23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES RECEIVE UPDATES WHEN NEW STORIES ARE POSTED Name Email Address SEND ME UPDATES AUGUST 22, 2019 DESTINATION GUIDES EUROPE TRAVEL & RESORTS Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower While the city’s leaning tower is also its most recognizable icon, the best Pisa attractions go far beyond the manicured lawns of Piazza del Duomo. It’s rather unfortunate that the majority of tourists visit the Tuscan city on group tours for just a few hours. They take out their cameras, snap a few photos of Pisa’s famous tower, baptistery and cathedral, and then off they go to Siena! The best Pisa attractions can be found painted on a vintage street map. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Best Pisa Attractions 1.1. La Pergoletta Restaurant https://dobbernationloves.com/travel-resorts/pisa-attractions/ 1/22 23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES 1.2. Tuttomondo by Keith Haring 1.3. Keith Art Shop Cafe RECEIVE UPDATES WHEN NEW STORIES ARE POSTED 1.4. Grafti by Exit Enter 1.5. Ponte di Mezzo Name 1.6. Gelateria De’ Coltelli Pisa 1.7. Cinema Lumiere 1.8. Piazza Sant’Omobono Market Email Address 1.9. Galileo Galilei’s Birthplace 1.10. Piazza dei Cavalieri SEND ME UPDATES 1.11. Pisa Botanical Gardens 1.12. Grand Hotel Duomo Pisa 1.13. Leaning Tower of Pisa 1.14. Camposanto Monumentale Pisa 1.15. Baptistery of San Giovanni 1.16. Pisa Cathedral Best Pisa Attractions We suggest taking your time to explore Pisa’s best attractions. You can easily see the Tuscan city on foot in one or two days. On a leisurely weekend getaway you’ll have the opportunity to explore off-the-radar Pisa attractions. Our favourite highlights include Tuttomondo by Keith Haring, a hidden food market at Piazza Sant’Omobono, the birthplace of Galileo Galilei and the city’s ancient botanical gardens. Pisa Attractions: Enjoy a fine dining Tuscan feast at La Pergoletta Restaurant. La Pergoletta Restaurant Via delle Belle Torri, 39-050-542458 https://dobbernationloves.com/travel-resorts/pisa-attractions/ 2/22 23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES Consistently ranked as one of the best restaurants in Pisa, La Pergoletta offers some of the city’s most beautifully presented Tuscan dishes. PRisEaC’sE mIVoEst U rPomDAaTnEtiSc rWeHstEaNur NanEtW is located in an alleyway, a few steps STORIES ARE POSTED from the Lungarno and the famous Teatro Verdi. Name La Pergoletta has been feeding local families in Pisa for over fty years. Skip inside the dining room any night of the week and you’ll nd a mix of hungry families and crooning couples on holiday. La Pergoletta’s main dining room is a magical space, decoraEtmaedil i And cdorelsosurful paintings and lush greenery from the trees that spread out like open arms across the ceiling. SEND ME UPDATES Highlights from La Pergoletta’s menu include L’Oscani charcuterie platter with savoury doughnuts, ravioli with zucchini owers and pici with ragu and black trufe. La Pergoletta Restaurant is open for lunch from 12:30pm and dinner from 7pm, Tuesday to Sunday. The Tuttomondo graffiti mural by Keith Haring is one of the most popular contemporary Pisa attractions. Tuttomondo by Keith Haring Pisa offers much more than just ancient attractions. The city also has a vibrant, contemporary vibe. It’s considered one of the best destinations in Italy for grafti and street art fans. Pisa’s most famous mural is a multi-coloured masterpiece called Tuttomondo by American artist Keith Haring. It’s the last public work painted by the celebrated artist. Sadly, Tuttomondo was created during the famous gay artists most challenging time. A few months after its completion he died from AIDS. Created in 1989, Tuttomondo is Keith Haring’s dedication to world peace. The theme, peace and harmony in the world, can be read through the links and divisions between the thirty gures which, like a puzzle, occupy 180 square metres of the south wall of the church of St. Anthony. Each of Haring’s lively gures represents a different aspect of peace in the world: the “human” scissors are the image of solidarity between Man in defeating the serpent (symbol of evil), which is already eating the head of the gure next to it; the woman with a baby in her arms represents maternity, and the two men supporting the dolphin refer to Man’s relationship with nature. https://dobbernationloves.com/travel-resorts/pisa-attractions/ 3/22 23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES RECEIVE UPDATES WHEN NEW STORIES ARE POSTED Name Email Address SEND ME UPDATES Dolce Pendente is a sweet pastry only available in Pisa. The dessert pays homage to the city’s iconic leaning tower. Keith Art Shop Cafe Via Riccardo Zandonai, 39-050-503135 We suggest visiting Keith Haring’s Tuttomondo in the early morning. You can enjoy a lengthy gaze at Pisa’s famous mural while sitting directly across from the artwork at Keith Art Shop Cafe. The speciality coffee shop serves high quality espresso, freshly baked pastries as well as a selection of savoury entrees such as risotto, ravioli and spaghetti. Pisa isn’t particularly famous for its pastries, but if there is one dessert you must try it’s the Dolce Pedente. A local pastry chef created the dessert in homage to the city’s iconic leaning tower. Dolece Pedente features tasty puff pastry rolled up on a base of short crust. A liquid layer of dark chocolate holds the leaning tower to its base while soft custard lls the pastry from top to bottom. Pisa’s favourite pastry can be ordered at Keith Art Shop Cafe in three avours: Toscano: chocolate from Azienda Amedie, pine nuts from Azienda Grassini, candied fruit, rice and raisins. Campano: cream, ricotta cheese from Azienda Busti, semolina and citrus fruits. Italiano: classic custard with milk, cream, egg yolk and vanilla. https://dobbernationloves.com/travel-resorts/pisa-attractions/ 4/22 23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES RECEIVE UPDATES WHEN NEW STORIES ARE POSTED Name Email Address SEND ME UPDATES Humorous artwork by local graffiti artist Exit Enter. Graffiti by Exit Enter If you take the time to explore Pisa closely you’ll likely notice playful grafti street art throughout the city. The works are authored by Exit Enter, a Florentine street artist who specializes in imagery featuring stylized little men, balloons, hearts, ladders and hand-held gures. Born in 1990, Exit Enter was born in Tuscany and devoted himself to drawing even as a child. In 2009 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and afterwards devoted his skills to street art. In 2013 he created his signature character, “the little man,” and began to draw it on the streets of Florence and nearby Pisa. The artist’s characters always feature stylized men with a playful character that delicately performs actions; they y off attached balloons, try and reach for a beating heart and worship owers. At the heart of Exit Enter’s work is a playfulness that evoke’s our dreams and fears. In the work pictured above, Exit Enter brilliantly captures the local sentiment for tourists in Pisa. The city’s famous leaning tower takes a gavel to an unsuspecting camera! https://dobbernationloves.com/travel-resorts/pisa-attractions/ 5/22 23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES RECEIVE UPDATES WHEN NEW STORIES ARE POSTED Name Email Address SEND ME UPDATES Canottaggio Regatta and Luminara Festivals take place at Ponte di Mezzo and are one of Pisa’s most popular annual attractions. Ponte di Mezzo No trip to Pisa is complete without a stroll across Ponte di Mezzo. The famous bridge straddles the Arno River in Pisa, connecting Piazza Garibaldi with Piazza XX Settembre. From the second half of the 17th-century Pisa’s bridge was the seat of the homonymous game. The two districts of Pisa, Mezzogiorno and Tramontana, competed for the conquest of the bridge by pushing a wagon to the opposite side. Today, Ponte di Mezzo is a landmark for many of Pisa’s top annual festivals and celebrations, which take place in June. On the last Saturday of June, a historical reenactment takes place on the bridge, known as Gioco del Ponte (Battle of the Bridge). During the same time, boat lovers ock to Ponte di Mezzo for the annual Canottaggio Regatta, a canoeing competition which takes place on the Arno River. The most dazzling of Pisa’s festivals, Luminara, happens each year on June 16. It takes place on the evening of the Patron Saint’s Feast Day. The tradition of lighting the city with candles dates back to 1688. Over 70,000 candles icker at night along the river, with the festival nishing at 11pm with a reworks display at Cittadella Vecchia. https://dobbernationloves.com/travel-resorts/pisa-attractions/ 6/22 23/8/2019 Pisa Attractions: Explore Beyond The Leaning Tower | dobbernationLOVES RECEIVE UPDATES WHEN NEW STORIES ARE POSTED Name Email Address SEND ME UPDATES Local gelato lovers line up at De’Coltelli in Pisa. Gelateria De’ Coltelli Pisa Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, 39-345-481-1903 If you’re a gelato fan visiting Pisa be sure to join the locals in line at Gelateria De’Coltelli. The multi-award winning gelateria is considered the best place to cool off on a hot summer day in Pisa. It’s even been ranked as one of the 100 best ice cream parlours in all of Italy! Opened in 2004 by Gianfrancesco Cutelli, Gelateria De’Coltelli Pisa is famous for producing seasonal, artisanal, organic and 100% natural gelato.