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Its downstairs restaurant moreover, open evenings, is a gastronomic fish-driven treat
(meals €45, menus €30 to €79). In summer dining is alfresco in the pretty walled garden
with wooden decking. Find Locanda Vigna Ilaria 4km north of Lucca's walled city in St
Alessio.
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APARTMENT
€€
GOOGLE MAP
(
392 9960271;
www.2italia.com
; Via della Anfiteatro 74; apt for 2 adults & up to 4 children €190;
)
Not a hotel but five family-friendly self-catering apartments overlooking Piazza An-
fiteatro, with a communal kids' playroom in the attic. Available on a nightly basis (minim-
um two nights), the project is the brainchild of well-travelled parents-of-three, Kristin
(English) and Kaare (Norwegian). Spacious apartments sleep up to six, have fully
equipped kitchen and washing machine, and come with sheets and towels.
Kristin and Kaare have several other apartments and villas to rent in and around Lucca.
They can also organise cycling tours, cooking courses, wine tastings and olive pickings
for their guests.
Alla Corte degli Angeli
( 05 8346 9204;
www.allacortedegliangeli.com
;
Via degli Angeli 23; s/d €120/190; )
Oc-
cupying three floors of a 15th-century townhouse, this four-star boutique hotel with just
10 rooms and a lovely beamed lounge oozes charm. Beautifully frescoed rooms are
named after flowers: lovers in the hugely romantic Rosa room can lie beneath a pergola
and swallow-filled sky, while guests in Orchidea have their own private shower-sauna.
Breakfast €10.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€€
