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.
Calci | Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa is at the foot of Monte Pisano, in the setting of…
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…
Pisa | Villa Medici in the Estate of Coltano
The Tenuta (estate) di Coltano occupies over 3,000 hectares within the Regional Park of San Rossore Migliarino Massaciuccoli, which originally…
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.…
Buti, Protected Area of Pino Laricio – ANPIL
The Protected Area of the “Stazione Relitta di Pino Laricio” in the municipality of Buti extends over more than 200…
Pisa | Church of San Zeno
The abbey of San Zeno is located in Piazza San Zeno, at the north-eastern end of the center of Pisa,…
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…
Volterra | The “Maschio Tower”, Medici Fortress
The imposing Fortezza Medicea, which dominates Volterra and characterises its skyline, was built in 1474, two years after the city…
Pontedera | Cathedral and Misericordia Church
Pontedera Cathedral, dedicated to Saints Jacopo and Filippo, was built in neoclassical style in the mid-19th century to a design…
Pisa | Villa del Gombo in San Rossore Park
Pioneering and extraordinary, the villa was designed in the late 1950s by Amedeo Luccichenti and Vincenzo Monaco. Its stilted structure,…
Volterra | Museum of Sacred Art
The Museum of Sacred Art, housed in the Church of Sant’Agostino, (Piazza XX settembre) displays a splendid collection of works…
San Miniato | Golf Club San Miniato
The 9-holes course is fitted for beginners and amateurs who likes to play an easy golf with up and down…
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…
Santa Maria a Monte | The Clock Tower
Next to the former Palazzo del Podestà stands the 6-metre high Clock Tower with a stone base. The tower was…
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…
Cascina | Ripoli
The village of Ripoli is in the plain of the Arno River, but in comparison to the other hamlets in…
Vicopisano and the Medieval tower houses
Vicopisano lies on a hill at the eastern foot of the Pisan Mountains, on the border between Pisa and Lucca,.…
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…
Pisa | Palazzo Reale National Museum
Palazzo Reale has been over the centuries the residence of three dynasties in Pisa: Medici, Lorraine and Savoy. Historical and…
Chianni | Church of the Madonna del Carmine
The church, built in 1629 on the remains of a pre-existing religious building, stands on a meadow 1 km from…
Crespina | Villa Il Poggio
The villa was built in the late 15th century by the noble Pisan Lanfranchi family as a hunting lodge, as…
Casciana Terme | Churches of Assunta and S. Martino
The existence of a church dedicated to St Mary is already mentioned in documents from the year 840, regarding a…
Montopoli in Valdarno, Marti | Archeo sites
The Antiquarium of Marti is part of Montopoli Museum System. Between Etruscan, Medieval and Modern Art It collects the Etruscan, Medieval…
Chianni | Rivalto
Rivalto is the only hamlet in the municipality of Chianni, lying between the Rio Maggiore stream and the source of…
Santa Maria a Monte | Medieval Cistern
The medieval Cistern, 13th century, is located inside the Municipal Library. It is accessed through an internal courtyard that leads to…
Bientina | Walls, towers and Keep
Walking around Bientina we still find traces of the ancient medieval walls, enclosed by angular, imposing towers and surrounded by…
Santa Luce, Pomaia | Buddhist Institute
Since 1976, the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Pomaia has been the most important Buddhist centre in Italy and one…
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…
Bientina | “Bosco Tanali “Nature Reserve
The Bosco Tanali reserve occupies 150 hectares of woods and reeds on the western side of the Padule (marsh) di…
Terricciola | Casanova
Casanova is on the road from Terricciola to Selvatelle. A former feudal castle that rebelled against Pisa in 1164 along…
Santa Croce sull’Arno | Collegiate Church of San Lorenzo
The church was built in the 16th century in Renaissance style on top of the pre-existing church dedicated to the…
Pisa, Riglione | Church of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano
The church of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano, first mentioned in a document in 1119, belonged to the possessions of the…
Buti | Parich Church of San Giovanni
The Parish Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in Piazza Martiri della Libertà, in Buti. In the Middle Ages,…
Pisa | Torre Guelfa (Guelph Tower)
The first records of the Pisan arsenal date back to the early 13th century when, outside the western side of…
Castelfranco di S. | Galleno, Orentano and Villa Campanile
Orentano is the second largest center in the municipality of Castelfranco di Sotto by population. With the black plague of…
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.…