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.
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…
Santa Maria a Monte | Fortress and tunnels
The area della Rocca (Fortress) constitutes the original nucleus of the medieval village of Santa Maria a Monte. The presence…
Pisa | Church of San Michele degli Scalzi
There are records of a Church dedicated to S. Michele from the year 1025, but it was rebuilt with the…
Casciana Terme Lari | Oratory Madonna del Carme
The Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine stands just outside Lari, along the road to Casciana Terme. Initially dedicated to…
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)…
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…
Pisa | University Museum System
Since 1543, the University of Pisa has built an extraordinary heritage consisting of collections that narrate the most important stages…
Pisa | The Sapienza Palace
The Sapienza Palace in Pisa houses the seat of the Faculty of Law and the University Library. The origins and…
Santa Maria a Monte | Astronomic Observatory
The observatory, run by the Isaac Newton Association, has an environmental laboratory and a large garden equipped for astronomy with…
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…
Calcinaia | The Upezzinghi Tower
The Torre Grande of Calcinaia, known as the “Torre degli Upezzinghi“, represents the oldest evidence of the ancient castle settlement,…
Pisa | Public baths, former day hotel Cobianchi
In 1925, the entrepreneur Cobianchi built an underground day hotel under the Logge di Banchi. During excavations, a treasure trove…
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…
Lajatico, Orciatico | Windmills Ruins
A few minutes walk from the medieval hamlet of Orciatico are the ruins of two windmills (XVII century, only one…
Vecchiano | Sanctuary of Santa Maria in Castello
Santa Maria in Castello is an originally fortified complex that stands on a rocky spur above the town of Vecchiano,…
Pisa, Oratoio | Church of San Michele Arcangelo
Oratoio, together with the hamlet of Riglione, is a district 4 km from Pisa along the Via Tosco Romagnola to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cascina | San Frediano a Settimo
Although believed to be older, the church of San Frediano is documented from 1178. In 1455, it became a propositura…
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…
Capannoli – Santo Pietro Belvedere
Santo Pietro Belvedere, the only hamlet in the municipality of Capannoli, stands on a hill whose highest point is the…
Vicopisano | Cucigliana and Lugnano
Probably of Roman origin, Cucigliana is first mentioned in 9th-century bishop’s documents. In the village there is a medieval bell…
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 Miracles’ Square
UNESCO site since 1987, it is the destination of an international tourist flow. The monuments of Piazza dei Miracoli, 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…
San Giuliano Terme, Agnano | “Monticello” Cave
Not everyone knows the caves or ravines of the Pisan Mounti, important from a geologic or speleologic point of view,…
Lajatico | Church of San Leonardo
The Church of San Leonardo, built in the 13th century as a parish church and transformed in the mid-19th century…
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…
Pisa, San Rossore | The beach honey
The Tuscan honey is characterized by its specificity, which is attributed to the territory linked to the geographical environment and…
Volterra, Salt mine Locatelli | Saline Volterra
The salt mines of Volterra have been cultivated since the time of the Etruscans, and have always been considered an…
Casciana Terme | The Love Path in Pietraia
There is a very romantic place in the Terre di Pisa and it is located in Pietraia, a small village…
Buti | The basket weaving tradition
Buti was famous in the past for the manufacture of baskets, a craft developed in the late 19th century thanks…