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.
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…
Palaia, Montefoscoli | Museum of Agriculture
The Museum is set up in a medieval house later converted into a farm, in the heart of the cozy…
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…
Pisa, Calambrone | WWF Reserve “Cornacchiaia”
The WWF Cornacchiaia Oasis, 89 hectares in size, represents the part of the Park of Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli where…
Fauglia | Town Hall Theatre
The theatre, a landmark since 1852, stands on the old site of the Logge del Mercato, which were built in…
Peccioli | Montecchio
Montecchio stands on a sandstone hill on the bank of the river Era, nestled in the woods of the ‘Serre’.…
Pisa | San Rossore Park, Migliarino,Massaciuccoli
A few kilometers from Pisa, there is an island of green and silent nature. It is the Natural Park of…
Pontedera | Piazza Martiri della Libertà
The square (called ‘Piazzone‘ by the people of Pontedera) began to take shape in the second half of the 19th…
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,…
Fauglia | The Villas and the Macchiaioli Movement
The link between the Fauglia area and its villas has roots that are lost in past centuries. Starting in the…
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…
Palaia | Alica
It is a small castle with villa and farm that belonged to the Carthusian monks of Calci in the 18th…
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…
Pontedera | Montecastello
The ancient and picturesque village of Montecastello stands on top of a hill between the Chiecina stream and the Era…
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…
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…
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 | Museum of the Workers Society (wood)
Established on December 31, 1863, the Workers Society of Cascina had among its aims to contribute to the schooling and…
Volterra, The insane Asylum
The museum brings together the rich material of the former Volterra mental hospital (Asylum) recovered over the years and of…
Buti | Oil Mill “Rossoni” and Museum of Rurality
Along the various streams (called “rio”) we come across the old oil mills, buildings designed to extract oil from olives…
Capannoli, Church of San Bartolomeo
The Church of St Bartholomew in Capannoli, dedicated to the patron saint of the village – celebrated on 24 August…
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…
Vecchiano | Church of Sant’Alessandro
The church of Sant’Alessandro stands in the centre of Vecchiano. Also called Sant’Alessandro a Vecchiano maggiore, to distinguish it from…
Pisa | The Medieval Walls
The Walls of Pisa are the oldest example in Italy of medieval walls almost completely preserved. From a height of…
Casciana Terme Lari | Perignano
Probably of Roman origin, Perignano is mentioned for the first time in a document prior to the year 1000. As…
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…
Monteverdi Marittimo | Abbey of Canneto
Not far from Monteverdi Marittimo, here is Canneto, surrounded by walls. This village has a peculiar elliptical town planning, with…
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…
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…
Riparbella | Adventure Park “Giardino Sospeso”
The Giardino Sospeso (Hanging Garden) Adventure Park is set among centuries-old oak trees inside the “Il Giardino” state forest near…
Vicopisano | Noce
Along the Via Vicarese in the direction of Pisa is the hamlet of Noce, at the foot of the Verruca.…
Vicopisano | Uliveto Terme
Uliveto Terme is located in a particularly picturesque setting, between the sheer walls of Monte Pisano and a bend in…
Bientina | Etruscan Museum and of Ancient History
The Museum of Ancient History and Territory in the deconsecrated church of San Girolamo was established in 1999 in memory…
Cascina, Montione | Abbey of San Savino
The abbey of San Savino, between Pisa and Cascina, is a rare example of a fortified religious settlement. Of Lombard…
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…
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…