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 Maria a Monte | Montecalvoli
The village of Montecalvoli (Santa Maria a Monte) is located on the southern end of the Cerbaie hills, almost overlooking…
Pisa | Domus Mazziniana (Mazzini Museum)
The Domus Mazziniana (Mazzini House Museum) is hosted at Palazzo Nathan-Rosselli, where Giuseppe Mazzini died in 1872 after having spent…
Pisa | University Museum of Human Anatomy
In addition to about 3400 preparations and 1300 anatomical models used by the professors of the Faculty of Medicine for…
Vecchiano | Castle of Avane and the Eagle Tower
The remains of castles or towers scattered across the territory represent elements of historical-architectural value and territorial organisation. Numerous are…
Pisa | National Museum of San Matteo
The National Museum of San Matteo is the most important museum of painting and sculpture of Pisa with real masterpieces…
Casciana Terme Lari | Teatro Verdi of Casciana
The theatre complex in Casciana Terme dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, is historically one of the most important recreational and cultural venues…
Pisa | Miracles Square – Opera Duomo Museum
The museum collects and preserves masterpieces and memories from the monuments of the Piazza del Duomo, works from time to…
Pisa | The Jewish Synagogue
In the historic center, near the Verdi Theater and the deconsecrated church of Sant’Andrea, we find the Synagogue, opened for…
Pomarance, S.Dalmazio | The “Sillana” Fortress
The current appearance is the result of multiple renovations made over the centuries, to adapt the original stronghold (11th -12th…
Chianni | Underground Church of SS Annunziata
Not to be missed in Chianni is the underground church of the Compagnia della SS. Annunziata, established by the inhabitants,…
Castellina Marittima | Le Badie
The Abbey of San Salvatore and the Abbey of San Quirico were built in a setting characterised by dense woods…
Ponsacco, Camugliano | Villa Medicea
The Medici Villa of Camugliano (also known as Villa Niccolini) is one of the most important estates in Tuscany. It…
Calci | The Monumental Charterhouse
The Charterhouse of Pisa is part of the state museums as the National Museum of the Monumental Charterhouse of Calci.…
Casciana Terme Lari | Terme di Casciana
Casciana Terme is famous for its therapeutic waters, known for particular curative properties since the Middle Ages. Water at 36°…
Capannoli – Santo Pietro Belvedere
Santo Pietro Belvedere, the only hamlet in the municipality of Capannoli, stands on a hill whose highest point is the…
Crespina | Church of San Michele Arcangelo
The parish church, built at the end of the 19th century to replace the old 8th-century church that stood at…
Pisa | Graphics Art Museum
The Museum is one of the most important public collections of contemporary graphics A public collection of contemporary graphics without…
Buti | Oil Mill “Rossoni” and Museum of Rurality
Along the various streams (called “rio”) we come across the old oil mills, buildings designed to extract oil from olives…
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,…
Volterra | The Alabaster stone
Alabaster is a chalky rock originated from the sedimentation of large amounts of calcium sulphate in seawater. These deposits accumulated…
Casciana Terme Lari | Lavaiano
Lavaiano is a hamlet between Lari and Ponsacco. It was once divided into two hamlets, Lavajano vecchio and nuova, which…
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 | San Rossore Estate
The San Rossore Estate was owned by the King of Italy, then from 1956 to 1999 by the President of…
Castelfranco di Sotto | Convent of San Matteo
The monastery, built in the mid-seventeenth century where the fortress of Motrone was located, was supported thanks to alms from…
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…
Peccioli | Libbiano
Libbiano is a small agricultural village located on a rise at the confluence of the Rio Melagio and Rio Polonia.…
Calci | Hermitage of San Bernardo or Costa d’Acqua
The hermitage lies in Val Graziosa, where in the Middle Ages several hermits or small communities of monks arose, living…
Chianni | Rivalto
Rivalto is the only hamlet in the municipality of Chianni, lying between the Rio Maggiore stream and the source of…
Peccioli, Libbiano | Astronomical Center
The Galileo Galilei Astronomical Center, owned by the Municipality of Peccioli and managed by the Association of Alta Valdera Astrophiles,…
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.…
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…
San Giuliano Terme | “Torta coi bischeri” cake
Imagine a soft cream made with white rice, dark chocolate, pinenuts, candied fruit, raisins and spices in a shortcrust pastry pie. It is called the “Torta co’…
Pisa, Marina di Pisa | Pineto Adventure Park
The Pineto Adventure Park in Marina di Pisa is set in a beautiful woodland setting just a few steps from…
Pisa, Palazzo della Carovana – Scuola Normale Superiore
Home to the Scuola Normale Superiore since 1846, it is one of the city’s most famous historic buildings. Formerly the…
Marina di Pisa, Church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice
The Church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice is in Marina di Pisa, in the square of the same name. Similarities with…
Peccioli | Prehistoric Park
Dinosaurs were at the Prehistoric Park of Peccioli in 1997, thirteen years before the novel Jurassic Park, sixteen years before…