Brief list of the most important places, monuments and churches that 'absolutely' can not be missed during your stay in Lucca. 

Lucca

• National Museum of Palazzo Mansi
• National Museum of Villa Guinigi
• Birthplace of Giacomo Puccini
• Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
• Cartoon Museum
• Boccella Palace (only during exhibitions)
• Torre delle Ore
• Guinigi Tower, with views of the city
• Palazzo Guinigi
• Complex of San Micheletto
• Botanical Garden
• Cathedral - Ilaria del Carretto
• San Giovanni - Excavations
• San Frediano
• Santa Maria Nera – Chapel of Loreto
• San Pietro Somaldi
• San Paolino
• San Michele
• Santa Maria Bianca
• Sant’Alessandro
• Little Church of the Rose (closed, but can be seen stretches of Roman wall)
• Palazzo Pfanner
• Palazzo Tucci (manifestations)
• Ducal Palace - Apartment of the Throne
• Villa Bottini ( closed if there are no exhibitions, but the garden is always open )
• Piazza San Michele
• Piazza dell’Anfiteatro con resti dell’Anfiteatro romano
• Via dei Fossi
• The Walls - walk, doors and sorties
• Porta S. Gervasio (Medieval Walls)
• Porta dei Borghi (Medieval Walls)
• Aqueduct Nottolini - Golden Words - Cycle track
• Bike path along the river Serchio

Provincia di Lucca

• Villa Mansi
• Villa Torrigiani
• Villa Reale
• Paths between the private villas:
• - Gattaiola
• - Matraia
• - Segromigno – San Colombano – Marlia
• - Morianese
• - Compitese
• Castello di Nozzano
• Collodi - Gardens of Villa Garzoni and Butterfly House
• Montecarlo (food and wine)
• Puccini's villa in Celle (summer concerts)
• Theatre of Vetriano (the smallest in the world, and to visit contact FAI)
• Devil's Bridge
• Chain Bridge
• Duomo di Barga
• Pascoli House - Castelvecchio Pascoli (Barga)
• Fortress of Monte Alfonso
• Fortress of Verrucole
• Hermitage of Calomini (Gallicano)
• Sanctuary of San Pellegrino in Alpe
• Passo di Dante
• Orrido of Botri
• Orecchiella Park
• Vagli Sotto

Versilia

• Seaside resorts and Apuan Alps
• Villa Medicea di Seravezza
• Villa Borbone di Viareggio
• Versiliana a Fiumetto
• Villa Borbone di Capezzano Pianore
• Villa Bertelli a Forte dei Marmi
• Villa di Paolina Bonaparte a Viareggio
• Villa Puccini di Torre del Lago
• Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Viareggio
• Maritime Museum of Viareggio
• Duomo di Pietrasanta
• Church and Convent of St. Augustine in Pietrasanta
• Casa Carducci - Castelvecchio Carducci (Pietrasanta)
• Duomo di Camaiore
• Museo di Arte Sacra di Camaiore