Hello,
We are headed to Rome/Florence/Venice for three weeks in May/June. Of our 7 days in Florence we wanted to take a day trip to Pisa/Lucca. The tourist centre in Lucca rents e-bikes and has a self-guided route to Pisa (approx. a 3 hour ride). I thought this would be a great opportunity to get some exercise (with the security of the “e” function if we have difficulty!) and to get out in the Tuscan countryside. The option to take the train back from Pisa is also attractive.
Has anyone done this or heard anything about it? Does this seem worth it to do as a way to experience the Tuscan countryside? For some reason I thought the train went from Florence to Lucca to Pisa but now I understand that it goes through Pisa. So we’d be doubling back….returning bikes to Lucca by train and then back on the train through Pisa to Florence; maybe that’s bonkers from a planning perspective. Looks like it would add about 50-60 mins to the day overall. However, we won’t be in a rush so maybe it doesn’t matter.
Any advice welcome! Thank you!!
(P.S. it’s out first trip to Italy, my husband and I are travelling with our university age daughter and we are all casual bikers.)