"The Back Yard of Leaning tower" Pisa by BruceDunning

Pisa Travel Guide: 1,384 reviews and 3,892 photos

Adjacent chiesa

Chiesa

It is a very large building and a part of the theme for the complex

Beautiful little church on the river

Santa Maridell Spina church

This church is sacred and still has a lot of local people frequent for services and quite hour.

Magnificent buildings

View from across the river

The view from a distance give an appreciation for what fabulous strucutres Pisa has. If you take a slow walk along the Po, many can be truly appreciated for their elegance

Pros and Cons

Pros:A nice view of many special sites, if you look enough
Cons:Too many people hand around tower-and vendors also
In a nutshell:A real town that holds many hidden treasures

Last visit to Pisa: Oct 2005
Intro Updated Aug 24, 2008
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Reviews (12)

Outside looking into the PPiazza Monumentali - Pisa

Entry GAte Things to Do (8)

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Going down a typical street to who knows - Pisa

Side Streets Tell The Story Things to Do (8)

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Park Where You should Warnings and Dangers (3)

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Sign of the square corner on Capitano house - Pisa

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Transportation (1)
Park across the river

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balhannah Mar 15, 2013 at 12:07 AM

Good informative page that should be read before going here.
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Maurizioago Aug 29, 2011 at 9:42 AM

I'm going to re visit Pisa soon.

Ciao!
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Kuznetsov_Sergey Nov 21, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Thank you Bruce for bringing back memory about this famous place with "the lien right Tower", haha! Pity I was there in far 1996 with old photo and video cameras... A few chance I would be able to create a page of my own unless I go there once again!
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TheTravelSlut Aug 9, 2010 at 8:05 PM

Cool tips and great pics! Thanks for sharing--you brought back good memories! :-)
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deecat Feb 10, 2010 at 3:59 PM

Bruce, these are fabulous photographs. I wholeheartedly agree with you about the vulgar trinkets for sale. I was disappointed, indeed. We stayed overnight and found Pisa an interesting place.
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HORSCHECK Jan 19, 2010 at 11:52 AM

Bruce, lovely little page with great photos of Pisa. I once flew into Pisa and spent a few hours there on my way to Florence.
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mikelisaanna Nov 22, 2009 at 6:59 PM

Pisa looks like an interesting city. Too bad the vendors and pickpockets are a problem.
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Yaqui Jul 6, 2009 at 9:10 PM

This is the first page I have seen with the leaning tower of Pisa. How wonerful. It looks stunning. I didn't know they would allow people to climb to the top. Great page!
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hopang Jul 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM

Lovely Pisa page with excellent photographs especially on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Bring back fond memories of our trip to Pisa last year. Thanks for sharing. ~ho & pang
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lynnehamman Jun 12, 2009 at 6:59 AM

Excellent photos & narrative has captured the essence of Pisa. We had the same problem with touts at the Taj Mahal- although did not feel threatened by them, just very annoyed.