Pisa Walking Tour: Leaning Tower, Borgo Stretto and the Arno

Pisa is more than a tilting tower, and this Pisa walking tour is built to show it. A guide leads you for two hours, starting at Porta Nuova, the gate into Piazza dei Miracoli, where you stand in front of the Leaning Tower, the Duomo, the Baptistery and the Camposanto Monumentale.

Then the route turns toward everyday Pisa. You follow the lively Via Santa Maria to Piazza dei Cavalieri, once the political heart of the medieval city, and pass under the shaded arcades of Borgo Stretto, good for browsing shop windows or picking a café for later.

• Piazza dei Miracoli and its main monuments
• Piazza dei Cavalieri
• Borgo Stretto
• The Lungarno Mediceo and the Ponte di Mezzo

The walk then follows the Arno along the Lungarno Mediceo to the Ponte di Mezzo, which gives some of the best views of the river, and ends at Piazza Garibaldi, with the noble palaces around it. Entrance tickets to the monuments, food and drinks are not included,. Wear comfortable shoes. The tour is in English.