Busses, Pisa

We arrived late into Pisa - after 10pm. There were no trains into Pisa Centrale. If you end up in this situation, you'll need to take the bus into 'town'. The bus stop is directly in front of the air port arrivals. Tickets were easy to get - just use the electronic ticket machine outside the bus stop. The 'ticket booth' was closed, so that wasn't an option.
All the info I had said that the bus would go to Pisa Centrale and would take about 10 minutes.
So, once we finally found the bus stop and got on, we ended up on a strange journey out to the Pisa residential areas. As you can imagine, this got us a bit worried. 20 minutes later we crossed the river then headed out into some other residential areas. I had a map of our hotel and showed the bus driver - he gestured to wait. The bus stopped outside our hotel and the bus driver motioned for us to get off there. This took about 30 minutes from the air port. Share and learn I guess.

If you wish to get from the Train Station or Airport to the Campo dei Miracoli, the bus is probably your best option. Tickets can be purchased from the bus stop, or Train Station, Airport or Tobacconist shops and are quite cheap.Buses to the Leaning Tower are number 1,3 and 11.

We caught the Lazzi bus at the Pisa Airport and took it to Lucca to start our Tuscan journey.

It is a good, cheap form of transportation between cities. The buses run frequently and the fare to Lucca was only 2.80 Euro.

I'll be honest. I don't ride the bus. I prefer to walk most of the time. But here is the website for the Pisa City bus called CPT for Compagnia Pisana Trasporti - http://www.cpt.pisa.it/index.htm.

There is also a site I built that covers all aspects of transportation for not only Pisa, but many other Italian cities. I started building it more for myself at first but then felt that it could be of benefit to others. Hope it's of help to you.

You will see in the photo I posted here the yellow coloured buses in the background just across the Pisa Centrale Train Station. As soon as we exited the train station, we just moved to the other side of the road. It is there where you have to board the bus in going to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. You will not miss the Bus Stop. There will be a lot of passengers waiting for the bus. It takes barely 10 minutes to reach the tower.

Travelling to and from Pisa is great, buses are efficient and even trains. They are always on time. People are really helpful and by the way some of them are gorgeous :)
If you want to see Pisa just stop at Piazza dei Miracoli and walk walk walk... it's great cause like that you will see everything.

Local bus service in Pisa is managed by Compagnia Pisana Trasporti (CPT).

Intercity buses depart from the main bus station in Piazza Sant'Antonio.

Terravision operates an express coach service from Pisa airport to Florence's Santa Maria Novella train station.

IF YOU ARRIVE IN PISA BY TRAIN THE BUS TO THE TOWER CAN BE CAUGHT IN THE SQUARE OUTSIDE THE STATION
BUY A TICKET FROM THE TABBAC STALL IN THE MAIN STATION AREA COST 85 CENTS FOR A SIXTY MINUTE TICKET
THE BUS YOU NEED IS THE NUMBER 1 AND IS CAUGHT FROM THE BUS STOP ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SQUARE OF THE JOLLY HOTEL OPPOSITE THE STATION(NOTE NOT THE BUS STOP ON THE STATION SIDE THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE AIRPORT)

THE BUS ON YOUR RETURN WILL HAVE 1 AERO PORT ON IT THE BUS STOP IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT YOU NEED TO BUY YOUR RETURN TICKET FORM THE BAR A ROUND THE CORNER ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOWER TO THE RIGHT AS YOU COME OUT
ALSO HERE IS A AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR A TICKET ,YOU NEED TO VALIDATE THE TICKET IN THE YELLOW MACHINE ON THE BUS