A Day in Pisa

🇮🇹Exploring Pisa in a Day🇮🇹

The airport is very close to the city & most of Pisa is walkable, making it perfect for a short break or as a gateway to explore Tuscany.

Only a 7min taxi ride or 25min walk from Pisa Centrale train station, you‘ll arrive at Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

You need a ticket to walk up the Tower. The ticket office is opposite & you have the choice of just the Leaning Tower at EUR20pp or I bought the combined ticket at EUR27pp which includes all the main sights below.

Please note: you cannot take any bags up the Tower (literally your phone & water); however, included in your ticket is a locker for your bag, but make sure you collect your bag after walking up the tower.

1. Leaning Tower - 56m high with 294 steps to the top, approx. construction began in 1173 & took almost 200 years to complete. Its famous lean began during construction due to soft, unstable ground.

2. Opera del Duomo Museum - Its collection incl. original sculptures, paintings, decorative pieces & architectural fragments from the Cathedral, Baptistery & surrounding buildings.

3. Sinopie Museum - Houses the preparatory drawings, known as sinopie, for the huge frescoes that once decorated Pisa's Monumental Cemetery.

4. Baptistery - Construction began in 1152 & it’s the largest baptistery in Italy, measuring around 55m high. Famous for its extraordinary acoustics & the marble pulpit by Nicola Pisano, completed in 1260.

5. Cathedral - Construction began in 1063. It’s a masterpiece of Romanesque architecture, with strong influences from Byzantine & Islamic styles.

6. Camposanto Monumentale (Monumental Cemetery) - began around 1277. Built as a sacred burial ground & is said to contain soil brought from Golgotha in Jerusalem.

Statues:

-Fontanella della Lupa (fountain of the She-Wolf), which features a replica of the famous Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina)

-Fallen Angel (Angelo Caduto) is a striking contemporary bronze sculpture, created in 2012. It depicts a damaged, winged figure lying on the grass, with its broken wings and incomplete body; the sculpture is often interpreted as a reflection on human fragility, imperfection and the fall from grace.

Pisa is also a city of history & learning, home to the prestigious University of Pisa & the birthplace of the famous scientist Galileo Galilei.

Wander along the River Arno, explore the colourful streets of the historic centre, stop for a coffee or gelato along Corso Italia & Borgo Stretto & enjoy some authentic Tuscan food & wine.