Blogs from Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe - page 20

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Conveniently (and by accident) the place we were staying in Rome was located on the train line to Pisa which meant we did not have to go back to the main terminal station. There were no Eurostar trains on this line which meant no expensive supplements but also a train which stopped at a lot of stations. We were never intending to stay the night in Pisa so when we reached the station we looked for lockers to store our bags. Strangely all the lockers were taped off and we had to deposite our bag with a person. After doing this we hurried off to the main square which contains a large cathedral, baptistry and of course the famous leaning tower. We were surprised to find that the square containing the tower is very large compared ... read more

Go see this forgotten wonder while you still can! Construction began on the Tower of Pisa in 1174 by Bonanno Pisano and work ceased during construction of the third story because it started sinking into the ground. The tower remained unfinished for 90 years until engineers built higher floors with one side taller than the other in an effort to compensate for the tilt. Although this monument can be considered a real masterpiece of architecture, it is mostly famous for its strong inclination. This inclination is undoubtedly due to a sinking of the ground right from the time of its construction. Unfortunately, even today the tower continues to sink very slowly. It is estimated to sink about 1 mm. every year. No one can state whether the tower will continue to sink at its present rate ... read more

When we arrived into Pisa it was a nice night so we thought we’d not get a bus to our hostel but instead walk. Bad idea. We got lost again, the directions we received after booking online were crap and it didn’t help that there were no signs whatsoever for the leaning tower. If there had been we would have been fine because we were staying just down the road from it. Not to worry, we did find it, the leaning tower looks brilliant at night so I took about 40 gazillion photos. Soon my stomach thought my neck had been cut, so we found a restaurant that had views of the tower and ate there. Thankfully the hotel had a computer so I transferred all the photos I had taken onto a flash stick meaning ... read more

well this is the begining off our 10 day trip....pisa wow what a city....meet up with jo from sydney too so was a double goood time....see the pics it was better in real life....nice place ...we went up the tower and walked around it in the night....we hired a car from the europe car (thought the guy was never going to let us out of the car rental....lets just say italian car hire places!!!) ... read more