Easter holiday in Tuscany

On 22 February 2019
In Monuments and Churches
Tags: #Lucca, Florence, Pisa, tuscany

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Spending 3 days on Easter around Tuscany

Art and history, good food, the coast with the beaches and the sea, nature and culture: 3 days to discover Tuscany.
But also magnificent hilly landscapes and villages of incredible beauty. And then the sea and good food. Tuscany is the region that most concentrates on itself all the typicalities of the Italian landscape and of the Made in Italy lifestyle. It is no coincidence that abroad remains the most appreciated and envied region. To discover it, we offer five itineraries in Tuscany for three days to discover all the facets of a wonderful land.

1. Florence

Known by everyone as the cradle of the Renaissance, it offers interesting ideas for a weekend to remember. Do not miss the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi custodians of the greatest masterpieces of art. If you are romantic you can not miss the opportunity to take a walk on the Ponte Vecchio, maybe at sunset. Start from Piazza del Duomo and continue on your right, passing Giotto’s Bell Tower where, on the north-east side of the square, you will find the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, home to many artefacts and works of great artistic value, such as the original doors in gold of the Baptistery the interior is rich in some of the most beautiful masterpieces in the world.
Once in front of the museum, turn right into via del Proconsolo and take the second right again into via del Corso. Then take Via del Presto di San Martino, again the first on the right and the next on the left into Via Santa Margherita: you will arrive at the Casa Museo di Dante, where the famous poet lived centuries ago. At the next junction, take the road on the left via Dante Alighieri, which will take you back to via del Proconsolo.
On your left, at the corner with Via Ghibellina, you will be in front of the famous Bargello museum. Going on for a couple of blocks, turn right into via dei Gondi, which will take you to Piazza Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio and the Uffizi, which can also be – literally – contemplated from the outside!

2. Pisa

One day in Pisa it is little but enough to admire one of the most popular destinations for Italian and foreign visitors: Piazza dei Miracoli. Starting from Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and hi to the Church of Sant’Antonio Abate, in the homonymous square, on whose external wall you can admire Tuttomondo, the last public work created by Keith Haring. We are moving towards Corso Italia, a shopping street that leads us to Piazza XX Settembre. From here passed the Ponte di Mezzo, I advise you to take a trip to Borgo Stretto, a narrow street very frequented and full of buildings and arcades of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Here, after about ten minutes of walking, the road widens in a large immense square: it is the famous Piazza dei Cavalieri where stands the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, also known simply as “la Normale”.
In this prestigious public institute of high education and research have studied famous people including three Nobel prizes: physicists Enrico Fermi and Carlo Rubbia and the poet Giosuè Carducci. Another interesting building of this square is the Palazzo dell’Orologio, today the main seat of the Scuola della Biblioteca. The tower is above all known as Torre della Fame for the tragic death of Count Ugolino celebrated by Dante in the XXXIII canto of the Inferno.
Taking Via dei Mille and Via Santa Maria you finally arrive at Piazza dei Miracoli or Piazza del Duomo, included among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. What you see you already know: the Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Campo Santo, and the Campanile, better known as the Tower of Pisa.

3. Lucca

You will be struck by its historic center, where every third Saturday and Sunday, the antiques market is organized that we advise you not to lose, as well as its sixteenth-century walls. Among its historical monuments you can visit the Duomo and the Palazzo Ducale. The Italian Museum of Comics is curious. How can you renounce to discover this beautiful jewel of Tuscany? Within its walls, Lucca presents a large area with limited traffic and cycle path that allows the people of Lucca to continue to live their life proudly away from the chaos and the modern traffic.
Together we will discover its beauties such as the Piazza San Michele in Foro, with the homonymous Romanesque church, Piazza Napoleone, from which you can admire the Palazzo Ducale and the Teatro del Giglio, we will reach the Cathedral of San Martino, which preserves inside the famous sarcophagus of Ilaria del Carretto, by Jacopo della Quercia, and the “Holy Face” of Christ. We will pass by the birth house of Giacomo Puccini and we will go through the characteristic medieval streets to reach the elegant Via Fillungo. We will admire the Guinigi Tower, the Piazza Anfiteatro and the Basilica of S.Frediano and we will not miss a walk on the famous sixteenth-century walls.
An unforgettable tour with the chance to see the city from above, the alleys, its most surprising squares and to appreciate the best that the land of Lucca has always been able to offer.