recommended shops near Lucca/Barga

[cocumella]

if anyone can recommend shops that would be good for the following anywhere near Barga/Lucca, that'd be really helpful, thanks:
cookers/fridge
good quality furniture (bed/sofa etc)
reclamation yards?

thanks

[Rafey]

Hi cocumella,

only me again!

Follow the main road down from Gallicano towards Lucca, and after a few miles you see a block of shops that have a bike shop on the left with lots of bikes outside. Above it, is a furniture shop.....I have not been myself and only found out about it last week, so let me know what it's like!

Failing that, you always have IKEA in Firenze!

Regards

Rafe

[cocumella]

Rafe,
thanks you're being of so much help! Well i actually suggested IKEA to my brother but he needs some persuading on that i'm afraid! i think ikea will be good for some stuff but we want a really good quality sofa bed etc and i'm not mad about the ones on the ikea website, so i will definitely check out that furniture shop you mention. am i right in thinking though that there isn't many (any?) big furniture places around as so many people in these forums are suggesting ikea in firenze! i think we're spoilt for choice in the UK compared to italy.

[Rafey]

I brough most of my stuff with me, so I have not done much searching on these. Let me know how it goes and I will keep an eye out for more....

[IRITALIA]

At the large hypermarket in Gallicano they have a not bad selection of electric goods which includes fridges. Only a few kilometers to transport.
Lucca itself has a couple of large shops one of which is called something like ELECTRONICS and one passes it on the left as you travel through Lucca on the way to Barga.
There is also a large MediaWorld which sells fridges, cookers and they deliver to Barga and install, I believe, for about €20.
Here is a link to where it is in Lucca and you can click to see the online shopping and perhaps find something in advance.
Media World - Dove siamo - lucca - Media World

[Gala Placidia]

Sorry, I was at Bagni di Lucca when you wrote this thread and I did not read it.
Apart from Ikea, you have Mondo Convenienza at either Pisa or near Florence. For more information: www.mondoconvenienza.it
For interesting findings and a lot of junk as well, try in Lucca "Mercatino dell'Usato" at Acquacalda Home page and you also have the big hypermarket Carrefour and Media World for appliances nearby.

[Masca]

Originally Posted by IRITALIA

Lucca itself has a couple of large shops one of which is called something like ELECTRONICS and one passes it on the left as you travel through Lucca on the way to Barga.

I think that you may mean Euronics. There is also one, I think, in Castelnuovo. For furniture, there is also Mercatone Uno in Lucca, on the Viareggio road beside the Coop. There are also some smaller furniture and electrical shops in Bagni di Lucca and Fornoli. The hypermarket in Gallicano is the E. Leclerc (Conad). Lastly, but by no means least, are the antique markets - the one in Lucca is great, and I think there is also one in Castelnuovo sometimes.

PS: I have a TV and DVD for sale - offers considered! ;-)

[Gala Placidia]

The Lucca Antiques Market operates on the 3rd Sunday of each month. It is really good.

[IRITALIA]

Originally Posted by Masca

I think that you may mean Euronics. There is also one, I think, in Castelnuovo. For furniture, there is also Mercatone Uno in Lucca, on the Viareggio road beside the Coop. There are also some smaller furniture and electrical shops in Bagni di Lucca and Fornoli. The hypermarket in Gallicano is the E. Leclerc (Conad). Lastly, but by no means least, are the antique markets - the one in Lucca is great, and I think there is also one in Castelnuovo sometimes.

PS: I have a TV and DVD for sale - offers considered! ;-)

Euronics it is indeed and I have only recently shopped at the one in Castelnuovo.
Didn't know about the antique market there though and will remember to have a look when I am back. Could be cheaper than Lucca.

[Gala Placidia]

The electrics shop at Bagni di Lucca is very good, although it does not carry a great choice. The owner is an electrician and he comes and installs everything free of charge.