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.
Pomarance | Baths San Michele alle Formiche
The Baths (Bagni) of San Michele alle Formiche are located in Valdicecina, near Pomarance and just over half an hour’s…
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…
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…
Vecchiano | Filettole
Filettole is the hamlet in the municipality of Vecchiano that still has a historic core with a building pattern and…
Castelfranco di Sotto | Collegiate Church of St Peter
The Church is located in the historic center, with the facade on Via Cavour and the right side on Piazza…
Calci | Tre Colli
Tre Colli is a hamlet along the provincial road 56 up to the Monte Serra, near Castelmaggiore. Tre Colli, the…
Gateway to Geothermal Energy | Monteverdi Marittimo
Monteverdi Marittimo is the “Gateway to Geothermal Energy,” welcoming visitors and those traveling along Provincial Road 329 to the geothermal…
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…
Castelfranco di Sotto | Montefalcone Reserve
The Montefalcone Natural Reserve represents the area of greatest environmental interest in the Cerbaie Hills, in the lower Valdarno between…
Pisa | The Roman Baths
It is the only Roman monument preserved in Pisa. In the Middle Ages it was erroneously called Terme di Nerone,…
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…
Casciana Terme | The Love Path in Pietraia
There is a very romantic place in the Terre di Pisa and it is located in Pietraia, a small village…
Lajatico | Orciatico
Orciatico stands on a hill over 300 metres above sea level, opposite the Rocca di Pietracassia. A former castle, it…
Casciana Terme Lari | Oratory of Madonna della Neve
The oratory, also known as Madonna di Vaicella, is at the entrance to Lari. It was built on the junction…
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 | Balconevisi
Balconevisi is an ancient village located on a tuff hill between the Chiecina and Egola streams, a few kilometres from…
San Giuliano Terme | Agnano, Villa Tadini
The hamlet of Agnano at the foot of Monte Pisano, apparently inhabited since prehistoric times and certainly in Roman times,…
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,…
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…
Fauglia, Valtriano | Villa Gotti Porcinari
The farmhouse in Valtriano near Fauglia has a long history, which began on the ruins of an ancient monastery and…
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…
Montopoli Valdarno, San Romano | Sanctuary
The present Sanctuary was built on the site of the ancient church of Santa Maria a Valiana, where an image…
San Miniato | Museum of the Arciconfraternita
The museum, housed in a large room at Palazzo Roffia, displays a large number of works of art, sacred vestments…
Calcinaia | The Upezzinghi Tower
The Torre Grande of Calcinaia, known as the “Torre degli Upezzinghi“, represents the oldest evidence of the ancient castle settlement,…
Pisa | Miracles Square – Cemetery (Campo Santo)
The cemetery of Pisa Cathedral – begun in 1277 by Giovanni di Simone – is the last of the monumental…
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…
Vicopisano | Parish Church of Santa Maria
Set just outside the old village, the parish church of Santa Maria is a well-preserved example of the Pisan-Romanesque style:…
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…
Pisa | Basilica of San Piero a Grado
The Basilica of San Piero a Grado stands where tradition has it that St. Peter landed from Palestine. Before continuing on…
Santa Croce sull’Arno | Staffoli
Staffoli is the only hamlet in the municipality of Santa Croce sull’Arno. The small village near Cerbaie was first mentioned…
Crespina | Villa Il Poggio
The villa was built in the late 15th century by the noble Pisan Lanfranchi family as a hunting lodge, as…
Vicopisano | Noce
Along the Via Vicarese in the direction of Pisa is the hamlet of Noce, at the foot of the Verruca.…
Fauglia | Luciana
Like Fauglia, Luciana was also submerged by the sea in the Pleistocene. Numerous shell fossils have been found, including sperm…
Montopoli in Valdarno | Church of Santa Marta
A former Benedictine monastery and girls’ boarding school founded in 1589 by a wealthy merchant from the city who gave…
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…
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…