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.
Santa Luce | “Pasta” of the Pisan Hills
Santa Luce has been a land of pasta for half a century. Over time Crespina Lorenzana, Castellina Marittima, Fauglia and…
San Giuliano Terme | Arena Metato, Villa Medicea
The village consists of the inhabited hamlets of Arena and Metato, formerly the site of a castle on the border…
Pisa, Oratoio | Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Oratoio, together with the hamlet of Riglione, is a district 4 km from Pisa along the Via Tosco Romagnola to…
Calcinaia | The Upezzinghi Tower
The Torre Grande of Calcinaia, known as the “Torre degli Upezzinghi“, represents the oldest evidence of the ancient castle settlement,…
Peccioli | The Serre Estate
The history of the Serre is strongly linked to the Peccioli Farm, which from the 15th century onwards, thanks to…
The Wind Phone in Capannoli
There is a thread linking Japan to Capannoli, a pretty village in the heart of the Terre di Pisa. Or…
Fauglia | Luciana
Like Fauglia, Luciana was also submerged by the sea in the Pleistocene. Numerous shell fossils have been found, including sperm…
Vecchiano | The beach of Marina di Vecchiano
Marina di Vecchiano, a sandy coastline north of the Arno’s mouth, lies in the heart of the Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Nature…
Casciana Terme Lari | Museum of Agriculture
The museum, founded in 2003 with the aim of preserving the testimonies and knowledge of the rural tradition of the…
Pisa | Miracles Square – Museum of the Sinopie
This is the only collection in the world where the true genius and ability of the artist is revealed. What…
Pisa | Caffè dell’Ussero and Lumière Cinema
On the Lungarno Pacinotti, it is impossible not to notice one of the most characteristic buildings: Palazzo Agostini Venerosi della…
Calcinaia | The Lucca – Pontedera railway bridge
The Lucca – Pontedera railway was supposed to be the first section of the longer line to Saline di Volterra,…
Volterra | Baptistry of San Giovanni
The Baptistery was built in the 13th century, although some architectural and decorative elements would date it to an earlier…
Vecchiano | Nodica, Hermitage of Sconda
In the Sconda valley, in the countryside between Nodica and Vecchiano, is the hermitage of San Piero in Sconda, today…
Santa Luce | The Alabaster Eco-museum
Santa Luce is home to one of the three centres of the Alabaster Eco-museum, which also involves Castellina Marittima and…
Palaia | Toiano and Villa Saletta: ghost villages
Toiano Its origins date back to the Middle Ages, when it was a castle disputed between Lucca, Pisa and Florence.…
Cascina, San Casciano | Parish Church S.Cassiano
The beautiful Pieve dei Santi Ippolito e Cassiano is located in the hamlet of San Casciano, along the banks of…
Retoni at Boccadarno | Marina di Pisa
A few kilometres from Pisa and the central Piazza dei Miracoli, towards the sea, we find small palafittes that could…
Pisa | Museum of Italian Parachutists
The Museum of Italian Parachutists was originally born as a “Sala Ricordi”, in 1971, inside the Caserma “Vannucci” in Livorno.…
Pisa | Church of San Michele degli Scalzi
There are records of a Church dedicated to S. Michele from the year 1025, but it was rebuilt with the…
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…
Pisa | Diocesan Historical Archive and Library
The first nucleus of the diocesan historical archive is the archiepiscopal archive, which brings together the documentation produced by the…
Buti | Ferrata S.Antone (climbing)
The Via Ferrata (Climbing) Sant’Antone runs along a group of rocks outcropping of Monte Serra (m 917), the highest peak…
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.…
Volterra | Palazzo dei Priori (the Priors Palace)
Piazza dei Priori is the centre of the medieval city, whose past splendour is witnessed by the buildings facing it,…
Lajatico | The Theatre of Silence
The Theatre of Silence in Lajatico is a unique place in the world, where nature and the Tuscan hills are…
Casciana Terme | The Vicari Castle of Lari
Before reaching Lari, you will notice a building that stands out from all the others: it is the Vicari Castle…
Santa Maria a Monte | The “patata Tosca”
The Santa Maria a Monte potato is an early potato of excellent quality. Also called the Tosca, in memory of…
Vicopisano | The Clock Tower
The Clock Tower is one of the most beautiful and unusual towers in Vicopisano. Various elements contribute to making it…
Capannoli | Aero Club Pisa
The Aero Club of Pisa Federico Citi is a grass airfield of 670 meters near Capannoli, not far from Pontedera.…
Pisa | Piazza dei Cavalieri
Piazza dei Cavalieri is one of the most sumptuous realizations of the Medici in Pisa, the result of a radical…
Santa Maria a Monte | Carducci House Museum
The Carducci House Museum is hosted in the house in which the poet’s family lived when Michele, father of the…
Buti | Cascine of Buti
Cascine of Buti in past centuries was a borderland between Pisa and Lucca. However, nothing remains of the ancient fortification…
Calcinaia | Chapel of santo Stefano in Sardina
The name ‘Sardina’ is attested as far back as the 15th century: the present chapel is dedicated to Saint Stephen…
San Giuliano Terme | Rigoli
Rigoli was built in the early Middle Ages, in a period before the eighth century, given the presence of the…
Pontedera | Exhibition Center “7 Sois 7 Luas”
Centrum Sete Sòis Sete Luas of Pontedera is a cultural network of 30 cities in 13 countries: Brazil, Cape Verde,…