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.
Cascina, Santo Stefano a Macerata | Virgo Center
Virgo is one of three observatories in the world capable of detecting gravitational waves. The gravitational wave detector, how it…
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…
San Giuliano Terme | Rigoli
Rigoli was built in the early Middle Ages, in a period before the eighth century, given the presence of the…
Buti, 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…
Pisa, Church of San Giuseppe
Founded in 1530, the church was rebuilt in the early 18th century by Giuseppe and Francesco Melani.The plastered façade features…
Pisa | Miracles Square – Cemetery (Campo Santo)
The cemetery of Pisa Cathedral – begun in 1277 by Giovanni di Simone – is the last of the monumental…
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…
Pontedera | Piaggio Museum (Vespa)
The Piaggio Museum is the largest Italian museum dedicated to the motorcycle and one of the largest in Europe. Vespa, models…
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…
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…
Lajatico | Orciatico
Orciatico stands on a hill over 300 metres above sea level, opposite the Rocca di Pietracassia. A former castle, it…
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…
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…
Pisa | Caffè dell’Ussero and Lumière Cinema
On the Lungarno Pacinotti, it is impossible not to notice one of the most characteristic buildings: Palazzo Agostini Venerosi della…
Santa Maria a Monte | Collegiate Church of San Giovanni
The façade of the Church of St John the Apostle and Evangelist displays an important portal with two historically interesting…
Capannoli, Church of San Bartolomeo
The Church of St Bartholomew in Capannoli, dedicated to the patron saint of the village – celebrated on 24 August…
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…
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…
Calcinaia | The Upezzinghi Tower
The Torre Grande of Calcinaia, known as the “Torre degli Upezzinghi“, represents the oldest evidence of the ancient castle settlement,…
Terricciola | Casanova
Casanova is on the road from Terricciola to Selvatelle. A former feudal castle that rebelled against Pisa in 1164 along…
Church of the Holy Sepolcrum | Pisa
The Church, built from locally quarried stone and lit by slit windows, is octagonal in shape with a pyramidal cone-shaped…
Volterra | Etruscan Acropolis and Cistern
The Acropolis was the highest part of the city and the most fortified place, where the most precious temples and…
San Miniato | Archeologic Site of San Genesio
The Archaeological Area of San Genesio can be found in San Miniato Basso, along the Via Tosco Romagnola. Since the…
Pisa, Riglione | Church of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano
The church of Saints Ippolito and Cassiano, first mentioned in a document in 1119, belonged to the possessions of the…
Calcinaia | The Museum of Ceramics
The Museum of Ceramics of Calcinaia, dedicated to the memory of Lodovico Coccapani and housed in the premises of an…
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…
Vecchiano | Church of San Frediano
Documented as early as 762 among the churches dependent on the diocese of Lucca, it is one of the oldest…
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…
Ponsacco | Church of San Giovanni Evangelista
The ancient church, which already existed in 1374, has come down to us after various reconstructions and reconstructions, the last…
Pisa | Piazza dei Cavalieri
Piazza dei Cavalieri is one of the most sumptuous realizations of the Medici in Pisa, the result of a radical…
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 | 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…
Fauglia | Luciana
Like Fauglia, Luciana was also submerged by the sea in the Pleistocene. Numerous shell fossils have been found, including sperm…
Volterra | The Alabaster stone
Alabaster is a chalky rock originated from the sedimentation of large amounts of calcium sulphate in seawater. These deposits accumulated…
Santa Maria a Monte | Villa Medicea Le Pianore
For the construction of the villa the Grand Duke Ferdinando I Medici availed himself of the contribution of Bernardo Buontalenti,…
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…