La Tosca Rooms

“Charming Stay in a Charming Town”

We really enjoyed our stay at La Tosca (San Paolino City View) room, and appreciate the history of the building that these rooms are located in. The historic motif was perfect as a modern room wouldn’t fit with our stay in the charming and historic Lucca. We appreciated the roominess and really l… lisää

We really enjoyed our stay at La Tosca (San Paolino City View) room, and appreciate the history of the building that these rooms are located in. The historic motif was perfect as a modern room wouldn’t fit with our stay in the charming and historic Lucca. We appreciated the roominess and really liked the kitchenette area with refrigerator and microwave. The area is absolutely wonderful with many restaurants and sites nearby. We especially liked the bakery right next door. Would highly recommend this place if you are traveling to Lucca.

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“La Tosca Rooms Lucca”

We travelled by train from Florence to Lucca, wonderful views as the train moved through the magnificent countryside up into the hills to arrive just outside the walls of the medieval city. The trip takes a little under two hours. Exit the train through the right exit of the station, walk towards t… lisää

We travelled by train from Florence to Lucca, wonderful views as the train moved through the magnificent countryside up into the hills to arrive just outside the walls of the medieval city. The trip takes a little under two hours. Exit the train through the right exit of the station, walk towards the high wall that surrounds the city and you will see the road that passes through the entrance. Once inside the small city is well laid out. Traffic is limited within the city, you can catch a cab to La Tosca Rooms,however the short walk through the cobblestone streets and lanes is too interesting to miss. Be warned, watch out for the cabs, you are expected to move quickly against the shops, the poor taxi drivers are trying to travel through streets never designed to accommodate cars, watching them trying to back their cabs out of impossible spaces became free entertainment for us, they are amazing drivers. Our small apartment was on the second floor, no lift., The rooms are very basic, spotlessly clean and if you are looking for budget accommodation it is worthwhile. The position is excellent, on street level there are many unique shops, inexpensive restaurants serving excellent meals, small well stocked supermarkets just beyond the front door.. Wine of course is on sale at cellars throughout Lucca and they stock from budget to the finest Italy has to offer. Fantastic weekend markets with the most amazing range of local food products. Cheeses, olives, freshly baked breads, sweets, fruits,all the very finest quality, Exquisite hand crafts, leather goods, I would travel back to Lucca just the visit these markets. La Tosca rooms are also just down the lane from a bar. Live music, the crowd spills into the street, the atmosphere as dusk melts into night is wonderful and only a few steps from the front door of the apartment. We shopped each day cooked a basic meal in mini kitchen built into a large cupboard, good hot shower, comfortable bed gave us a very affordable base from which to explore this unforgettable city. We will return.

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“Lovely old house in the heart of the city center”

During our tour of Tuscany we stayed one night in a two bedroom apartment of La Tasca Rooms, and it was the highpoint of our tour. Lucca is a lovely city, and La Tosca Rooms is an accomodation with lost of atmosphere. It is located right in the heart of the city centre, in one of the main (pedestri… lisää

During our tour of Tuscany we stayed one night in a two bedroom apartment of La Tasca Rooms, and it was the highpoint of our tour. Lucca is a lovely city, and La Tosca Rooms is an accomodation with lost of atmosphere. It is located right in the heart of the city centre, in one of the main (pedestrianised) shopping streets. There is no reception, but if you call ahead about your time of arrival then a representative of the owner will be waiting for you at the door. After the entrance door a steep staircase (not suitable for people with limited abilities) leads up to another entrance door on the first floor. After that second door is a corridor with doors to the three apartments that La Tosca offers. They are probably all different, so I can only comment on the two bedroom apartment that is furthest down the corridor. One of the bedrooms in this apartment is sufficiently spacious to allow for two suitcases and a baby cot to be placed in there, the other bedroom is a bit smaller and does not have place for more than one suitcase. There is no real living room or kitchen in the apartment. Instead there is a very wide L-shaped corridor leading from the entrance door to the two bedrooms. In this corridor you will find a couch, a dining table and a cupboard that contains a small kitchen. It's not suitable for cooking full meals, but sufficient to heat some pre-purchased foods or cook breakfast. The apartment at the back does not border any street, so it's very quiet. The drawback is that there is no view either, and there is limited natural lighting. Not a place to spend many hours per day, but absolutely excellent as a base for exploring the city and surroundings. I would definately stay here again during a future visit to Lucca.

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“Affordable basic apartment”

These 3 apartments have a great location on one of the main streets and close enough to the paid parking lot. The apartment is very basic and price reflects this, 100e a night. The bedroom wasn't big enough for us to lay our suitcases but had a good sized comfortable bed. There is no TV in the bedr… lisää

These 3 apartments have a great location on one of the main streets and close enough to the paid parking lot. The apartment is very basic and price reflects this, 100e a night. The bedroom wasn't big enough for us to lay our suitcases but had a good sized comfortable bed. There is no TV in the bedroom or aircon. In the small lounge is a couch/fold out bed which we unfolded and well it could of done with more cleaning. There is a little cupboard kitchen which we cooked up pasta on. There was one window and door leading out to a small public patio. The apartment felt very dark. Call the phone number when you arrive and someone will give you a key in 15mins or so. I think this would be good for students and backpackers. For us it just wasn't big or comfortable enough and in retrospect would have preferred a regular hotel. I'm sure it would suit other people who want just a basic base to crash at night. Nothing really wrong with it, just didn't suit us. Nice person who checked us in!

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