What to see and do in Pisa in one day, besides climbing the Leaning Tower

There is no trip worth its salt Italian Tuscany that does not include the visit of Pisa.

Seeing the inclination of its famous tower in person is an attraction that will be difficult for you to resist, and which is also just a stone's throw from Florence.

But, apart from the tower, do you know what to see and visit on your trip to Pisa?

Below you have information that will help you plan your visit to Pisa, With the best tips and the corners that you should not miss.

How to get to Pisa

At the outset you should know that in summer you can get to Pisa en direct flight from Spain, and the airport is very close to the city.

If you wish, you can reserve your reservation here. private transfer from Pisa airport to the center of the Tuscan city.

Excursion to Pisa from Florence

The Pisa monuments you can also visit from Florence on an excursion that will take you 85 kilometers to the west, which will take you a little less than an hour and a half by car.

If instead of going on your own you prefer to sign up for a organized tour with guide in spanish, you have several options excursions to Pisa from Florence.

For example, this five and a half hour excursion takes place early in the morning, and after visit the monuments of Pisa, With the option to climb its famous tower, and at 14,45:XNUMX p.m. you will be back in Florence.

The best things to see and do in Pisa in one day

I also tell you that it will be a very simple and comfortable visit, since all the tourist attractions of this small city in the Toscana en Italy are concentrated in a single space, the great square of miracles.

Therefore, Pisa It is a city that can perfectly visit in one day.

The aforementioned square of miracles It is a huge green meadow over which the impressive monumental ensemble whose center is the Duomo cathedral, although its most popular corner is the famous leaning tower.

I detail below what monuments you can visit in Pisa.

Cathedral Duomo of Pisa

It is the monumental heart of the square of miracles, around which the other religious buildings are arranged.

El Duomo of Pisa It began to be built in the year 1064 in the so-called style Pisan Romanesque, although inside you will see artistic influences Byzantine and even islamic.

The façade highlights the mosaic of the porch and the four levels with open galleries with rows of columns.

With five naves, inside you will be struck by the large mosaic of the apse of the cathedral, the coffered ceiling of the central nave and, above all, the enormous pulpit with great decoration, which he made Giovanni Pisano in 1310.

Pisa's leaning tower

On the east side of the Miracle Squares, behind the apse of the cathedral, is where you find the famous Tower of Pisa.

At 56 meters high, construction began in 1173, although the works lasted for 200 years because instability problems began to arise from the beginning due to the characteristics of the soil on which it is built.

Reopened since June 2011 after the latest strengthening works, I advise you that if you are interested in climbing its almost 300 steps, the first thing you should do when you arrive at the square of miracles is to go to buy the ticket for the Tower of Pisa (here you have another option to buy tickets).

There they will assign you a specific time to climb the Tower of Pisa, and until then you will surely have enough time for if not all, some of the other monuments in this square.

Here we give you our best tips for climbing and visiting the Tower of Pisa, and the different options for avoid the lines.

Pisa Baptistery

El Baptistery It is the large circular building that you find in front of the main façade of the Duomo.

Built in 1152, it combines the styles Romanesque of the base with the Gothic on top.

Inside you will only see a large baptismal font in the center of its plant, and a pulpit, both elements built in the mid-13th century.

Although it does not have as much artistic richness as that of the Duomo of Florence, or the Siena Baptistery, it is worth visiting because from the upper floor you have excellent panoramic views of the Duomo and the Tower of Pisa.

Pisa Cemetery

No doubt the Cemetery It is the least known monumental corner of the square of miracles.

Built since the end of the 13th century, the Pisa Cemetery It is a peculiar cemetery that you find behind the long wall with 42 blind arches that closes the aforementioned square to the north.

When you enter inside, you will find a large rectangular cloister where, over the centuries, everything from Roman sarcophagi to more modest tombs have been placed.

At Cemetery Over the centuries the most illustrious Pisans have been buried.

With this visit you will close the circle of monuments to visit in Pisa.

Tours in Spanish to visit Pisa

As I mentioned, if you are in Florence and instead of doing the excursion to Pisa on your own you prefer to join a organized group to visit and climb its famous bell tower, you can sign up for this Spanish tour to Pisa.

Here you have another option to do this excursion to Pisa from Florence.

If on your trip to Florence, even if you are pressed for time, you do not want to miss the opportunity to get to know, even quickly, the most interesting Tuscan cities from Florence, you can sign up for a Tour to Pisa, San Gimignano and Siena.

If, however, you are already in Pisa and you want to make the most of your visit, you can sign up for this guided tour of the cathedral and Baptistery, with a duration of two hours and the company of a guide in spanish, and the option to climb the tower.

This is another option of the same visit of the cathedral and the Baptistery of Pisa.

Or you also have this other alternative of a two and a half hour tour which already includes the visit of the cathedral and tickets to climb the Tower of Pisa.

Finally, if you go to Visit Pisa in a group of family or friends, you have the possibility of signing up for a private tour of Pisa with guide in spanish and several options.