★ Top rated 4 to 5 hours 📍 Pisa Chianti Half-day Wine Tour in the Tuscan’s Hills from Pisa
🕑 Half-day
Wine city
Home to the iconic Leaning Tower, Pisa offers more than just its famous landmark.
Pisa is best known for its Leaning Tower, but it also makes a practical, uncrowded base for Tuscan wine travel — especially the coast. The city has its own international airport, so many trips start here, and the vineyards begin close by: the Colline Pisane, the western edge of the greater Chianti zone, roll through the hills just south of town, and the Super Tuscan estates of Bolgheri and the wider Tuscan Coast are under an hour and a half down the coast road.
In the city itself, the Piazza dei Miracoli — the Tower, Cathedral and Baptistery on their green lawn — is the obvious stop, but Pisa rewards a slower look: the Arno embankments, the student-city energy and the piazzas away from the crowds. It's a flat, walkable place, easy on foot or by bike.
Pisa sits on the main coastal rail line, about an hour from Florence and a short hop from Lucca, so it fits neatly into a wider itinerary — or a coast-and-city split with a day in the Bolgheri vineyards. Spring and early autumn are the most pleasant times to visit. Use the guide below to plan tastings and day trips from the city.
★ Top rated 4 to 5 hours 📍 Pisa