Lucca Gustosa (Taste of Lucca) – Arte & Cibo Guided Tours

Saturday, March 11 & Sunday, March 12

Tours require reservations. See themes, times, cost and reservation info below.

Treasures to savour, with themed guided tours, conferences and tasty moments with the typical food and wine products of the area, in collaboration with trade associations and the Lucca Montecarlo Versilia Wine and Oil Road Association.

Program, Saturday 11 March
10:00am
FROM THE GARDEN TO THE TABLE
Guided tour through the documentary treasures of the Diocesan Archive of Lucca.
Edited by the Diocesan Historical Archive of Lucca.
Following tasting on the terrace by Gianluca Pardini of Italian Cuisine.
Free, reservations required.
Info and reservations:
tel. 0583 430954 – archive@diocesilucca.it

10:50am
LUCCA TOUR TASTY EDITION
Guided tour starting from Piazza San Michele, Burlamacchi statue.
Organized by the Lucca Info & Guide Association.
At the end, taste of Buccellato at Forno Giusti or Pasticceria Taddeucci.
€ 15.00 – under 14, € 3.00 – reservation is required.
Info and reservations:
tel. 340 7806967 – 339 6328832 – luccainfoguide@gmail.com

11:00am
LUCCA AT THE TABLE IN THE ARCHIVE PAPERS
Exhibition itinerary of historical documents: banquet menus, inventories of drugs and spices, etc.
Edited by the State Archives of Lucca.
At the end of the visit, tasting of Lucca DOP extra virgin olive oil and beans accompanied by a red wine from the Colline Lucchesi DOC at the Atelier Ricci.
Organized by Confagricoltura, Lucca DOP Oil Consortium and Lucca, Montecarlo and Versilia Wine and Oil Road.
Free, reservations required.
Info and reservations:
State Archive of Lucca
tel. 0583 491465 – 0583 955909 – as-lu.salastudio@cultura.gov.it

11:00am
FOOD, REGULARITY AND CONSUMPTION IN THE ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY FROM FUTURISM TO TODAY
Conference at the San Micheletto Complex.
Organized by the Ragghianti Study Center Foundation.
Free admission, no reservation is required

3.30pm
THE PLEASURE OF THE TABLE AT PALAZZO MANSI
Guided tour of the dining room of Palazzo Mansi, insights into six still lifes and the silver collection.
THE FOOD AND THE TABLE OF THE ANCIENTS AT VILLA GUINIGI
Path in the archaeological collection of Villa Guinigi, utensils, crockery and everyday objects of unusual shape.
At the end tasting at the Osteria dello Stellario.
Edited by Turislucca
€ 20.00 – under 17 free – cost including entrance tickets to museums – reservation is required.
Info and reservations: turislucca@turislucca.com

16:30pm
TASTE IN THE CATHEDRAL
Thematic guided tour of food and fashion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Educational workshop for children on food in the past.
Organized by Opera del Duomo of Lucca.
At the end, tasting in the courtyard of the museum, curated by Gianluca Pardini of Italian Cuisine and the Wine and Oil Road of Lucca, Montecarlo and Versilia.
€4.00 – reservation is required.
For info and reservations: tel. 342 1466451 -educazioneterzomillennio@gmail.com

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 March
12:00pm
“…I need some oil, but the good one”
Giacomo Puccini gourmet.
At the end, in the premises of the Ricci Atelier in via San Paolino, tasting of oil and beans, organized by Confagricoltura, Consorzio Olio DOP Lucca, and of wine, organized by the Strada del vino e dell’olio of Lucca, Montecarlo and Versilia.
Acura of the Giacomo Puccini Foundation for Puccini Museum – Birthplace.
€ 9.00 – reduced € 7.00 – reservation is required.
Info and reservations: 0583 1900379 – visite@puccinimuseum.org

THE ART OF TASTE TASTE IN ART
Guided tour, in search of the iconographic elements related to food, in the art of Lucca.
Edited by Turislucca.
€10.00 – reservation is required.
Info and reservations: turislucca@turislucca.com

Sunday 12 March
10:00am
LIVE AND EAT IN LUCCA IN THE 16TH CENTURY
The story of Lucca and how people ate and lived in Lucca during the Renaissance in a guided tour.
By La Giunchiglia.
€10.00 – reservation is required.
Info and reservations: info@lagiunchiglia.net

10:00am
TASTY ART
Art workshop for children (6 – 11 years) related to food as nourishment for the body and creativity.
By La Giunchiglia.
€10.00 – reservation is required.
Info and reservations: info@lagiunchiglia.net

5:30pm
THE MASTER CHEFS OF ANCIENT ROME
Conference on the culinary art of Roman times, guided tour of the Domus.
At the end tasting on the subject.
Edited by Domus Romana Lucca.
€15.00 – reservation is required.
Info and reservations: 0583 050060 – info@domusromanalucca.it
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