Hello Enzo and Celia. I was born in Bagni Di Lucca in 1951. My name is Franca and I am so happy to have come across your video. I was born in the 3 story white house (2nd level) next door to the Casino. I was so overcome with happiness when I saw my birth home. Apparently the people who live in the ground floor are relatives but I don't know them. MY parents left for Australia when I was 6 months old. Now I am nearly 72 but my heart feels very strong feelings for Bagni Di Lucca. I often say I am going to move back to Italia. I will happily watch some of your other videos. I am full of emotion right now so will say ciao for now. 😊💖💖😊

Beautiful it’s amazing what’s behind those big doors I’m sure we have passed this many times without knowing what treasure lay behind the big black door hopefully we get to see this next year thanks for the video

Hi, we went several times in Bagni and met very beautiful people. This is one of the reasons, may be the main, why we love this place.

Hello Celia and Enzo I have enjoyed watching your introductory video. We are coming to visit in 2 weeks and look at a few properties for sale in the area. It looks really beautiful. I have subscribed and will watch the next video soon. Thank you Mel

Hello Celia and Enzo, hope you are well. We met a short time ago at a party in Lucca center and had a lovely conversation. I am thinking of living in the BdL area...I am ready for a change. Thank you for the videos-I have visited the little town but many years ago. Take care. S

Beautiful. How are Enzo's tomatoes doing? They deserve a video of their own! Grazie!

Ciao Enzo & Cel, che piacere vedere i vostri video, ci siamo conosciuti a Lucca di fronte alla lavorazione di una serranda in via san paolino! Grazie per questo splendido video molto utile!

Lovely video! Great passion!

Thank you for this nice tour. We will be in Lucca in 2 weeks, and staying for 2 months. i know the train goes to Fornoli, we did this last time we were in Lucca. The walk from the station into Fornoli was nice, but I now want to see some of the villages beyond there and that would be a really long walk. Where do we buy bus tickets in Fornoli and catch a bus to Bagni di Lucca? We loved that beautiful area and want to see it again. It would make a great day away from Lucca for us. Maybe will will run into you along the way. 😊

Love this vlog..thankyou for sharing such a lovely place…I will definitely visit next time ❤

Mr. Enzo we met a few years ago in Lucca. Thank you for nice video. You two live in Bagno di Lucca ?

Fantastic introduction to Bagni di Lucca. I feel in love with the area when I was there last year, and your videos really bring it alive! Thanks for sharing.

In two weeks I will holiday in Lucca for my fourth time, thanks to your wonderful videos I have added a number of your recommendations and places to visit to my schedule, I have cycled past Bagni di Lucca so many times but never stopped there to experience it!! Your local knowledge, passion, and sincerity makes for very enjoyable viewing. Grazie

Great tour, we have been a few times, but never knew we had missed so much. Visiting again in September so the video was perfect timing - Many Thanks to you both, keep up the good work, Love all the video’s.

My husband David used to visit Bagni di Lucca with his family and truly enjoyed it. I'm yet to visit but I'm sure we will get there one day soon. Thank you for sharing with us. 🥰🤗

The train station was a good place to start your informative vlog, trains can be the lifeblood of any area, villages and communities. The station itself is very interesting with the statues, seating and relaxing atmosphere, certainly better than the normal hustle and bustle of major city cities, busy train stations. Thank you for the information on the areas and villages, and good luck with your future projects. Ciao, John, UK

Coming in March 2024 looking for our retirement location, this video was a wonderful introduction. Thank you!

Very nice walk in Bagni di Lucca. I've visited for short vacations and leading student trips many times over the years . . . traveling by both train and car! Had one very special dinner with students at the Circolo dei Forestieri. The city is charming and so rich with history. Hope that more renovations can take place to preserve it's unique character.

Lovely to see the old haunts and especially Bar Italia (my town haunt for some years) and the piazza in La Villa - my favourite place in Bagni. The Villa Ada seems always to be in a state of flux and was so when I first lived in Pieve in the mid 90s. You are quite right to say that it is an impressive structure but I suppose a lot of upkeep even when restored. My first meal on arrival in Bagni was also in the Circolo and like you I agree that it has a certain feel of being back in time , touching on the decadent you refer to which I have also felt in Capri or in parts of Capri at least. The food was good and as you say very reasonable in price. By the way the coat of arms you see in the Farmacia is not referred to as a 'crest' but an 'Achievement of Arms' and as you say they are the Arms of the UK surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Garter. I would hazard that the Arms are governmental, not personal to the monarch of the time (Probably Queen Victoria/King Edward VII) as the arms are missing the full crest. (The crest is everything that appears above the helmet.) The heraldic style is Victorian. I must also add that I too have never been on the balcony overlooking the river at the Circolo. At the time I was living in Pieve overlooking Bagni there was much talk and a small amount of action to create a 'foreigners' club' with the restaurant, afternoon tea, card games, English newspapers, etc in the Circolo. It stuttered into life and quietly died a death soon after. But who knows, if all the restorations ever get completed, the baths become fashionable, the theatre attracts stars ... who knows what might be in store. Thank you for the video.

Thank you for the tour, really gives a good idea of the area!! 😊

I'm really enjoying your videos, thank you. I was supposed to be visiting Lucca in a couple of weeks (pet-sitting!) but it was cancelled. I'm researching this area with a view to buying my dream home (having had to sell my dream home in Spain) so watching your channel is really helping to give me a flavour :).

Bellissima!!!!!

Thank you so much for this tour. We’ll be visiting next spring, hoping to find a home in the town or villages. Your video helped to orient us in the community) better than we’ve been able to do with google maps) 😊

I enjoyed this tour very much. I just left Montecateni and this town would have been a wonderful place to visit. I will surely go there the next time I’m in Italia. 💐🥰🇮🇹

Frequentavo Lucca spessissimo e quando potevo andavo a contemplare il ponte della Maddalena, anche di sera. Ricordo anche la sagra di Barga.. Un saluto da Liverpool

Hi Celia and Enzo Really liked the tour it never ceases to amaze me the hidden history of the area. I will be back in Lucca and BdL in September maybe we will bump into each other again. Dave

Thank you we have a holiday home in Fornoli and have learned a lot from your blogs.

I traveled there in June. Not much cooler than Lucca (this year). You didn't mention that crossing the bridge you can walk to the English Cemetery where Rose Cleveland is resting. Quite an interesting side story on her relationship (etc.) I drove, but between motorcycles & bicyclists it is a bit difficult to navigate the area. Definitely wish I could have spent more time there (and the area) especially if it would have been cooler.

Gorgeous.....so easy to imagine the gentility of those times.

Thanks for your videos. In a past video you mentioned something about closing the big doors/gates of old Lucca during a special anniversary celebration some years ago. Would love to hear more about that! It sounds like something very unique to Lucca as there’s probably not too many towns with walls/doors intact. Would be interested re: how it made you feel, how long the doors were closed, how difficult it was to close them, why they were closed, what the anniversary was and how it was celebrated, what other Lucca residents remember, etc. Maybe it would make a wonderful video in and of itself?? Perhaps there are photos of the giant doors being closed? We appreciate all that you do!

Bagni di Lucca è deliziosa ❤️

Hope you made it through the storm ok. How bad was it near you?

Where are the people ? What Italians do in hot summer days at home?