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.
San Giuliano Terme, Ripafratta | The Fortress
The Rocca di San Paolino was a medieval historical-architectural complex of strategic military importance as a Pisan outpost in the…
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…
Volterra | Eco-Museum of Alabaster
The Eco-Museum of alabaster is an environmental route that leads from the museum points of Castellina Marittima and Santa Luce…
Montopoli | Parish Church of Saints Stefano and Giovanni
A chapel dedicated to St Stephen is attested as early as 1195, while in 1260 a church was in turn…
San Miniato | The Museum of the Writing
The collection of the Museum of the Writing reconstructs, with original finds and reproductions from national archaeological museums, the stages…
San Miniato | The “Via Angelica”
On Piazza del Popolo, to the left of the Church of San Domenico, a small wrought iron door transports the…
Buti | Panicale and La Croce
Along the streams on Monte Pisano are villages with old oil mills, buildings designed to extract oil from olives through…
San Miniato | Bishop’s Seminary Palace
Architectural interventions between the 17th and 18th centuries transformed the medieval face of San Miniato into a modern, contemporary setting.…
San Giuliano Terme | Hermitage of Rupecava
Monte Pisano has always been a suitable place for those who wanted to shut themselves away in silence and live…
Lari | Church of Santa Maria Assunta and San Leonardo
The church of Santa Maria Assunta and San Leonardo is located in the historical centre of Lari, under the Castello…
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…
Calci | Parish Church of San Ermolao
The church, dating from the late 11th century, was built on the initiative of Archbishop Daiberto and completed thanks to…
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…
Pisa | The Jewish Cemetery
Outside the Medieval walls behind Piazza dei Miracoli, the Jewish cemetery has hosted the burials of the Jews of Pisa…
Cascina | San Giorgio a Bibbiano
The church of San Giorgio in Bibbiano has early medieval origins, although it is only attested from 1217. The term…
Volterra | The Roman Theatre
The Roman Theater of Volterra is one of the most beautiful and best preserved in Italy. It is in the archaeological…
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,…
Lorenzana | Chiesa di San Bartolomeo Apostolo
The Church of St Bartholomew the Apostle – also known as the Church of Saints Bartholomew and Christophan – can…
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…
Santa Maria a Monte | Civic Museum
The museum is next to the Archaeological Area. On the ground floor, the room dedicated to the patron saint, the…
Lajatico, Orciatico | Windmills Ruins
A few minutes walk from the medieval hamlet of Orciatico are the ruins of two windmills (XVII century, only one…
Pontedera | PALP Exhibition Centre
The PALP exhibition center was born in 2016 in the premises of Palazzo Pretorio in the heart of Pontedera Palazzo…
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…
San Miniato | Church of San Domenico
With its ‘unfinished’ façade, the Church of San Domenico is one of the most recognisable and iconic in San Miniato.…
Buti | The Villa Medicea
The Villa Medicea stands in the most ancient nucleus of the town, on the ruins of a tower dating back…
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,…
Pomarance | Bread of Montegemoli
What makes the Tuscan diet unique is its secular consumption of unsalted bread. Simple bread with a rustic appearance, crunchy…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Medieval Walls of Cascina
The medieval walls of Cascina surrounded the ancient town, often at the centre of wars between the Republic of Pisa…
Palaia | Forcoli
Forcoli is the most important hamlet in the municipality of Palaia, a very lively and active locality due to the…
Volterra | Etruscan Museum “Guarnacci”
Founded in the mid-18th century thanks to a donation by the noble abbot Mario Guarnacci, it has been housed in…
San Miniato | “Euteleti” Academy, Napoleon Mask
The Accademia degli Euteleti, or rather the “men of good will” who intend to spread culture in the world through…
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…