There are mime artists in the old town streets, painters with their easels propped up at the Renaissance-era city walls, and atmospheric outdoor cafés where you can kick back with a glass of chilled prosecco or a hearty serving of the best gnocchi on the planet. In the churches, on their old panels, you'll see glorious Italian art, and if you go up to the Lucca Tower, you’ll have fabulous, eat-your-heart-out views over the city's sea of red-tiled roofs and the Appenines beyond!