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.
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…
Pontedera | Piazza Curtatone
Until 1848, the year of the battle of Curtatone and Montanara in the First War of Independence in which many…
Santa Luce | Pomaia and Pastina
Pomaia lies on the panoramic road that leads from Santa Luce to Castellina Marittima. A village of Lombard origin, it…
Chianni | The Pescaia Spring and the hydraulic mills
Dating back perhaps to the 17th century and remodelled over the centuries, the Pescaia Spring still preserves the classic brick archway…
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…
Vicopisano | Pretorio Palace and Gaols
Palazzo Pretorio is one of the most representative buildings of medieval civil architecture along the Tuscan coast. The oldest part…
Castelfranco di Sotto | The “Cerbaie” Hills
The Cerbaie is a hill system of modest altitude (max 117 m) located between the Valdarno and the paduli (marshes)…
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…
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…
Capannoli | Museums of Villa Baciocchi
The Museums of Villa Baciocchi consist of the Archeological Museum, the Zoological Museum and the Botanical Park. It hosts in…
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…
Fauglia | Luciana
Like Fauglia, Luciana was also submerged by the sea in the Pleistocene. Numerous shell fossils have been found, including sperm…
Bientina | Museum of Sacred Art
The Church of Santa Maria Assunta became a parish church in the 15th century and was consecrated in 1644. The…
Vicopisano, Romanesque Church of San Jacopo
The Romanesque church of San Jacopo stands about 1 km from Vicopisano. It was built in the Longobard era and…
Montopoli in Valdarno | The old castle
Montopoli in val d’Arno’s tower and arch are related to Castruccio Castracani, who is said to having been hurt during…
Peccioli | Montecchio
Montecchio stands on a sandstone hill on the bank of the river Era, nestled in the woods of the ‘Serre’.…
Palaia, Montefoscoli | Minerva Medica Temple
The Temple of Minerva Medica is a historic building set in a small wood near Montefoscoli. It was built between…
Pisa | Miracles Square – Leaning Tower
On the 9th of August 1173 the foundation works of what was the bell tower of the Cathedral began, but…
Lajatico, Orciatico | Astronomic Observatory
Far from urban centers, it allows observing stars up to the sixth visual magnitude and enjoys protection from light pollution.…
Castelfranco di Sotto | Orentano
Orentano is the second-largest settlement in the municipality of Castelfranco di Sotto in terms of population. Following the Black Death…
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…
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…
Capannoli, Church of San Bartolomeo
The Church of St Bartholomew in Capannoli, dedicated to the patron saint of the village – celebrated on 24 August…
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 | Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri
The construction of a church dedicated to the Order of the Knights of Santo Stefano, founded by Cosimo I de…
Vicopisano | Church of the Via Crucis
The small church of Maria Addolorata or, as it is better known, of the Via Crucis is one of the…
Pisa | Church S. Pietro in Vinculis or S. Pierino
In Pisa is known as the Church of San Pierino, as well as the adjacent square (Piazza Cairoli) is known…
Volterra | House Museum Raffaello Consortini
In front of the large lawn of the Church of San Giusto, just outside the walls of the historic centre,…
Lajatico | The Medici Villa of Spedaletto
The villa (now a private property) has crossed the centuries undergoing substantial changes so as to be today an eclectic…
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…
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 | Baptistry of San Giovanni
The Baptistery was built in the 13th century, although some architectural and decorative elements would date it to an earlier…
Buti | Castel Tonini
Castel Tonini is the fortification that dominates and protected the ancient village of Buti and is still the gateway to…
Montopoli in Valdarno | Civic Museum
The Museum intends to promote the cultural, artistic and architectural heritage of the area. Special attention has been given to…
Terricciola | Soiana
The name apparently derives from a Roman commander, ‘Scianus’, who is said to have camped here. In the Middle Ages,…
Lajatico | Praetorian Palace and Civic Tower
In the central square of Lajatico, a building with a tower bears the signs of the ancient 13th-century Palazzo Pretorio,…