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Itineraries
1 WEEK
Pisa & its Provinces
Start your peregrination in
Pisa
, spending two days admiring the marble pulpits in the
Baptistry and
duomo
, the paintings and sculpture in the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo
and the exquisite exterior decoration of the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina. Conclude
your visit at the Piazza dei Miracoli, home to that famous engineering project gone horribly
wrong, the Leaning Tower. On day three, spend the morning paying homage to Italy's fam-
ous Vespa scooter at the Museo Piaggio in
Pontedera
before driving (or maybe scooter-
ing!) through gently rolling hills covered in olive groves and vineyards to hunt truffles and
sleep in style at the gourmet destination of
San Miniato
. From here, head to spectacularly
sited
Volterra
in the Val di Cecina, where visits to alabaster ateliers and an extraordinary
museum of Etruscan art await. Spend two nights here and then finish your tour in the
