We drove to Pisa as we are staying very close to this beautiful town. It is so good you could not visit too many times. We didn't climb the tower as the timed tickets were hours away. We did inspect the Duomo and the Baptistry. This has to rival any collection of buildings for sheer beauty.
The first photo of the day. What a welcome to Pisa!
Everyone straightens the tower but every night they put it back. This way the tourists keep coming.
The outside of the Baptistry. Our favourite.
The outside of the Duomo is very intricate and very elaborate inside
One of the stained glass windows
We parked the car next to the city walls.It was not too far to walk up to the Leaning Tower.
The walk was past lots of old buildings that few people stop to look at as they hurry to the tower.
We finally made it to the beach at Viareggio. Not like our beaches of golden sand but the usual private beach concessions. We still enjoyed a cooling swim as the weather has been very hot over the past week. It was a good beach day.
Our last photo of the day. As we drove back into the village of Vicopisano the sunflowers were coming out. This was from the car window.
3 comments:
I'm glad you went to pay homage to the building prowess of my ancestor! Typical Bonanno construction!
Didn't Matt tell you where the free beach was at Viareggio? ;-)
And did you see the Shelley memorial - this is where he drowned.
We looked at the harbour, the long length of beaches but have to say we saw much better where we are now. The free beach was rather dirty!
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