Pisa tour in one day

Discovering Pisa the charming town of Galileo and the Leaning Tower

Pisa, the city of Galileo Galilei and the “Leaning Tower”, is the ideal destination for a journey to discover the artistic and cultural wonders of our Peninsula. If you want to visit Pisa in one day, don’t rush things and concentrate on the most important attractions.
Pisa, despite its modest size, has played a central role in Italian history in different eras, particularly when, from Repubblica Marinara, along with Amalfi, Genoa and Venice dominated trade routes in the Mediterranean.
The charm of Pisa is undeniable: the city is pleasant to visit in all seasons of the year. If you want to see with your own eyes the Leaning Tower and other tourist attractions of the Tuscan city, plan your trip and set off for Pisa.

The Miracle Square

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa includes, in addition to the Leaning Tower, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, the Baptistery of San Giovanni and the Monumental Cemetery.
You will not happen many times in your life to be able to contemplate a square of such rare beauty, so don’t be in a hurry. Enjoy this moment of unique, intimate and delicate pleasure.
Walk among the monuments, sit on the ground and observe what opens before your eyes, look at the Baptistery, the Tower and the Cathedral from every possible perspective.
Why not, mixed with the crowd of tourists and take a picture in perspective too, in which “support” or “hold” the Tower of Pisa. It is a rite of passage, a modern tradition, a playful way of doing tourism, returning children and leaving behind (at least for a moment) problems and concerns.

The Leaning Tower

The first thing to do in Pisa is almost inevitable: to see and photograph the famous “Leaning Tower”.
The Tower of Pisa is the monument-symbol of the Tuscan city. Built between the 12th and 14th centuries, the Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, although it is separated from the main building.
The Tower of Pisa is “leaning” due to a slow but progressive collapse of the underlying land. How does the Tower of Pisa stand up despite everything? The explanation is simple: the vertical passing through the center of gravity of the structure falls inside the support base of the Tower. A real “miracle” of Pisa.

Piazza dei Cavalieri

Piazza dei Cavalieri, second in fame and beauty only to that of the Miracles, was the beating heart of communal life in ancient Pisa.
Here, in the Torre della Muda (later nicknamed “Torre della Fame”), Count Ugolino della Gherardesca was imprisoned and his jailers were given the order to throw the key to the cell in the Arno.
The legend (also narrated by Dante in the XXXIII song of Hell) wants that the count, condemned to die of starvation together with children and grandchildren, overwhelmed by hunger, fed on the flesh of his progeny.

Borgo Stretto and the other two “leaning towers” of Pisa

Borgo Stretto is one of the most suggestive districts of Pisa. Loved by both tourists and Pisans, Borgo Stretto is a must during a trip to Pisa.
After walking through the charming alleys of Borgo Stretto, before moving to the Arno river and continuing your itinerary in Pisa, take a short stop in Via Santa Maria, just 5 minutes away on foot. Via Santa Maria hides one of the other two “leaning towers” of Pisa, the bell tower of the Church of San Nicola, inclined at about 2.5 degrees.
If you also want to see the third “leaning tower” of Pisa, go to Via Michele degli Scalzi, where the Church of San Michele degli Scalzi is located, whose bell tower is inclined by 5 degrees.

The Lungarni

After Borgo Stretto continue towards Piazza Garibaldi and then towards the Ponte di Mezzo. At this point you have reached the Lungarni of Pisa, spectacular by day, but above all at sunset.
The most beautiful is the Lungarno Mediceo, bordered by the elegant residences of the Pisan Lords of the past, such as Palazzo dei Medici and Palazzo Toscanelli, but also by other pieces of the city’s history, such as the Church of San Matteo in Soarta, which today houses an interesting museum.
On the Lungarno Gambacorti, then, is the enchanting Church of Santa Maria della Spina, also worthy of a visit.

 

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