museo villa puccini

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  Stylelust

  An intimate moment spent looking at Puccini's treasures. His music, his musical instruments, his hunting boots, his tokens of a life well spent. We were visiting for the Opera so it only makes sense to round out your visit with a tour of his home. It's an small space for a museum and only 15 people are allowed at a time so it does make sense to make a reservations.

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  Close2manhattan

  Located on a beautiful lake at Torre de Lago Puccini, the museo/villa where Puccini wrote "Madame Butterfly," "Turandot," and "La Boheme," is a must -- even if you don't love opera. You walk through beautiful, but small, rooms crammed with artifacts and the history of the great maestro's life: his writing, the piano on which he did his composing, letters, hats, many photographs. All the while excerpts of his operas are heard. Puccini, his wife and son and daughter-in-law are buried there! Note that people are permitted in every twenty minutes from 10:00am until noon when it closes until 3:00pm when it opens until 5:00pm. Have lunch next door at da Cecco, small and charming serving delicious spaghetti a mare and good house wine!

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  JamesII

  It was a real treat to be able to visit the home in which Puccini composed such great works of enduring art. There are plenty of interesting artifacts including his piano, original manuscripts, family photos and his hunting paraphernalia. The audio guide is quite good. The crypt in the house is a sombre place. The grounds are well maintained and the setting is lovely. It is not difficult to see why Puccini loved this place.

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  adrianyyz

  For the opera lover, this is a MUST see. I was so moved, and visited twice during my stay. I'll definitely be back again.

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  Traveller124

  I met Puccini's grand daughter at the beginning of the tour. Sheis a very nice and approachable lady. The tour of the house was truly marvelous. Puccini created his operas on an upright piano still in the house. If you go to visit the house avoid walking on the floor with shoes to preserve it. Instead walk on the carpet provided. Some people have to be told these things.

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  iangray13

  For me this was a wonderful experience,to visit the home of Puccini,which is untouched since helived and wrote his wonderful music there.The house needs a lot of money for restoration and I would ask any visitor to join the Puccini club where all the money is spent on maintaining the house.If you are lucky you will meet Simonetta Puccini,the last remaining blood relative.Visit and enjoy.

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  josisteinfeld

  An audio guide takes you round Puccini's villa, and there are many interesting items and photos, which illustrate Puccini's life and creative environment. It doesn't compare with Verdi's Villa Sant'Agata which is why it doesn't get 5 stars.

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  849MargaretC849

  If you really love Puccini's operas you'll be overwhelmed with emotion as you explore these crammed little rooms , especially with an aria or duet bursting forth as you enter each room. I was glad to be alone with my audio-guide as I saw the waves of tour groups marching down from their coaches. A true Puccini fan can go from Lucca by the Viareggio bus. There's no way a bunch of people together can see anything together here. The young lades of the casa-museo did well to space me out so that I didn't have to be aware of these package tourists.

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  HAEJJAP

  It was lovely to see the place where so many wonderful operas were written. We had previously visited Puccinis birthplace in Lucca, which was not atmospheric at all.

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  481warrenw

  As an Opera lover and especially a lover of Puccini, this was an incredibly moving experience to see where he lived and worked and eventually was buried. A very special moment in my life.