I just visit there for couple...
by yasi
I just visit there for couple of hours but i like the 'piazza dei miracoli' where the leaning tower placed.Not only the leaning tower but the baptisery was also great.The cathedral was not my point of attention but the baptisery and the tower are really,really worth to see...
check out the leaning tower, a...
by johntchow
check out the leaning tower, a leaning tower it was! my fondest memory was walking in the rain without an umbrella. since i made a day trip out of it, i forgot to bring my umbrella as well as a lot of other tourists and backpackers. a lot of us spent a good hour or so waiting underneath overhangs as the rain subsided. as you can tell from the pictures, it was quite gloomy and overcast.
Window in the babtistery
by xaver
View from a window in the batistery.
I guess everyone been in Pisa has this photo, there is a nice queu infact in front of this window.
I guess this happened because it was the only photo you could take from a high position, but now that the tower opened again, it will not be necessary anymore.
Packing List
by Linky_Pinky
Small Backpack, which we left at the Bus station under ground at Siena for a small charge of about 1.5 Euros per bag. In Pisa, left it in the bag deposit near the ticket office NO Cost. On Elba left it at the Bus station again behind the counter for a small cost of a bout 1.5 Euros be careful to ask the opening times as this one closes between 1.30 and 4.00 so make sure you don’t need to get a connection before.
The lockers at Siena and Lucca train stations were not in use don’t know why. The bus stations seemed to be the best bet. T shirts, Trainers,Jeans or light trousers and shorts. A canister of Oxygen might be a good idea everything is ether up a hill, Stairs or up the top of a Tower! No problems, everything available here. Picture is of the Cathedral in Siena do not miss The most beautiful Cathederal I've ever seen. Book hotels , accomodation in advance it was very busy even for this early on the season May 9/10/11 2002.
The Hostel in Siena was closed so was the one in San Gimignano, don't know why Please check in advance especially if on a tight budget.
The hosels in Pisa and Florence are open.
San Matteo in Soarta
by leics
You might visit the Mueso di S. Matteo, but don't miss looking inside the little convent church next door to the entrance.
Originally built in 1027, it was enlarged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Further changes were made in later centuries.
Inside you'll find a rather good 3D-effect ceiling (I saw a very similar one in the Gesu in Rome: perhaps this is a copy?) as well as various Baroque frescoes. There's also a wooden 14th-century crucifix: I saw a few of these in Pisa and found them rather fascinating. See other photos with this tip.