We loved it at Hotel Da Carlos. Great prices, great people, and great views. The beds were comfortable the restaurant was great. We got the chance to meet Carlos and he was very kind and welcoming. If you ever get a chance to come to Lucca please stay here. My girlfriend and I truly enjoyed it.

My wife and I stayed 5 nights at this excellent hotel. Beautiful views of the Tuscan Hills, it is located a couple of miles outside the not to be missed City of Lucca.

Eduardo and his sister Carlotta are excellent hosts, offering knowledgeable tips on places to go, their best tip being the town of Volterra.

They are both so very helpful and extremely friendly but not " in your face ".

I would thoroughly recommend Hotel Da Carlos.

One day we'll return to Tuscany and when we do, Hotel Da Carlos is where we will definitely stay.

Rod, Ascot, Berkshire, U.K.

Lovely and very cozy Hotel. Perfect position between Pisa and Lucca ( an adorable city), very quite and peaceful. The bedrooms were very nice, not very big, but very comfortable modern and most of all very clean. We had a great view of the green hills around the hotel. They have a very big parking (free) and centre wireless (free). Inside the hotel there is the restaurant but I understood that hotel and restaurant have two different management, anyway the restaurant was excellent!
The hotel was very very comfortable and mainly welcoming. It's a family hotel and all the people that work there were so nice, willing to help at any time and most of all very very kind. Very nice to hotel to stay both with family or friends.

My husband and I spent three nights at Hotel da Luca in July 2010. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Our room was spacious and spotless. The A/C worked although we didn't really need it because the outside temperature was comfortable.
Carlota and Eduardo were very helpful offering us tips on what to visit and how to get there. They even printed the train schedules to Florence. They were also very friendly and we really enjoyed talkin to them. They happily responded to any questions we asked.
The hotel is conveniently located just outside Lucca. We visited Lucca, Volterra and Florence. We never made it to Pisa because it was raining really hard on the one day we were going to Pisa.
You absolutely need a GPS if you're going to be driving in Italy. Maps just don't cut it; you'll end up lost.
The hotel restaurant was very good. We ended up eating in the restaurant all three nights. We never even asked for a menu; we simply asked our waitress what she suggested and we were never disappointed. Be sure to try the tagliatelle with tomato sauce. The presentation alone is unbelievable: flambéed parmesan cheese which gets scraped down (in the Parmesan cheese wheel) and added to the pasta. Very tasty. The antipasto buffet was delicious. There was a good variety of vegetables, prosciutto and fish. Monday nights are fish/seafood night. We enjoyed a seafood ravioli and spaghetti with seafood; both were excellent. A complete meal including Prosecco, antipasto, bread, pasta, wine and dessert came to 55 euros for two. We thought that was reasonable, given that the quality was excellent. Our waitress, Loredana, went out of her way to accommodate us. She even gave us a table away from the smokers.
Breakfast was simple, but tasty. The croissants were wonderful! The coffee was also great, which is what you expect in Italy.

All in all, it was a great experience. We wish we would've booked a fourth night. Maybe next time.