Villa Reale di Marlia

What an amazing villa! A Swiss couple found the property in disrepair several years ago and have done an amazing job renovating, hiding modern lights and air-conditioning across the property. The cafe is loverly selling a nice selection of sandwiches, salads, cakes, coffee & alcoholic drinks. They have ice cream but the pre-packaged walls type. The gardens are lovely to walk around even with a 5yr old and 3yr old. Some of the surprises were rooms of dolls from across the world, a 1920s outdoor pool, models of lots of the buildings. We did manage to get around the whole property with a pram, although it got a bit trickier past cafe and swimming pool end of the property as it was a gravel road and a few steps. But all in all a brilliant day out!

Some of the beautiful villas I've visited in the last period. I reserved tickets over the app and payed couple od days before the tour. You will be needing 2 hours to see whole place inside out, maybe more. Villa works from 10h -18h and by that time you need to exit the state. So don't come after 4 if you want to see everything. Pay attention to the flora at the gardens, there's lots of unique plants that are very beautiful to see and smell, especially in the spring and summer. Ticket costs 18€ and you get to see all outside including villa and a museum. Parking is behind the villa, there's a sign, just follow it. You shoud plan to go when it's not too hot, think spring is the perfect time but if you want in the summer, avoid those hot months like July and August, it can be exhausting to walk around. If you are here at that time, bring lots of water and some hat. Comfy shoes recommended, there's lot of gravel stone so some sandals or slippers are not good. Must visit if you are in Lucca!

Entrance costs €18 for both palace and gardens. Palace has been recently restored. Gardens are kept in lovely condition. There is very nice cafe on site serving drinks and refreshments.

18€ for gardens + museum. The gardens are absolutely beautiful, the villa itself is not very big, but you can still easily spend a couple of hours wondering around. 100% worth it

Beautiful villa with a very nice park! Quiet environment with a lot of green spaces and gardens. The villa has been beautifully restored. Too bad you are not allowed to take pictures in the villa but it is understandable. The cafe is also very good and the staff is generally so friendly. Strongly recommended!

12€ for garden only. 2-3 hours can be easily spent around here. There is a cafe inside the garden serving great espressos!

Wow! Our visit visit here was an evening of revelry for Halloween 🎃 Oct 31st. INCREDIBLE performances by fire 🔥 performers. Dressed actors in intricate costumes and stilt walkers. Food vendors in many locations. Live bands and DJ’s spinning a range of electronic genres. Some art vendors selling unique products. Our children were disappointed not being in Canada for Halloween 👻 this year but Italians really know how to level-up. I want to come back in the day time to visit this property. It is amazing and deserves more time to explore.

Wow, what an unexpected surprise! We came to this villa without any idea how great it would turn out to be. Magnificent place! Wonderful gardens, beautiful and very well maintained. But the villa itself and the museum in the clock house - amazing! What a great job the new owners have done to restore this all! I personally am very interested in how the swimming pool will look when/if they restore it. Cause even when abandoned it looks fascinating. And oh my god I am virtually in love with Mimi! If there was a novel about her, I'd definitely read it. For now I will just show everyone her hand written music catalogue every time when people mock me for being too organized. She is an inspiration! All together - I loved this place! This was the highlight of my week near Lucca. Kudos to the new owners! Tack! Большое спасибо, нам безумно понравилось, такая красота и спокойствие.❤️