1938, Mussolini ordered it cut so a highway could be built through the middle of it. While driving down the highway today you can still see where it was disrupted.

Once inside the walls of the city, there is no need for a car. I jokingly said, “everything is a 6 minute walk away,” and that pretty much was the case.

Our first stop was for pizza. We’d heard a lot about the little hole in the wall called Pizza de Felice. There were just a couple of tables inside and out. We got our pieces and proceeded to eat outside. It was delicious. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).