Antica Residenza Santa Chiara

Via Santa Chiara 12 (Lucca) 55100

Enjoy a plentiful buffet breakfast in the garden from 08:00 - 10:00.

In the colder months, enjoy breakfast buffet, which is served in the covered garden from 08:15 to 09:30.

- The Residence Santa Chiara is a small bed & breakfast hotel on two floors. Guests can use the private entrance.

-The Dependance, is situated on the second floor of an ancient Lucca's building and has no lift. This building has a nice location in a quiet street.

-There is no 24 hour reception, so please inform us, should you arrive after 8.00 pm.

Please let the property know your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking or contact the property. If you expect to arrive outside check-in hours, please inform the property in advance in order to receive instructions for self check-in prior to arrival, including the access code. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. Please inform Antica Residenza Santa Chiara in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.

Our hotel is located in the eastern part of the city and very close to the Renaissance villas, monasteries and gardens It is conveniently situated in the historical centre of Lucca, at just 1 km from the railway station, 20 km from Pisa International Airport and 65 km from Florence airport.

This privileged position allows you easy access to Florence, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, the sea of the Versilia or the mountains of the Garfagnana without forgetting the outskirts of Lucca with their magnificent Villas and Farms.

B&B Antica Residenza Santa Chiara is situated in the Centro Storico district in Lucca, 300 metres from Guinigi Tower and 7 km from Villa Reale. Some rooms include a seating area where you can relax. A balcony or patio are featured in certain rooms. The rooms are equipped with a private bathroom. For your comfort, you will find free toiletries and a hair dryer. B&B Antica Residenza Santa Chiara features free WiFi throughout the property. A flat-screen TV is provided. There is luggage storage space at the property. The bed and breakfast also offers car hire. Basilica of San Frediano is 500 metres from B&B Antica Residenza Santa Chiara, while Lucca Cathedral is 600 metres from the property. Galileo Galilei Airport is 18 km away.

All the comfortable rooms located in the hotel are fully equipped with a TV, hairdryer, electronic safety deposit box, minibar, desk, cupboard and heating. Any additional facilities are listed below:

Double Superior: these comfortably spacious, air-conditioned rooms are have an en suite shower and bath.

Double Standard: these air-conditioned en suite rooms are smaller than the Superior rooms and have a shower.

Triple Rooms: these air-conditioned en suite rooms have one double bed and one single bed (or 3 single beds).

Quadruple Rooms: these air-conditioned rooms have an en suite bathroom with shower and either one double bed and 2 single beds (or 4 single beds). Each room also has a balcony with a table and chairs where you can have breakfast, and a living room with table and chairs. In the summer you also have direct access to the breakfast buffet.

Single Rooms: these comfortably spacious en suite rooms are tastefully decorated and have air conditioning.

Annexe Rooms: located in a separate building, one of these rooms has an en suite wash room and toilet and the other has a private bathroom outside of the bedroom. All annexe rooms are spacious and are equipped with a TV, heating, hairdryer, cupboard and fan.

By Train:
- If you are arriving by train, you can easily reach the hotel on foot in about ten minutes.
- On leaving the station, turn right, keeping the town walls on your left.
- Enter Lucca through Porta Elisa, then turn right into Via Bacchettoni and take the first left onto Via Brunero Paoli.
- At the end of the street, on the corner with Via S.Chiara, you will see the hotel.

Alternatively, you could take a taxi.

By Car:
- Leave the motorway at Lucca and follow the signs to the town centre and the railway station.
- From the centre, keeping the town walls on your left, take the road around the walls and after the first bend, turn to the left and enter Lucca through the white town gate called Porta Elisa.
- Take the second right into Via S.Chiara, and you will see the hotel half way along.

By Plane:
The Residence provides a taxi service from/to airport at special rates: Pisa airport to the hotel by car costs EUR 50.00 and EUR 65.00 in an 8-person minivan.