When walking by the main station and entering some streets, we got the impression that we’re in some unknown, neglected town in Eastern Europe rather than in one of the most famous destinations in Italy (or even in the world).

To get to the Leaning Tower and Piazza del Duomo, it takes another 25 minutes or so. We arrived in Pisa in the evening and the first thing that's amazing about it was that we actually didn’t need to take any transport from the airport! You can just walk out of the arrival hall and in 20 minutes you’re in the town – at the main railway station. When we visit a place, we also love to venture to the less known, little streets so we thought we’ll walk all over Pisa and see the town for what it really is rather than only go to the Leaning Tower.

This was the reason why we chose to spend only a half day in Pisa. And it’s enough to see the tower within an hour or so. But as we already were in Pisa, we decided to give it a go and find out if this little town had anything else in its offer.īefore we traveled to Pisa, we’d read some blogs and heard others saying that there’s absolutely nothing to see there besides the Leaning Tower. We went there because it turned out to be the best (and cheapest) gateway to the beautiful region of Italy - Tuscany, where you can find: Cinque Terre, Florence and other, less known destinations like Siena and a charming medieval town built on a steep cliff - Pitigliano.

While it's an extremely popular destination, we didn't choose Pisa because we wanted to visit the tower. Everyone comes to Pisa to see one of the world's most famous attractions - the Leaning Tower.

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