A walk above and below the Walls of Lucca, up to the Botanical Garden, a small green corner in the heart of the historic centre. two precious and loved places, witnesses of centuries of history, art, nature and spokespersons for current issues such as sustainability, the protection of biodiversity, the indissoluble relationship between human beings and the plant world.

The long tree-lined avenue of the Renaissance Walls, which runs all around the center of the city, is a panoramic walk with wonderful views of monuments, churches and palaces, and a botanical route to be discovered step by step, among the continuous changing of colors and scents , when, inautumn, oaks, tulip trees and beeches offer the spectacle of irresistible foliage.under the Walls, the wonder continues in the basement of the bastions, in galleries, corners and secret passages, once used to store cannons and weapons, today extraordinary places to be "rediscovered".

Finally the Botanical Garden, custodian of a historical-scientific and architectural heritage that maintains a large part of the nineteenth-century structures: the arboretum with centuries-old trees with a monumental appearance, including the extraordinary Ginkgo biloba with its golden-yellow autumn foliage, the Montagnola with thenative flora of the nearby mountains, the legendary lake, the botanical school with the collection of medicinal plants, the greenhouses and the library.

Sunday 27 October 2024

2 guided tours: 11:00 am and 3:00 pm

Starting point: Infopoint Mura di Lucca - Porta San Donato Nuova Castle

Free participation, with reservation:

- Infopoint Mura di Lucca tel. 0583 442213 - info@turismo.lucca.it