Camaiore

"The apartment was located right off Piazza San Giovanni, right next to the Piazza Napoleone, a quick 10 minute walk to the train station and right by Porta San Pietro. So the location was excellent. We were there during the Lucca Summer Festival (a coincidence). The music was great, however, the windows and shutters were of no effect in trying to shut out the noise. They basically did nothing. But even if you are staying when there is no festival, be aware that it seems to be a popular corridor for street cleaning machines to go down in the early morning (6:30-7:30AM) over and over and over. They were amazingly loud. Like a jet airplane landing outside your window. So we unfortunately got hit on both ends, music until 1AM minimum, then the breakdown of the temporary barriers, then 5-6 hours later, cleaning of the streets. The apartment itself was spacious and the beds were good. I'm not sure if the ad for the apartment was updated, but there are only two bikes, not four (2 were stolen), and those two were in poor shape, so we ended up renting bikes instead to bike the city/walls instead (3 Euro/bike/hour). Make sure to ask Mrs. Sonia for extra towels if you stay. If we were to travel to Lucca again, I would probably choose a more out of the way apartment to get away from the noise, but during the day it was fun to look out and see all the people going by and you can't beat the location, esp. if you will train around to Florence and such."