In a few miles many jewels of Tuscany to be discovered: this is “Terre di Pisa”. Beyond the Leaning Tower, the Miracles’ Square and the riversides you can discover Volterra, land of Etruscans and alabaster stone, or San Miniato on the Pilgrim Road to Rome and town of the white truffle.
A golden triangle in which less famous villages and hamlets are interwoven, surprising for their genuine beauty. The “Terre di Pisa” give you true experiences and unexpected emotions in an extremely varied territory which from the seaboard touches the Arno plain and rises up to gentle rolling hills, low mountains or rough rocky gullies. A rich artistic and natural heritage, in which flavors and pleasures of good food and drink are combined in a blend of tradition and innovation.
San Miniato | Museum of Santa Chiara Convent
The monastery dates back to 1226. For centuries it was inhabited by the Clarisse nuns, until it was transformed into…
Santa Croce sull’Arno | Church of Santa Cristiana
The church was built on the site of a pre-existing 13th-century oratory dedicated to St Jacopo. Its current appearance is…
Casciana Terme | Casciana Alta, Madonna della Cava
Casciana Alta was once an important castle called Sessana, of which there were two parts: the one around the fortress…
Volterra | Porta all’Arco, Etruscan Gate
The Porta all’Arco is the most famous monument of Etruscan Volterra, the only element that remains of the southern stretch…
Santa Croce sull’Arno | Villa Pacchiani
The Villa Pacchiani Centre for Expressive Activities, the former private home of Geremia Pacchiani, has three floors with a garden…
San Miniato | Museum of the War Memory
The Museum, the most recent of the museum system of San Miniato, is dedicated to the memory of the Second…
San Giuliano Terme, Ripafratta | The Fortress
The Rocca di San Paolino was a medieval historical-architectural complex of strategic military importance as a Pisan outpost in the…
Pisa | Public baths, former day hotel Cobianchi
In 1925, the entrepreneur Cobianchi built an underground day hotel under the Logge di Banchi. During excavations, a treasure trove…
Migliarino Pisano | Chiesa of San Ranieri
History and Architecture of the Church of San Ranieri The current church, dedicated to the patron saint of Pisa, San…
Vicopisano | S. Giovanni alla Vena, Oratorio del Castellare
The town of San Giovanni alla Vena, 3 km from Vicopisano, takes its name from an alleged gold vein mentioned…
Pontedera | PALP Exhibition Centre
The PALP exhibition center was born in 2016 in the premises of Palazzo Pretorio in the heart of Pontedera Palazzo…
Pisa, Tirrenia | Oasis WWF Sandy Dunes
The WWF Oasis Dune di Tirrenia was born in 1997, in collaboration with the San Rossore Park, in an area…
Pontedera | Murale “Enrico Baj Wall”
The wall, inaugurated in 2006, is the last work of the artist Enrico Baj, founder of the “Nuclear” movement, founded…
Pisa, Piazza dei Miracoli | Museum of Antiquities
With over 3,700 square metres of exhibition space – of which 3,200 inside the Monumental Cemetery and 550 newly created…
Calcinaia | The Museum of Ceramics
The Museum of Ceramics of Calcinaia, dedicated to the memory of Lodovico Coccapani and housed in the premises of an…
Pontedera, La Rotta | The Brickmaker Museum
The history of the small museum of brickmakers is closely linked to the manufacture of bricks and the furnaces that…
Pomarance | Bread of Montegemoli
What makes the Tuscan diet unique is its secular consumption of unsalted bread. Simple bread with a rustic appearance, crunchy…
San Miniato, The Truffle of the San Miniato Hills
The hills from San Miniato are the perfect ecosystem for the growth of the white truffle. This area, includes also…
The Black Christ Statue in the Church of S.Andrea | Monteverdi Marittimo
This splendid wooden statuette, a masterpiece by the Sienese artist Francesco Valdambrino, dates from the early 1400s. Valdambrino worked in…
Capannoli, The Wind Phone
There is a thread linking Japan to Capannoli, a pretty village in the heart of the Terre di Pisa. Or…
Pontedera | Piaggio Museum (Vespa)
The Piaggio Museum is the largest Italian museum dedicated to the motorcycle and one of the largest in Europe. Vespa, models…
Pisa | The “Easter Pancake” (Schiacciata)
The “schiacciata di Pasqua” (Easter Schiacchiata) is a Tuscan sweet bread flavored with anise seeds and orange. The dish was…
Fauglia | San Regolo
San Regolo had a past linked to the wars between Pisa and Florence. Its castle was in fact a military…
Volterra | The Pecorino Cheese DOP
Environment, experience and tradition are the essential ingredients of this cheese produced since the eighteenth century and that in 2015…
Capannoli, Sanctuary of the SS Annunziata
Just outside the village of Capannoli, this Sanctuary is an interesting architectural complex dating back to the 15th century. The…
Pomarance | “Bicocchi” House Museum
The Bicocchi House, purchased by descendants of the Bicocchi family from the local Council, has been opened to the public as…
Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Regional Park – UNESCO “Tuscan Coastal Forests” Biosphere Reserve
The park’s importance is recognized internationally: since 2004, it has been part of the UNESCO “Tuscan Coastal Forests” Biosphere Reserve,…
Peccioli | Montecchio
Montecchio stands on a sandstone hill on the bank of the river Era, nestled in the woods of the ‘Serre’.…
Pisa | Sant’Agata Chapel
The Chapel of Sant’Agata is located in Pisa, at the back of the Church of San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno.…
Pisa | Logge di Banchi
The Logge dei Banchi, formerly Logge dei Mercanti or del Buontalenti, were built by Grand Duke Ferdinando I dei Medici…
Church of St. John the Baptist
The parish of Saints John the Baptist and Peter the Apostle in Calcinaia, already documented in the year 883, was…
San Giuliano Terme | Hermitage of Rupecava
Monte Pisano has always been a suitable place for those who wanted to shut themselves away in silence and live…
Chianni | The chestnut of Rivalto
The “marrone of Rivalto” is a variety of chestnut, produced not in large quantities in the territory, genuineness, with special…
Calci | Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa is at the foot of Monte Pisano, in the setting of…
Casciana Terme Lari | Oratory Madonna del Carme
The Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine stands just outside Lari, along the road to Casciana Terme. Initially dedicated to…
Santa Luce | Pieve di Santa Luce
Pieve di Santa Luce owes its name to the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta and Sant’Angelo, one of the…