Pisa Beyond the Leaning Tower Walking Tour: Discover Medieval Art & History

Highlights

• Start at Piazza del Duomo
• Explore Piazza dei Cavalieri
• Expert Guide Included

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   1h

   We'll see the magnificence of this square and we'll narrate the story and the anecdotes of its four monuments: Cathedral, Baptistery, Cemetery and leaning Tower.

2. 2

   Leaning Tower of Pisa

   10min

   The leaning Tower had to be Cathedral's bell tower and its construction started on 9th August 1173: to complete its realization, were necessary 199 years! We'll discover the real reason about its inclination and some stories about its life connected to science and modern history.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   15min

   Saint Mary Cathedral is the most important religious building of the city and represents Pisa's prosperity during Middle Age. Its construction started in 1063 and once its realization was finished, it was restored several times. Its façade shows very well Pisa's artistic riches when the city was a Maritime Republic and traded along the Mediterranean Sea and Asia. Its interior it's a mix between more artistic styles, a very good testimony about the passage of centuries in Pisa. On demand, it's possible to get inside.

4. 4

   Stop 4

   10min

   Entitled to Saint John the Baptist, is the biggest one in Italy with a height of 54 metres. About its construction were necessary more than 200 years! Thanks to its height it was a reference point for all the people who arrived to Pisa from north. This is also the edifice where the great scientist Galileo Galilei was baptised in 1564. On demand it's possible to get inside.

5. 5

   Piazza dei Cavalieri

   20min

   During Roman Age this was the old Roman forum and after was the political and administrative centre in medieval Pisa. After the middle of 16th century the square became the headquarters of the Order of the Knights of St. Stephen. Nowadays the former Town Hall called "Palazzo della Carovana" houses the main building of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, a university founded by Napoleon Bonaparte and modeled after the Ecole Normale Superieure of Paris. Pisa's citizens consider it as the true square of the city because is less touristic than Piazza del Duomo.

6. 6

   Lungarni di Pisa

   10min

   These are the riverbanks of Arno, the fifth longest river in Italy and the main one in Tuscany. They offer a gorgeous look about the panorama offered by all the palaces painted with various colours along the northern and southern districts of Pisa.

Before you go

Location