Pisa

Directions

BY AIR

• Galileo Galilei Airport – Pisa

BY SEA

• The old port of Pisa, on the river Arno, stopped working centuries ago

BY LAND

• Train: Ferrovie dello Stato (FS): http://www.trenitalia.it/
• Pisa is at one hour’s drive from Florence
• Urban transport: http://www.cpt.pisa.it/orari/urbano.htm

Currency

euro

Where to sleep

• http://www.comune.pisa.it/turismo/strutturericettive/alloggiareapisa.htm
• www.hotelius.com/  
• www.booking.com/Hoteles

Tourist office

• Plaza Vittorio Emanuele II, 16; tel. (+39) 050 422 91
• Plaza del Duomo; tel. (+39) 050 56 04 64

To visit

Sights

Piazza del Duomo (World Heritage Site by UNESCO) or Field of Miracles: http://piazza.opapisa.it/index_pdm.html ; integrates:

• The cathedral or duomo
• The Leaning Tower or Torre pendente
• The Baptistery
• The Cemetery

Medieval Churches: San Michele in Borgo, Santa Caterina, Santa Maria della Spina, San Pietro in Vinculis, San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno, Sant Piero a Grado, San Michelle degli Schalzi and others

Museums

• Museo dell'Opera della Primaziale Pisana or del Duomo: displays the treasures of the cathedral
• Museo Nazionale di San Matteo: medieval art
• Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale (Palace of the Dukes of Tuscany)
• Centro d'Arte Palazzo Blu (Palace Giuli Rosselmini): Renaissance Art
• Museo delle Sinopie
• Museo delli Strumenti di Calcolo

Also…

• Several noble palaces: Palazzo Medici, dei Cavalieri, dell’Orologio, la Sapienza, etc.
• Several forts and towers
• Some archaeological sites such as the Baths of Nero
• Piazza dei Cavalieri
• Urban area of the River Arno, with its facades and bridges
• Vialle delle Piagge: riverside forest on the right bank of the Arno

A few kilometres from Pisa you can visit:

• Natural Park of San Rossore e Massaciuccoli: tel. (+ 39) 050 525 500
• Livorno, a port city