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Day Trips from Pisa
Day trips from Pisa, picked by real distance from verified coordinates — every guide below passed the same checks as the rest of the site.
Florence 69 km away
attraction Piazzale Michelangelo: Florence Travel Guide (4.8★)
Piazzale Michelangelo is the hilltop viewing terrace in Florence's Oltrarno, just above the San Niccolò neighbourhood, with the whole city laid out below: the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio and the Arno bridges. 4.8★ (115,456 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Boboli Gardens: Florence Travel Guide (4.2★)
Boboli Gardens sits behind the Pitti Palace on the Oltrarno side of Florence, and it's open daily from 8:15am to 7:10pm. 4.2★ (30,913 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Basilica of Santa Maria Novella: Florence Travel Guide
The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella sits on its own piazza in Florence, a short walk from Santa Maria Novella train station, and is best visited right at opening on a weekday, between 9am and 10am, before tour groups arrive. 4.7★ (32,368 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Galleria dell Accademia di Firenze: Florence Travel Guide
The Accademia's main draw is Michelangelo's David, standing at the end of a long gallery lined with his unfinished "Prisoners" statues — the whole visit takes about 60–90 minutes. 4.6★ (57,520 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Palazzo Vecchio: Florence Travel Guide
Palazzo Vecchio, on Piazza della Signoria, is Florence's fortified 13th-century town hall turned museum, famous for its crenellated tower, the vast Salone dei Cinquecento, and rooms frescoed by Vasari and Ghirlandaio.
attraction Uffizi Galleries: Florence Travel Guide
Book a timed-entry ticket online well in advance, arrive at your slot rather than early, and head straight for the Botticelli rooms before the mid-morning crush arrives.
Cinque Terre 71 km away
attraction Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere: Cinque Terre Travel Guide
Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Venere covers the headland, coastline and islands around Porto Venere village, just south of the Cinque Terre, and it's open 24 hours every day with no ticket gate at the entrance. 4.7★ (9,795 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Castello San Giorgio: Cinque Terre Travel Guide (4.4★)
Castello San Giorgio sits above La Spezia, not in one of the five Cinque Terre villages themselves, making it an easy add-on day trip via the train line that serves both. 4.4★ (3,308 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Cinque Terre National Park is five cliffside villages — Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore — linked by hiking trails, trains and boats along Liguria's protected coast. 4.7★ (46,756 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Punta Mesco: Cinque Terre Travel Guide (4.7★)
Punta Mesco is the wooded headland at the western end of Monterosso al Mare in the Cinque Terre. From the top you can see the coastline of all five villages. 4.7★ (319 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Sentiero Monterosso - Vernazza: Cinque Terre Travel Guide
The Monterosso–Vernazza leg is the classic first stretch of the Sentiero Azzurro (Blue Trail): about 3.3km, 1.5–2 hours of climbing and descending between vineyards and cliffside sea views. 4.5★ (1,414 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
Siena 88 km away
attraction Horti Leonini: Siena Travel Guide (4.4★)
Horti Leonini is a small Renaissance garden in San Quirico d'Orcia, on the Via Francigena between Siena and Montalcino, open daily 8am to 7pm and free to enter. 4.4★ (1,104 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Palazzo Salimbeni: Siena Travel Guide (4.6★)
Palazzo Salimbeni sits on Piazza Salimbeni in Siena, a few minutes' walk north of Piazza del Campo, and it's the historic headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank. 4.6★ (3,023 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Santa Maria della Scala: Siena Travel Guide (4.6★)
Santa Maria della Scala in Siena is the former pilgrim hospital on Piazza del Duomo, directly across from the Cathedral, now a sprawling museum of frescoes, archaeology and Renaissance art. 4.6★ (1,788 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Siena Cathedral: Travel Guide
Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena) is one of Italy's great Gothic-Romanesque cathedrals, its black-and-white striped marble facade and interior visible from Piazza del Duomo in the historic center.
hidden gem Palazzo Pubblico: Siena Travel Guide (4.7★)
Palazzo Pubblico is Siena's Gothic town hall at the low end of Piazza del Campo, home to the Museo Civico and the Torre del Mangia. 4.7★ (2,179 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Piazza del Campo: Siena Travel Guide
Piazza del Campo is Siena's shell-shaped medieval square, ringed by the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia, and the stage for the Palio horse race every July 2 and August 16.
Bologna 114 km away
attraction Giardini Margherita: Bologna Travel Guide (4.6★)
Giardini Margherita is Bologna's largest public park, spread across the southeastern edge of the city center near Porta Santo Stefano and Porta Castiglione. 4.6★ (17,908 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Basilica di San Petronio: Bologna Travel Guide (4.5★)
Basilica di San Petronio sits on Piazza Maggiore in central Bologna, open daily 10am–6pm. 4.5★ (6,269 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Museo per la Memoria di Ustica: Bologna Travel Guide (4.8★)
Museo per la Memoria di Ustica sits in the Bolognina district of Bologna, inside a converted former tram depot on Via di Saliceto. 4.8★ (1,799 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Piazza Maggiore: Bologna Travel Guide
Piazza Maggiore is Bologna's medieval heart, framed by the unfinished marble façade of the Basilica di San Petronio, the crenellated Palazzo d'Accursio and Palazzo dei Notai, and the neighboring Piazza del Nettuno with Giambologna's bronze Neptune fountain.
hidden gem Portici di Bologna: Travel Guide (4.7★)
Portici di Bologna is the city's network of covered arcades, and Piazza Cavour in central Bologna, a short walk south of Piazza Maggiore, is one of the best places to start. 4.7★ (928 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
hidden gem Mercato delle Erbe: Bologna Travel Guide (4.3★)
Mercato delle Erbe is Bologna's covered food market at Via Ugo Bassi 25, a short walk west of Piazza Maggiore, with stalls selling produce, cured meats and cheeses, plus places to eat. 4.3★ (14,492 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.