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What public transport is there between Lucca and Bagne de Lucca

I am going ot a wedding in Bagne de Lucca in october and am just wondering whether it is better to stay in Lucca or Bagne de lucca

It is difficult to see if there is any public transport from Lucca to Bagne de Lucca

Do you have any recommendations of accommodation in either venue

there will be approximately 10 coming from Australia for the wedding

In addition to the great feedback you'll likely get on this forum..

I would definitely put this question on the bride/groom/organizer of the wedding! They should be providing info/maps/ etc. for all the guests on how to get to the site via car, train, bus etc.

I organized a wedding last year for family member on the coast not far Lucca (I'm certainly no professional wedding planner!), but knew as a minimum that we needed detailed info for the guests to ease their travels.

Is this a "location wedding" or are bride & groom native Lucchesi (from Lucca)?
When you've got folks spending the time & money to travel 1/2 way around the world, the hosts need to at least make it as easy as possible.

good luck-

I agree with the above. However:

There are fairly frequent trains from Lucca, taking around 30 minutes. Search the Trenitalia site in English on http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html Make sure you put 'bagni di lucca' into the search box not 'bagne de'

There are also buses from Lucca to Bagni di Lucca, although they are not particularly frequent. Journey time is around an hour.

To find timetables for the Q09 service go to
http://www.vaibus.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=5

then click the 'Linee Extra-Urbane' link under 'SERVIZI EXTRAURBANI'. This will bring up a (rather large) PDF, which you can scroll through to find the QO9 timetable.

If you want to/expect to stay late at the wedding it would probably be more convenient to stay in Bagni, at least for those few days. The distance to Lucca is around 30km, so a taxi won't be cheap. Have a look at www.venere.com for places to stay. It lists most accommodation in Italy, has honest reviews and is entirely reliable. I always use it when I can, as do many other VT-ers.

SPot on J, but I would add that you should also check the bus timetable carefully, as some buses only run on schooldays, and some in school holidays. The timetable is annotated, but you need to look up the holiday dates. This can be found in the index on page 4 - the index is the Indice Quadri Linee Extra-Urbane link above the one mentioned in the previous post.