🏨 PRIVATE TOUR: Lucca and Funicular ride in Montecatini Alto with Lunch Experience Activity

PRIVATE TOUR: Lucca and Funicular ride in Montecatini Alto with Lunch Experience

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From $217.48

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Florence, Florence

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Visit Lucca, Montecatini Alto and the Nievole Valley in one day, with our expert local driver. Our driver will pick you up from your local address:
• First stop in Lucca:
Lucca is an artistic and musical city and birthplace of the composer Giacomo Puccini (with a dedicated museum). This city is a wonderful jewel between its perfect ancient walls and its famous Oval Square. The Cathedral of Lucca is one of the most important churches in Tuscany and the Guinigi Tower, is known because at the top there is a garden with centuries-old oaks.
• For lunch we will move to a typical Tuscan farm, where you will taste the best wines of our region with cold cuts, bruschetta and extra virgin olive oil and a delicious homemade pasta.
• After lunch we will head towards Montecatini to take the ancient Italian Funicular (date 1848) which will arrive, through a breathtaking landscape, in the town of Montecatini Alto.
(Important note: the Funicular opens one week before Easter and closes on October 31st).

What's Included

4 genuine local wine tastings (of tuscan wine) in a typical local farm and extra vergine oil of olive tastings

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

Brochures

delicious lunch based on buschette, typical cold cuts, homemade bread, homemade pasta and much more

Funicular Ticket

Traveler Information

YOUTH: Age: 0 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 99

Additional Info

COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Lucca

Our english speaking driver – escort will pick you up at your location (hotel or apartment) around 9.00 AM. Then we will drive to Lucca.
First stop in this magical city where after a brief explanation of the most interesting things to see you will have two hours free for your walking tour.
The most interesting things to visit are:
• The Puccini Museum
• The Cathedral of San Martino
• The beautiful and ancient Walls
• The Oval Square
• The Guinigi Tower
For lunch we will move to a typical Tuscan farm located in the countryside, where you will taste the best wines of our region with cold cuts, bruschetta and extra virgin olive oil and a delicious homemade pasta. the farm is managed directly by the family that deals with the production of wine and oil following the ancient methods. The pasta and bread are homemade and have a unique and incomparable flavor. It is not a simple lunch but a true experience of taste and flavors.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

After lunch we will move to the funicular of Montecatini.

There is a magical historic railway line which takes you to the high village of the city on a little red train from bygone days, and this makes the whole experience truly unique. The trains meet at the halfway point and greet each other as though they are kissing, in the middle of the green hill, where it overlooks an evocative view of the whole of the Valdinievole, your gaze stretching infinitely over the land.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Montecatini Alto

The funicular arrives and stops in the village of Monteatini Alto.

Montecatini Alto is the original Montecatini settlement, lying a few hundred metres above the ‘new’ town. Montecatini alto (high) is a characteristic medieval village, abounding in historical events culture and illustrious personages, is one of the most ancient inhabited centrs in the Valdinievole. From the village of Montecatini Alto, you can see the Nievole valley up to the city of Lucca, with a suggestive panorama.
The return is scheduled for 5 PM

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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