TOUR
OF PISA: 4
Hours
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Includes: Private "driving guide,” private roundtrip
transportation, taxes, tolls and parking.
Enjoy a private shore excursion from Livorno
and tour Pisa, a Roman colony from the 2nd century
B.C. and home to the famous "leaning tower," with
an English-speaking guide.
A naval and commercial port, Pisa became a maritime
republic in the Middle Ages, rivaling Genova,
Amalfi and Venice. Its peak came in the 12th
and 13th centuries, by which time Pisa controlled
Corsica, Sardinia, and most of the mainland coast
as far south as Civitavecchia. Most of the city's
finest buildings date from this period, when
the distinctive Pisan-Romanesque architectural
style flourished. Since the 15th century, the
city was governed by Florence, whose Medici rulers
re-established the University of Pisa, where
Galileo, Pisa's most famous native, once taught.
Your tour of Pisa will also take you to Campo
dei Miracoli, a large, grassy piazza containing
Pisa's cathedral, the baptistery, the cemetery
and Pisa's most famous landmark, the leaning
tower. You will wander around this beautiful
square and enjoy the amazing architecture.
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