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.
Buti | Church of San Francesco
The Church of San Francesco, one of the largest in Buti, was built between the 13th and 14th centuries, although…
Pisa | The State Archives
The State Archives of Pisa on the riversides at Palazzo Toscanelli, was instituted on February 22, 1860 by the Provisional Government…
San Giuliano Terme | Bagni di Pisa SPA
Bagni di Pisa are in San Giuliano Terme, at the foot of Monte Pisano between Lucca and Pisa. Spas for…
San Giuliano T, Agnano | “Monticello” Cave
Not everyone knows the caves or ravines of the Pisan Mounti, important from a geologic or speleologic point of view,…
Vecchiano | The beach of Marina di Vecchiano
Marina di Vecchiano, a sandy coastline north of the Arno’s mouth, lies in the heart of the Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Nature…
Monastery of San Francesco | San Miniato
Founded in 1211 on the site of an oratory dedicated to San Miniato, it is a grandiose complex, the result…
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…
Buti | Cascine of Buti
Cascine of Buti in past centuries was a borderland between Pisa and Lucca. However, nothing remains of the ancient fortification…
Castellina Marittima | Le Badie
The Abbey of San Salvatore and the Abbey of San Quirico were built in a setting characterised by dense woods…
Buti | Ferrata S.Antone (climbing)
The Via Ferrata (Climbing) Sant’Antone runs along a group of rocks outcropping of Monte Serra (m 917), the highest peak…
Peccioli | Museum of Contemporary Art, Opensky
The MACCA – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea a Cielo Aperto (Museum of Contemporary Art in the Open Sky) is an institution…
Pisa | Church of San Nicola
The church of S. Nicola, documented in 1097 as a dependency of the Monastery of S. Michele della Verruca (now…
Calci | Tre Colli
Tre Colli is a hamlet along the provincial road 56 up to the Monte Serra, near Castelmaggiore. Tre Colli, the…
Pisa | The Medici Shipyards (Arsenali)
The Medicei Shipyards (Arsenali) are a set of 16th-century buildings dedicated to shipbuilding, along the Arno river. History of the…
Pisa | Church of San Sisto
San Sisto in Corte Vecchia is the oldest church in Pisa that has best preserved its original form. The facade…
Fauglia | Church of San Lorenzo
It was later rebuilt in a more central location with a simple façade in neo-Renaissance style, punctuated by three blind…
Chianni | Church of San Donato
The oldest and best known church in Chianni is certainly the Church of San Donato, first mentioned in 1275 in…
Pisa | Teatro Verdi
The Theatre dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi is the main theatrical space in Pisa, as well as one of the most…
Calcinaia | Fishing competition field on the Arno
The stretch of the Arno River is one of the most abundant and high-quality fishing areas in Tuscany. Calcinaia hosts…
Pisa | Piazza dei Cavalieri
Piazza dei Cavalieri is one of the most sumptuous realizations of the Medici in Pisa, the result of a radical…
Pomarance-Volterra | The Berignone Reserve
The Nature Reserve of Berignone covers an area of over 2000 hectares, recognized at European level as a Special Area…
Castelnuovo VDC, Sasso Pisano | Antiquarium
At the center of an area affected by geothermal phenomena and rich in hot springs at high temperatures (over 60…
Santa Luce | Pieve di Santa Luce
Pieve di Santa Luce owes its name to the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta and Sant’Angelo, one of the…
Pisa | Logge di Banchi
The Logge dei Banchi, formerly Logge dei Mercanti or del Buontalenti, were built by Grand Duke Ferdinando I dei Medici…
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…
Pontedera | Sanctuary of the Holy Crucifix
The Sanctuary is located in today’s Piazza Curtatone, close to Palazzo Pretorio. Its construction dates back to the 13th century,…
Buti | Panicale and La Croce hamlets
Along the streams on Monte Pisano are villages with old oil mills, buildings designed to extract oil from olives through…
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°…
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…
Chianni | Rivalto
Rivalto is the only hamlet in the municipality of Chianni, lying between the Rio Maggiore stream and the source of…
San Miniato | Church of the Holy Crucifix
The Church and Sanctuary of the Most Holy Crucifix was built in the early 18th century to a design by…
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…
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…
Casciana Terme| Ceppato
The village of Ceppato perched between Parlascio and Sant’Ermo is still characterised by the presence of tower-houses from the 13th…
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…
Pisa | Church of San Michele in Borgo
The church, one of the oldest in Pisa and built on a pre-existing temple dedicated to Mars, is mentioned for…