{"id":9470,"date":"2022-12-31T00:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/tuscan-summer-evenings-day-pisa-italy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:08:44","slug":"tuscan-summer-evenings-day-pisa-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/tuscan-summer-evenings-day-pisa-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Things To Do In Pisa, Italy: The Leaning Tower And Pisa Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"

All that walking around San Gimignano<\/a> works up an appetitite that even the finest of wines is unable to satisfy. As a result, we pretty much spent the entire drive back from San Gimignano looking out for a decent Italian restaurant.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s anything I learnt from our Italian rickshaw adventure<\/a>, it was definitely the fact that the best restaurants here are not in the most obvious places \u2013 this isn\u2019t to say that obvious places can\u2019t have good food but more like than not, you\u2019re bound to end up in some tourist trap if you eat in the main square of any Italian city, town or even village.<\/p>\n

In our search, we soon found ourselves on the driveway of what looked to be an old vineyard\u2026 and what we hoped would be a farmhouse restaurant.<\/p>\n

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Turns out \u2013 we were right (I\u2019m taking credit for this one) and we rushed right in \u2013 more ravenous than we\u2019d realised! Funny how beautiful sights make for a great distraction from hunger.<\/p>\n

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In here, we decided to go the Italian way \u2013 a starter, followed by pasta, then a meat dish for what\u2019s kinda like a second main course and then dessert.<\/p>\n

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Given my love for Florentine steaks (after this amazing one in Bucca Marios in Florence), it was decided that the meat dish would be the Florentine steaks (which you get shown before you have it).<\/p>\n

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In my food haze, I pretty much forgot to take any photos of the meal and ended up with just this one below. \ud83d\ude42 My steak arrived with the edge slightly overdone (this is not usual with Florentine steaks) but again, I\u2019m not too fazed by that\u2026 plus I was so hungry that it made no real difference to my enjoyment of the meal (contrary to what it looks like \u2013 the inside was actually medium so it was still nice and tender).<\/p>\n

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The next morning, it was decided that we\u2019d have to return to an old Italian gem \u2013 Pisa<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s such a strange thing I have with Pisa \u2013 you\u2019d think that after seeing it so much and with it being one of the most obvious stops to make in Tuscany that I\u2019d have had my fill of it by now but no \u2013 I\u2019m still a huge fan! The Cathedral is perhaps one of the biggest reasons why as it is without a doubt one of the most impressive cathedrals in all of Italy!<\/p>\n

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We started off with the obvious Leaning Tower, which as I write this, I realise I still haven\u2019t climbed it and honestly, I\u2019m not too bothered about climbing it either. There were huge queues last couple of times and I can\u2019t help but this that the better view is actually of the tower from outside rather than from inside the tower.<\/p>\n

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We then moved on to the Baptistery, whose round and unbelievably high structure, has not failed to impress me since the first time I stepped into it. (Heads up \u2013 resist the urge to clap or make any noise to test out how strong the echoes are here, a lot of tourists try to do this and are always getting told off by the staff\/guards\/minders).<\/p>\n

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The Baptistery also has the best view of the Cathedral so there\u2019s that too. If you head upstairs, try to make your way towards the Cathedral and you\u2019ll know you\u2019re at the right window when you find the one with the square hole in the wire net.<\/p>\n

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Pisa Cathedral on this occasion has some works going on, which was a bummer, not only because huge portions of it were covered up, but also because parts of it were closed off entirely.<\/p>\n

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This of course left Camposanto Monumentale which is actually a walled 12th<\/sup> century cemetery and is covered in some amazing Frescos and statues\u2026 Then there\u2019s the whole Gothic architecture, which is impressive in and of itself. Long story short, when you\u2019re here \u2013 get one of those combined tickets and see off of the sights in Piazza dei Miracoli.<\/p>\n

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Also, its worth noting that Pisa does have lots of other amazing sights to see outside of the Piazza and you could easily spend a relaxed weekend here so don\u2019t limit yourself just to the obvious sights here \u2013 take time to explore the city properly and check out all the other sights! (Let me know if you need pointers and I\u2019ll pull together a post to help you on your way).<\/p>\n

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Before we left Pisa though, we made a final pit-stop for lunch in what was becoming my favourite pizza place in the city. Alas, I can never quite remember the name – in fact, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever paid attention to the name, I just know how to find it and have made it a point of duty to stop off here every time. <\/p>\n

*Also, I just realised now that, in what now seems like a running trend, I don\u2019t have any photos from lunch\u2026 oh well, that just shows how good the lunch is I reckon. Haha! So good I forget to pick up my camera\u2026 (Or it just shows how easily distracted by the food I am).<\/em><\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, Pizza (and the mandatory gelato right afterwards) is definitely the best way to finish off a trip to Pisa!<\/p>\n

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