How to get to Lucca: train, car and airport
Lucca has a station just steps from the walls on three railway lines and two dedicated motorway exits: here's how to get there.
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Lucca station sits on three lines — Lucca-Viareggio, Lucca-Pisa and Lucca-Aulla — plus connections to Florence, with regional trains run under the Tuscany Region's "Memorario" service contract. It's one of the most convenient Tuscan stations for travellers without a car: a new pedestrian and cycle underpass, opened in May 2025, links it directly to the city walls in a few minutes' walk.
By car, the reference is the A11 Florence-sea motorway, which has two dedicated exits in the Lucca area — Lucca Est and Lucca Ovest — the latter also a junction towards Viareggio and the A12 motorway heading to Genoa.
Lucca has no airport of its own: the closest, just a few kilometres away, is Pisa Airport, well connected by train along the same line.
Practical info
When should you go to Lucca?
The best months are April, May, June, September and October, when there are fewer people.
Are there a lot of people in Lucca?
Lucca is not very crowded compared to the more touristic destinations.
Where exactly is Lucca located?
Lucca sits in Tuscany.
How to get there
- 🚆 Nearest station: Lucca ~1 km as the crow flies
- ✈️ Nearest airport: Aeroporto internazionale Galileo Galilei PSA ~20 km as the crow flies
Nearest points as the crow flies (source OpenStreetMap): actual times depend on the roads, often mountain ones.
