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So you’re looking for apartments and villas in Pisa, Tuscany … maybe you have a pretty good idea of the city. Or maybe, like too many people, you think it’s a one landmark town. It’s a shame that Pisa’s most famous tourist attraction rather overshadows the remainder of a very beautiful medieval Tuscan city.

Once you have taken your pictures of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, now safely underpinned by engineers for another century or so, you’ll find there is lots more to see in this beautiful Tuscan city. Pisa is very ancient, pre Roman in fact, but after being a Roman settlement it rose to its greatest glory between the 11th and 13th centuries. A major military power, Pisa became very rich too, and the fruits are everywhere. There is the Campo dei Miracoli, the collection of urban architecture that includes the Leaning Tower, the Duomo (cathedral), the Baptistery and the Camposanto. You’ll find apartments and villas in Pisa, Tuscany in the heart of the old town, as well as in the countryside around. Use our rather clever Google maps to pinpoint apartments and villas in Pisa, Tuscany close to the places you want to see.

There are fine churches including San Zeno, San Sisto and San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno. There is a collection of important palazzi, including the Palazzo della Carovana, and you should see the Torre dei Gualandi, and the university’s botanic gardens. And there are a number of good museums and galleries - appropriate when so many brilliant medieval and Renaissance artists lived and worked in Pisa. Check out the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale and the Museo Nazionale di S. Matteo among others. For a comprehensive introduction to Pisa accommodation and a great choice of apartments and villas in Pisa, Tuscany, check our listings.