Pisa

Italy

Things to do in Pisa:

View the Gallery River Arno

Pisa Restaurants

Cheap (20)

Trattoria del Borgo

This is the place for pasta lovers, with helpings of spaghetti, tagliolini and lasagne cooked expertly with vegetables, seafood and meat. read more
Affordable (22)

Il Vecchio Dato Ristorante & Pizzeria

An upmarket place on the riverside with a view of Ponte di Mezzo, Pisa's oldest bridge. Try the homemade pasta, followed by game carpaccio or fish. The pizzas are great, too. read more
Good quality (20)

Osteria La Toscana

A cosy and rustic osteria celebrating typical Tuscan cuisine, from prosciutto and cold cuts to pasta and juicy Florentine steak. read more

Pisa Nightlife

Chilled (20)

Pasticceria Siciliana

After dinner, try a heavenly Sicilian pastry - Cannolo, casata, fruit of marzipan or almond granita - eaten with brioche and enjoyed with a glass of prosecco. read more
Live Music (13)

Leningrad Caf�

Enjoy great drinks, food and DJs playing jazz, soul, reggae and electro. On Sundays there's a packed line-up of theatre, cabaret and live music, too. read more
Clubbing (21)

Big Ben Pub

A typically English pub with plenty of good Irish and English beers, and where the party goes on till late. read more

This Month in Pisa (March):

By Silvia Falsaperla

Shopping: Borgo Stretto is the best shopping district in Pisa, where you'll find the new spring-summer collection of fashion made in Italy.

Sightseeing: Teatro Marchionneschi at Guradistallo is staging The Blood of the Poet on 6 March, a selection of intriguing and ironic sketches that French poet Jean Cocteau wrote in the 1930s for friends and actors of his time.

Key areas: Take a leisurely stroll along the banks of the river for a picturesque view of the Arno that is flanked by historic buildings, ancient churches and upscale bars and restaurants.

Day trips: Vinci is a town of the Renaissance and birthplace of the great Leonardo Da Vinci. It's an intact medieval town surrounded by breathtaking Tuscan landscape whose focal point is the Museo Leonardiano. Getting there takes around an hour.

Pisa Trivia

March: Italy's first kidney transplant performed entirely by a pair of mechanical arms took place in Pisa. A team of surgeons, led by Ugo Boggi, manoeuvered the robotic arms in to remove and implant the organs. This was the second operation of its kind in Europe.
February: Galileo Galilei, Pisa's most famous son, was one of the founders of modern science. Among his significant contributions to the field of astronomy were the discovery of the four innermost moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) and the mapping of the phases of the moon.
January: Pisa has created community gardens in the historic centre in which residents can grow their own fruit and vegetables using green energy. These dedicated spaces are to prevent people from cluttering up the beautiful city with solar panels and wind turbines.