Shore Excursion To Lucca & Pisa From Livorno

We booked a trip to Lucca and Pisa with Viator as the excursion prices on our cruise ship were expensive. We needn't have worried; Martine, our tour guide was very knowledgeable and Leon a very good driver. We were even dropped off back at Portslade after the trip. Thoroughly recommend and Lucca is certainly worth a trip.

Martina was am amazing guide. We could tell she loved her country and telling us all the history of Lucca, Pisa and the surrounding area. Thankfully our ship arranged for transport to the city center where we met up with others starting the same tour. The double level bus was very spacious and had nice air condition. We were the only family who selected the food option with general guide. We were so happy we did. As Martina walked us around and pointed out the sites and history we made our way to Bar da Gigi for lunch. We were able to select a pasta option with salad that also came with bread. We added on the caprese salad. We really didn’t need it since the lunch was so large. The child lunch was even bigger. My daughter received a bowl of pasta first, then a pork cutlet with fries (which she could not finish) followed by a small ice cream with chocolate sauce. On our visit to Pisa we enjoyed taking photos and walking by the vendor stalls. Martina caught up with us to let us know our package also included gelato for all of us. So we received a nice cooling treat before heading back to the port. All in all a great day. If you want to climb the leaning tower, I don’t think there is enough time to do that on this tour even if you had a reserved time ticket. However pictures from the ground for enough for our visit and offered us enough to say we had a great time.

The communication was terrible and we missed the tour. I received a text early morning asking which ship we were on - which I responded to. I sent five more texts as well as 6 messages on the website that we were having trouble with the lines outside the ship. It was chaos. We had to buy a bus ticket (5Eu each) then wait in the line for the bus. None of this was communicated. Perhaps if we were pushy and jumped the line, we would have make it. Viator never communicated these steps outside this port. It took 1.5 hours for us from debarkation to get to the meeting place in city center. Missing the excursion by 30 minutes.

Very good excursion to both places, plenty of time in both although in summer it woulb be nice to have more timeexplore Lucas walls, we were brought straight back to cruise ship

Enjoyed exploring Lucca; however, the three-hour stop was too long. Half that time would have been sufficient. Comfortable bus ride to Pisa following Lucca. Also would like to comment on the condition of the bus we were travelling in. It sounded like the bus needed some work on the air brakes.

Tuscany Bus Co was the BEST transfer service we’ve ever used. Representatives in clearly marked green vests met us at the bus stop where the Princess shuttle dropped us off. We were immediately checked in for our tour and advised to be back at the time our tour started. Emma was our guide and she did a terrific job walking us around Lucca, giving us history and restaurant recommendations. After a few hours, we boarded the bus and visited Pisa. We felt it was a great way to see both cities, and we were able to spend ample time in each. Emma was wonderful keeping the group together and sharing so many stories!

We enjoyed Lucca and Pisa and our transportation was on time, easy to find and dependable. Would recommend them to anyone.

Appelonia and her driver provided excellent assistance on a confusing “Comic” celebration day in Lucca. She was as good as any tour director!

This is a great deal. Lucca is beautiful and Pisa is an iconic classic. There's even a tour guide with you on the bus, and I felt like we had a good amount of time in both places. Do it!

This is relating to the trip on Thursday 10th October 2019. I was stressed from the start as though this was to have commenced at 10.30 I had to wait for another ship to dock which was having difficulty because of choppy sea, so we didn't get away from Livorno until 12.30. I drew to the guide's attention that I had to be back at my ship for 6.30pm that day as 2 hours later getting away meant 2 hours later getting back to Livorno. Spent time in Lucca, lovely place, I would recommend it. Then on to Pisa. Before we left for Pisa I was asked if I wanted to to go Pisa. I said all I wanted to do was see it, take a picture and then get taken to my ship. We got there at 4.45pm approx. It was a bit of walk from coach to the tower and of course crowded. I lost the guide but then found each other. It was a mad rush to get me back to coach park to be collected by a different coach to get me back to Livorno to catch my ship in time. So many, many thanks to all involved in getting me to my ship. I was even left off beside my ship. Thank you so much.