Hotels Near Praetorian Palace in Lucca

The hotel is located in the old town. If you are driving to get ready, the road is very narrow and it feels like you are going to meet people. In addition, it is not recommended to book 2 beds, because it is a very narrow single bed! Breakfast is quite rich, the old town is not big to walk anywhere.

Hot room // a/c weak and they didn’t seem to care. We stayed at this hotel about a decade ago. It was awesome - clean, fitness center, free parking, great location and good food. Unfortunately, it has NOT aged well. We were given a room that was very hot. The a/c was weak and the hotel made a habit of turning off the entire system with enough regularity that our room was uncomfortably warm. As a result, we did not sleep well any of our nights there. Worse yet, the front desk staff was defensive and unsympathetic in reaction. They accused us of not bringing it up when we had called and stopped by the desk over 8 times in 2 days — and had just spoken to the same guy!!! Another guest also mentioned their room was hot too, so it’s not just us!!! The design in the room also gave you the choice of covering the weak a/c unit with the curtains (and having some shading but even weaker a/c) or the opposite. There was just no winning there!! The breakfast felt more “best western” mediocre than a 4+ star hotel in a great Tuscan town and the fitness center and spa were closed. If you want a comfortable stay in Lucca, look elsewhere.

The hotel is by the sea, the room by the sea is small, but the scenery is good. There is a Beijing restaurant 100 meters away. In addition, my friend hotel (amici imei) is expensive and not tasty, not recommended. The hotel provides parking spaces, 16 euros a night, just opposite the hotel public parking area, it is convenient.

Отель на окраине города. До остановки - 5 мин в будни, 25 мин в выходные (это нужно учитывать, если нет машины). Уютный номер, есть все необходимое. На завтрак выбор из нескольких вариантов (тосты, яичница, йогурт и пр), хозяин готовит к указанному времени.

We have just stayed here for 1 week and it was absolutely amazing! Such a rustic Italian villa with all the amenities you would need. If you want authentic, family feel, peaceful, relaxed atmosphere within a 10 minute drive into Lucca and central to visit all other Tuscan regions, then this is your place! The staff here are so helpful, kind, really do care and want you to be happy and get what you want and need. The restaurant is open for breakfast, for lunch for snacks and if you fancy that added extra something special the restaurant is open in the evening, almost fine dining style with some very good food. The pool is so close to the rooms and enjoyable to sit by and chill. The pool is not heated and would imagine in the summer the sun warms it up. We were there is May and although a bit cold when first walking in, after lying in the warm sun it served to cool you down. The grounds are beautiful and the setting of the villa is so picturesque. They have e-bikes and mopeds available to hire and always willing to advise re days out, train times and order taxis etc Lucca train station is only 10 mins away 20 euro one way. There is lots of parking if hiring a car. The hotel is a a 28 min drive from Pisa Airport but you could arrange a taxi (maybe pricey tho around 70- 90 euro), if having a car you can easily find way round local area with google maps or access the train station and you can take trips to Lucca, Pisa, Florence, Siena and many more places to see. We were sad to leave the hotel Villa staff as all have been wonderful. We will definitely return and also recommend to stay here

I must have started this review about 5 times because I don't really want to be negative, but then again I don't want to be positive either! We stayed here for one night, and it was enough - much like Pisa itself I feel - one day/night is enough! The location is well out of Pisa - taxi will cost in the region of €25, but if you like the idea of their thermal pools, saunas, etc it's worth it. Our room was a split level - bed above the en-suite with a decent sitting/chilling area downstairs. However I use the term ”chilling” ironically because the AC couldn't get near coping - despite having it working as hard as it could for the entire stay, it only managed to cool the room by less than one degree celsius. Opening the windows didn't help, but they opened into a corridor anyway, so privacy was a concern. Once you actually see a member of staff in the thermal baths/spa area (they seem to be rather sp**** and stay hidden - pretty sure I read that in someone else's review), they are lovely, but I genuinely felt awkward asking them to show us around - which is what the hotel receptionist had told us to ask! When we checked in, we were informed of a ”party” being hosted on the terrace that evening with food (not beverages) costing €90 each. We may have been tempted, but decided that given we were only there for one night, we'd eat in Pisa itself. On returning to the hotel we grabbed a couple of drinks at the bar and were invited (by who appeared to be the Food and Beverage manager) to enjoy our drinks on the terrace with the live music still playing - this was lovely and very thoughtful - certainly the highlight of our stay at the hotel. All in all, it's somewhat aged and needs a bit of TLC, possibly understaffed a little, and in a rural location. That said, the staff are very good and the location makes it wonderfully peaceful and relaxing. The thermal baths are beautiful and somewhat unique so it's very ”different” and for a night-or-two, you can't go wrong. I don't regret booking it, and if the AC had worked, so would probably have been a far more positive review.