BEYOND THE EXTRAORDINARY Romantic Quiet Spacious Apartment Next to Guinigi Tower Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Is BEYOND THE EXTRAORDINARY Romantic Quiet Spacious Apartment Next to Guinigi Tower pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

Q: Where is BEYOND THE EXTRAORDINARY Romantic Quiet Spacious Apartment Next to Guinigi Tower located?

Located in Lucca Historical Center, this apartment building is steps away from Guinigi Tower and Walls of Lucca. Villa Bottini and Torre delle Ore are also within 5 minutes. Lucca Station is 10 minutes by foot.

10/10 Excellent

Barb B.

27 Jun 2025

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One of the best places I’ve stayed.

This apartment was beautiful! It felt like home. Michela our host, was lovely and responded immediately to any questions. The location was perfect, and close to everything. I would definitely stay here again.

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

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10/10 Excellent

Alain

23 Oct 2024

SUPERB BREAK

Perfect location! Exquisite decor! Amazingly comfortable beds adored it. Sonia was extremely helpful and informative. Had an Amazing stay

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10/10 Excellent

REBECCA GRACE

15 Jul 2025

We loved this apartment - the location, its history and actual apartment was amazing

Location, decorations, history, authentic, Bed was not the most comfortable and linen was old, better instructions on where to find the street bins would be helpful in your excellent blue manual. And more than 1/2 a roll of toilet paper would be better. However, these were little things and did not distract from an excellent stay.

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10/10 Excellent

Lyla

23 Oct 2024

Gorgeous place! Gives you old school feel with all the amenities you need!

We loved Lucca and our stay on the via Guinigi. The street is a little oasis in town and the apartment has the best light and breezes all day. High ceilings, old beams...sigh...it was hard to leave Lucca ☀️♥️

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10/10 Excellent

Alan

15 Jun 2025

Superb apartment

Location was brilliant , very near to all amenities, another lovely property from Lucca Villa and apartments. Our third apartment and we wouldn’t look anywhere else . The apartment was well equipped with everything you need for a comfortable stay . The staff are easily contactable if you need them . We loved it. If you could leave a small city map that would be great but everything else was superb as usual

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10/10 Excellent

Kate

10 Jul 2023

Lovely

Lovely few nights in Lucca. The apartment had everything we needed for a comfortable stay. The location was close to everything but nice and quiet at night.

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10/10 Excellent

Lyla M.

23 Jul 2017

Gorgeous place! Gives you old school feel with all the amenities you need!

We loved Lucca and our stay on the via Guinigi. The street is a little oasis in town and the apartment has the best light and breezes all day. High ceilings, old beams...sigh...it was hard to leave Lucca ☀️♥️

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

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8/10 Good

Sue

13 Apr 2019

Well appointed.

Excellent location. Lovely spacious apartment. Close to everything. WiFi worked well. Heating worked. Nice quiet area.

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10/10 Excellent

Michelle

23 Oct 2024

Extraordinary

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Sonia’s apartment. It was big and very well laid out and you can't beat the interiors! There is also a wonderful kitchen where we enjoyed dinner in the evenings. It faces onto the promenade where you can observe the daily activity. The location is perfect and right in the middle of everything. Sonia was extremely responsive and helpful with all questions we asked. She was even nice enough to provide an helpful housebook she wrote with great suggestions. If and when we return to Lucca, we will most certainly come back to this apartment!

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10/10 Excellent

Maureen A.

25 Oct 2016

look forward to returning

This was or best trip to Italy. We had so much fun cooking with Cristina, we will try her recipes at home for our family! Sonia you helped us to learn more about your country. It was wonderful to talk with you and your son, his English is great. We will see you again – please come to visit our country. Delicious time in your wonderful home! Maureen

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10/10 Excellent

Lora

23 Oct 2024

Charming Tuscan Apartment in Beautiful Lucca!

We loved this historic apartment. The location is perfect. It is within walking distance to everything in this beautiful medieval Italian city... great restaurants, concerts, shopping at the fabulous Antique Market and of course, daily walks and bike rides on "the Wall". The spacious apartment is exactly as portrayed...wood beams, impressive ceiling detail and beautifully decorated with all the charm of Tuscany. Bedding was comfortable and the kitchen well equipped for both meals and an amazing private cooking class with Nadia! Sonia was very friendly and welcoming. She explained the apartment's amenities and offered suggestions for restaurants and activities in & around Lucca. We highly recommend this apartment to anyone seeking a perfect Tuscan getaway!

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10/10 Excellent

Susan

19 Jul 2022

Great location!

The location of this apartment is perfect. It is well appointed with amazing high ceilings that are beautifully painted. For the directionally challenged, it is beside the medieval tower with the trees on top which was very helpful. There is a great view of the tower from the bedroom window. There is a cafe/restaurant in the same building just around the corner that is excellent. Lucca is such a lovely place and the apartment is a quick walk to the train station for day trips to Pisa, Viaggio (beach) Cinque Terre and more. There was a very detailed binder with information on everything you could think of in it. We were met promptly at the apartment door upon arrival. We had a great stay in Lucca with our 14 year old daughter. It was great.

10/10 Excellent

frank f.

23 Apr 2025

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A special place in a very unique city

A well equiped apartment with every thing you can ask for. I would give a 1. Quiet ,pacious,extreamly well located. CLose to everything inside the most special city in Italy.In over 30 years of using VRBO in Lucca this is tops.

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

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8/10 Good

Peter Kjeldsen

8 Aug 2024

Fantastic location

Great service and stellar location close to all sights and nice restaurants. Very spacious and charming apartment with beautiful ceiling paintings. Nice with dishwasher and washing machine. Helpful guide book with practical information and tips to the city (and day trips) was really appreciated. Had a wonderful week there. Kitchen not very well equipped (lacking proper cookware and basic stuff like a bread knife, which we bought). Further, the mattress, pillows and linen were not very comfortable. Would also be handy with two keys.

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10/10 Excellent

Louise

3 Oct 2022

We would return

We looked forward to our stay with high expectations and, even so, they were all exceeded. The building is brilliantly located and has a real period atmosphere while the apartment itself has everything you might need. We have stayed in many airbnb apartments and this is definitely one we would return to.

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10/10 Excellent

Darcelle

12 Jul 2022

Fantastic Apartment !!

Perfect location, beautiful apartment with everything you need including an elevator!!

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10/10 Excellent

Adriana

15 Aug 2021

Settimana fantastica

Una casa così in centro a Lucca…. FANTASTICA, tutto perfetto, dal check-in con Sonia super puntuale che ci ha illustrato cosa potevamo fare durante il nostro soggiorno, alla signora Barbara, resasi disponibile per qualsiasi cosa potesse servirci. L’appartamento TOP, non mancava nulla, l’atmosfera super senza parlare dell’ ubicazione, pieno centro, sotto torre Guinigi, abbiamo trascorso una settimana fantastica….peccato sia terminata!!!

8/10 Good

Marshall B., Ontario Canada

15 Nov 2019

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Almost Perfect

This apartment is a two-bedroom unit in an old palazzo (palace). Upon entry to the building, you are met with beautiful frescos and mosaics. When you enter the apartment itself, you are met with a beautiful fresco on the ceiling and corresponsing plaster mouldings and decorations. I would describe the livingroom and kitchen as being almost "palatial" in their decor and appearance. The bedrooms and bathroom are "nice", but do not possess the same qualities of the kitchen/living room. Our bed was a disaster and rock hard, to the point of feeling it in our backs and hips after we left. On point, we are fit and walked 15k a day. We read a previous review and another person had complained about the mattress. One of the reasons we booked here was the owner's response "Receiving a complaint from you during the stay rather than now that you have returned home would have allowed me to do all the best to provide you an excellent experience. Not only I could have bought a new mattress for you (despite I have never received a complaint about the mattresses that are nearly 2 year old) but I could also have provided the possibility to move you into another of my apartments to make you happy. My guests' satisfaction is my main concern so there is no problem for me to move guests and possibly provide an upgrade for free." I contacted Ms Sonia right away to ask if she had another mattress or foam pad. The answer was no and none of the actions mentioned above even spoken of. I feel that her response to the review was most disingenuous. It would not take much to make this property top notch. I would have a memory foam mattress pad available if guests request it. I would put new towels in the bathroom. They were clean and white, but showing their age and paper-thin. I would put some fancier pillows/coverings on the beds. There was nothing wrong with them, but the front end is so beautiful that the back should ideally match it. Neither of these would be cost-prohibitive. This is a great property in a great location. I would stay here in a heartbeat if the bed was comfortable.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Lora M.

20 Aug 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Charming Tuscan Apartment in Beautiful Lucca!

We loved this historic apartment. The location is perfect. It is within walking distance to everything in this beautiful medieval Italian city... great restaurants, concerts, shopping at the fabulous Antique Market and of course, daily walks and bike rides on "the Wall". The spacious apartment is exactly as portrayed...wood beams, impressive ceiling detail and beautifully decorated with all the charm of Tuscany. Bedding was comfortable and the kitchen well equipped for both meals and an amazing private cooking class with Nadia! Sonia was very friendly and welcoming. She explained the apartment's amenities and offered suggestions for restaurants and activities in & around Lucca. We highly recommend this apartment to anyone seeking a perfect Tuscan getaway!

Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

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1 Aug 2019

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SUPERB BREAK

Perfect location! Exquisite decor! Amazingly comfortable beds; adored it. Sonia was extremely helpful and informative. Had an Amazing stay

10/10 Excellent

Lynn B.

18 Oct 2018

Beautiful apartment. Enough room for two and great location to everything

The apartment had all necessary conveniences: dishwasher, hair dryer, cooking needs and a big shower. very clean on our arrival. We were able to get on the train without walking a long distance and very close to all sides of the Lucca wall. Close to grocery store, forno and water fountains. The only difficulty we had was understanding the recycling for trash but didn’t let it ruin our time there.

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Craig L.

14 Aug 2018

Some good, some bad, overall disappointing

The apartment has some nice features like a beautiful sitting room, well-appointed kitchen, and washing machine. The location is okay, in a quiet area of Lucca. Parking and transporting luggage was a challenge as the apartment in well within the ZTL. Unfortunately, the many negatives offset the positives and made the stay overall below what we had hoped for. The beds were the most uncomfortable (rock hard) we experienced in a month of stays in Italy. Just unbearable. We also had issues with the very noisy portable AC unit. Finally, since the hot weather required leaving windows open in the other parts of the home, we experienced little biting bugs that nibbled on us as we slept. Uncomfortable. In total, we were very disappointed and glad to move to our next location.

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10/10 Excellent

Mitchell S.

16 Jul 2017

Nicely decorated, well-located apartment

Mrs. Sonia could not have been more helpful. The apartment is beautifully furnished and equipped, and the building has an elevator which is unusual in Lucca, and very much appreciated. The second bedroom is small, as the photos show. All in all, a wonderful living environment, and one to which we would happily return.

Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2017

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10/10 Excellent

RobMichelle P., Essex

8 Sept 2016

Extraordinary

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Sonia’s apartment. It was big and very well laid out and you can't beat the interiors! There is also a wonderful kitchen where we enjoyed dinner in the evenings. It faces onto the promenade where you can observe the daily activity. The location is perfect and right in the middle of everything. Sonia was extremely responsive and helpful with all questions we asked. She was even nice enough to provide an helpful housebook she wrote with great suggestions. If and when we return to Lucca, we will most certainly come back to this apartment!

This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer B., Brighton, England

26 May 2016

I would rent this apartment again

We came to Lucca to visit our son who is studying in the IMT campus for this semester. We wanted a place to call home for our week stay and this flat met all and even more of our needs. Mrs Sonia was so helpful through e-mail and phone calls to make sure everything was in place. When we arrived in Lucca, Alice helped us find our way to the flat and got us settled in, thanks so much. It was very convenient that we were so close to the train and bus station we used this to connect to everywhere each day to go sightseeing and also to see some shows while we were in town. We really appreciated having the kitchen and living room - we spent a lot of time just catching up in the evenings. We even made a home cooked meal for our son on Sunday night so the kitchen was extremely helpful. After staying for week we know without a doubt this flat was the best choice for us. We were 2 adults and our son came and stayed a few nights so the extra bedroom was wonderful for us. We also found it very economical compared to hotels and so much more comfortable with the extra living space and many amenities like the washer and clothes dryer, the wi-fi, and the heating which worked perfectly. Thanks and we will look you up if we are in Lucca again.

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