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.

Stay in the hotel by all means but do NOT use the restaurant. Its awful and a rip off. The Hotel say the restaurant is not theirs but its connected by an internal door. I cannot stress how bad the food was and the 4 euro pp cover charge is really a con.
I can cook better than they can.

We just returned from a 2 week whirlwind trip to visit family and tour Italy with our teenager, and stayed 3 nights (our single longest stay) at Hotel da Carlos. It was very welcoming to return to this cozy hotel after strenuous days of non-stop activity. Its convenient location is nestled in a small town just south of Lucca, making it a great regional center for Lucca, Pisa and Florence. We would have been happy to stay even longer, with its exceptionally clean and well-lit rooms, quiet location and wonderful staff. Our host was very helpful and friendly; the adjoining restaurant was a nice convenience for our late arrival. We have traveled throughout Italy for decades and know what to expect - Hotel da Carlos is a real gem!