This time you have decided to spend your next holidays in Tuscany, and specifically in Pisa!

And now you have to plan your stay in the town of the Leaning Tower, especially if you have chosen to rent a picturesque and cosy Tuscan villa for some weeks instead of participating in an organised travel.

In this page - and in the following ones - tourists will find a small but complete guide to Pisa, with information on:

• its history (from the Etruscans to present days, through the glorious days of the ancient Maritime Republic and the Florentine domination);

• the Leaning Tower and the other monuments in Piazza dei Miracoli;

• its illustrious son Galileo Galilei;

• the museums and churches to visit;

• the historic palaces and the villas in the province of Pisa;

• the folkloric events and the most interesting feasts held in Pisa during the year;

• the things to see and to do in Pisa hinterland (Volterra, the Castello dei Vicari...);

• places where to eat and drink;

• Pisa nightlife and shopping places;

• how to get to Pisa or how to reach Florence, Siena...;

• and much more...

But now we do not certainly want to steal your precious time. Have a nice reading and... have a nice vacation in Pisa!