Camellia’s multicolored blossoms in Tuscany

Activities included

• overnight stay in double room at 4* hotel in Lucca or surrounding area (2 nights)
• breakfast
• dinner in hotel, 3 courses menu (drinks are not included)
• ticket entrance for the Camellia Exhibition
• ticket entrance for the park and the Villa Reale in Marlia
• medical and luggage insurance
• phone assistance during your stay

Not included in the program

• city tax, to be paid on spot at the Hotel
• private guide in Lucca and at the exhibition
• anything not included in "activities included"

To be arranged with participants.

Sportswear is recommended.

€ 180 per person (min 2)

The Exhibition of the “Ancient Camellias of Lucca” is one of the most important in Europe.

It takes place every year in March, an ideal time of the year to come and visit Tuscany considering the pleasant climate and also for the fact that it falls in low season.

The Exhibition followes the “Path of the Camellias”, a tour through the villages of Pieve and S. Andrea di Compito, with guided visits of the gardens of the Old Villas which display their centuries old cammellia trees and to the small tea plantation on the village hilltop, unique in Italy (The camellia is a tea plant). Along the route, through the streets of the villages and in the Villas you’ll find the Flower and tea exhibitions, plus examples of tea production, art exhibitions, concerts and much more.

Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival in Lucca and accommodation at the Hotel. City tour of Lucca and dinner in the Hotel.

Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel followed by a day entirely dedicated to visiting the Camellia Exhibition. During the visit you will also have access to the gardens of some villas in the area, true architectural beauties, such as Villa Borrini, Villa Giovannetti, Villa Torregrossa and Villa Orsi where it is possible to take part in a Tea Ceremony, a Japanese ritual over 1500 years old. On request there is also the possibility to have a light lunch with typical local products.

Day 3
After breakfast, you will visit Villa Reale, the summer residence of Elisa Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister. This is one of the most beautiful parks in Tuscany. Here there are two avenues of Camellias, where you will find some of the most representative camellias of the Lucca area, which are definitely one of the major points of interest of the Park during flowering in the month of March.