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Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca
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The Lucchesi version of the Giro d'Italia is shorter and considerably less strenuous.
Hire a bike, provision yourself with picnic supplies and freewheel along the city's cobbled
streets (
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), zooming through a progression of piazzas and stopping to pay your re-
spects at the city's clutch of architecturally important churches. Next, hit the popular bi-
cycle path atop the city walls (
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; such fun!) or head into the surrounding coun-
tryside to visit opulent villas surrounded by formal gardens and scenic parkland.
