https://mad-traveller.com/tags/pisa/ Recent content in Pisa on Mad Traveller Hugo -- gohugo.io en Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:35:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/locations/pisa-worth-it-an-honest-look/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:35:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/locations/pisa-worth-it-an-honest-look/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Yes, worth it, but be honest about the shape of the visit before you build a trip around it. Pisa is a Tuscan university city on the Arno, world-famous for one thing, the Leaning Tower in Piazza dei Miracoli, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-7-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-7-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Seven days is our 6-day itinerary , the city core plus Lucca, Florence, a coastal half-day, and the Cinque Terre, with a seventh day for Volterra or San Gimignano, both worthwhile hilltop Tuscany but neither a casual train trip, you’ll need a car or a booked tour. https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-6-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:25:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-6-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Six days is our 5-day itinerary , the city core plus Lucca, Florence, and a coastal half-day, with a sixth day added for the Cinque Terre, 1h10-2h away via La Spezia. It’s a long day either way; treat it as an honest first look at the five villages rather than the full experience, an overnight there does that better. https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-5-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:20:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-5-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Five days is our 4-day itinerary , the city core plus Lucca and Florence, with a fifth day added as a shorter, closer trip: Livorno or Viareggio, both under 20 minutes from Pisa Centrale. By this point you’re firmly using Pisa as a Tuscany-and-coast base, not stretching the city itself, and this itinerary says so plainly. https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-4-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-4-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days is our 3-day itinerary , Piazza dei Miracoli, the rest of central Pisa, and a full day in Lucca, plus a full day in Florence, honestly its own trip rather than a Pisa side note, but only 50-80 minutes away by train. https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-3-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:10:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-3-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Three days is Pisa’s city core, our 2-day itinerary , plus one full day trip to Lucca, the near-mandatory pairing at just 25-31 minutes away by train. Be honest with yourself: this is where “more Pisa” starts meaning “more Tuscany,” not more invented city sights, which is exactly the point of this trip length. https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-2-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:05:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/itinary/pisa-2-day-itinerary-no-tourist-traps/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days is genuinely the right amount of city for Pisa: one day for Piazza dei Miracoli and the Tower, a second for the rest of the historic center plus a half-day of either coastal air or your first Tuscany day trip. https://mad-traveller.com/posts/pisa-8-things-worth-doing-and-2-to-skip/?v=1 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://mad-traveller.com/posts/pisa-8-things-worth-doing-and-2-to-skip/?v=1 Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Pisa is worth a stop, but be honest with yourself about how much of one: the Leaning Tower and the rest of Piazza dei Miracoli fill a genuine half-day, and the rest of the city, Piazza dei Cavalieri, Borgo Stretto, the Lungarni, adds up to roughly a day more.