We only stayed one night in the Pisa/Lucca area. We decided to use Lucca as our home base and took the train to the sites
Until people started getting excited about the Leaning tower around 1900, the big attraction in Pisa was its dreamy and exquisite cemetery, the Camposanto (built
Pisa’s Baptistery is Italy’s biggest. It’s interesting for its pulpit and interior ambience, and especially great for its acoustics. The building is 180 feet tall
This huge Pisan Romanesque cathedral, with its carved pulpit by Giovanni Pisano, is artistically more important than its more famous bell tower. The Duomo is
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most iconic images in the world. It’s touristy but was worth a visit. It is surprising
Vernazza: Gianni Franzi: This was suggested by our friend at La Mala – it is an old standby for well-prepared seafood and pastas. Emanuele, Nicolas,
Vernazza lacks any real hotels, and almost all the choices are affittacamere – private rooms for rent. Most places accept only cash. They promise free
Corniglia: If you think of the Cinque Terre as the Beatles, Corniglia is Ringo. This tiny, sleepy town is the only one of the five
The most substantial town of the five, Riomaggiore is a disappointment from the train station. But walk through the tunnel next to the tracks, and
Tucked between Genoa and Pisa, in a mountainous and seductive corner of the Italian Riviera, likes the Cinque Terre (CHINK-weh-TAY-reh) – five villages carving a