Pisa - all you need to know to visit Pisa and its surroundings

Situated ten of kilometers far from the sea and near to Arno is a ambit tourist destination thanks to the monuments of whom is rich. It was been based from the romen, that recognized its strategic position like port. Square of Cavalieri, ancient center of the town, accomodate numerous buildings among which Palace of Cavalieri facing which there are the statue of Cosimo I, the fountain of Francavilla and the Palace of Orologio. Numerous are the tourists the run up in every month of the year to visit Square of Miracoli with its Cathedral, that it is presented like a white and imposing building initiated in 1064 and completed in XII century, the Battistero and the Campanile, known like the Tower of Pisa and tower hanging, symbol of the town and considered one of the most well-known tower to the world. Other buildings are the Church of Santa Caterina, of San Francesco and Santa Cecilia. Numerous the events that develop during the year between that the Regata of the Antiche Repubbliche Marine of the Arno (june) and the Gioco of the Ponte (june) of 1568. As regard the cusine the speciality are the soup of with bean, the bavette to the fish, the soup of frogs, the cakes of chickpeas and the cakes with the bischer, dishes to taste with wines of the zone like Chianti and the Montescudaio. The ideal season to visit the town are the summer for the beauty that offers its litoral and end summer and autumn for the touches that take on the tuscan hills.