edit Pisa Travel Guide

• Leaning Tower of Pisa You probably guessed it but this is one of the main reasons people come here! (morein Things to Do and See)
• Duomo di Pisa, the splendid Cathedral, contains artwork by Giambolna, Dela Robbia, and others. Fine Romanesque style with double aisles and cupola, huge apse mosaic partly by Cimabue, and fine pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in late Gothic / early Renaissance style.

By plane

Pisa Airport "Galileo Galilei" is the main destination for Tuscany and central Italy (after Rome), and is served by several airlines operating hundreds of weekly flights to national and international destinations. Numerous companies offer charter flights to and from a number of European and non-European destinations. Flying to Pisa is really cheap and easy: the most important low cost flights companies reach Pisa, and the airport is 5 minutes away from the center of the town by bus, train or taxi.

You can reach the city via bus, taxi or train for no more than five or ten minutes. You can purchase tickets for bus or train at the information office, which is situated in the arrival hall. The trains are the fastest way to get to the city. The tickets cost only a Euro and the ride takes a couple of minutes. However, the trains are not very frequent. There are only two per hour. The bus has a regular service every 15 minutes and it takes another 15 minutes to get to the city. The bus runs to Piazza dei Miracoli and the central station. Tickets can be purchased either at the machines at the bus terminal or at the arrival hall's information desk. The price of the ticket is only 80 Euro cents. The ticket needs to be validated in the ticket machine when you get on the bus. Note that you need to have all necessary tickets before you get in the bus, or you will have to pay double. The bus terminal is situated close to the parking garage in the left part of the airport. Once in the city, its main sights are easy to locate and are all within walking distance.

By train

Pisa has regular trains to and from Florence (usually every three per hour), to and from Lucca (usually every hour)

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By Mass Transit

There are regular buses around town, including from the train station to the Field of Miracles. Local bus tickets are available at the bus stops at both the airport and train station & Tobacco shops.

By Foot

All attractions are within a half hour walk of each other making Pisa an ideal city to see on foot.

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• Leaning Tower (Torre Pendente) Originally the cathedral's bell tower, construction began in 1173 and began leaning due to subsidence of the ground underneath it soon after. A project to keep the tower from leaning more and tipping over finally reached a successful conclusion in 2001, and the tower is again open to those wishing to climb it. Climbing the tower requires a reservation based ticket for 15 Euro. Expect 45 minutes to 2 hour wait, but there is lots to see while you wait. It is better if you buy tickets online for 17 Euro well in advance at
• Baptistry large round Romanesque dome with more sculptured decorations and a fine view up top; climb this if you want a great view with the Leaning Tower visible in your photos. Arabic-style pavement, pulpit by Nicola Pisano (father of Giovanni), and fine octagonal font.
• Campo Santo a huge cemetery building with much interesting art, including a collection of ancient Roman sculptures and splendid pre-Renaissance murals by the "Master of the Triumph of Death".
• Museo del Opera del Duomo has sculptures and paintings formerly in the Pisa Cathedral. Some of the more unusual are bronze griffins from Syria captured by the Crusaders.
• Museo delle Sinopie Skipped over by many visitors, this museum is a treat for art lovers. After WWII many of the surviving murals and pieces of murals from Pisa's Campo Santo were detached from the walls to try to preserve them. It was unexpectedly discovered that the artist sketches underneath survived. These were moved to this museum.

• Santa Maria della Spina small Gothic church built to house a thorn from Jesus's crown
• Piazza dei Cavalieri old town square with a famous elitary school (Scuola Normale Superiore) with elaborate facade
• Lungarno Mediceo
• Santo Sepolcro Romanesque octagonal church with conical spire by Diotisalvi, who also built the baptistery - a Templar church, striking and forceful
• fine Romanesque churches - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno, San Michele in Borgo, San Paolo with a sculpture gallery inside, Sant'Andrea - not all are open every day
• Museo di San Matteo, piazza San Matteo, 1, lungarno Mediceo Tel. +39 050 541865
• Keith Haring mural
• Ussero Café founded on 1775, lungarno Pacinotti 27, http://www.ussero.com

It is a monument to Italian culture in the 1400's Palazzo Agostini, on Lungarno. In 1839, it was seat of the meetings of the first Italian Congress of Scientists

Pisa is divided into 4 historical quarters. There is much more than the Leaning Tower in the city and several different walking itineraries are possible.

Every two weeks there is a bazaar with quite cheap books, records and old stuff. If you like buying souvenirs you won't have a problem finding them. There are lots of small kiosks near the leaning tower selling all kinds of souvenirs from small statues to hour-glasses--of course the motif is the leaning tower!

• Lucca. You can travel by train to this other beautiful Tuscan city.
• Florence. Very easily reachable by train from Pisa Centrale.
• Cinque Terre by train to La Spezia and Genova