Visit Leaning Tower of Pisa

Visit Leaning Tower of Pisa



After leaving the main exit of Pisa Centrale station, stop at the tourist office on the left for a free town map. The tower is a half-hour walk north.

Alternately, three buses, the Navetta A, #3, and #4, run approximately every 10 minutes (25¢) and drop off passengers in front of the Field of Miracles, a piazza that's home to the tower, as well as to the Duomo and the Baptistry (both of which also tilt, but less obviously).

A taxi from the train station costs about $9.

The bell tower of the cathedral was begun in 1173. Construction continued, with two long interruptions, until 1350. It was designed to be vertical and started to lean during construction. The problem was that you couldn’t stack that much heavy marble on sinking subsoil. In December 2001, it was righted to lean a mere 4m (14 ft), as it did in 1838.

Did you know it was here that Galileo dropped balls of different masses, disapproving Aristotle’s theories about the acceleration of falling bodies.

Opening hours
DECEMBER AND JANUARY
Leaning tower Ordinary: 10:00 - 16:30 (last climb
NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY:
Leaning tower Ordinary: 09:30 - 17:30 (last climb)
MARCH:
Leaning tower Ordinary: 09:00 - 17:30 (last climb)
FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER:
Leaning tower Ordinary: 08:30 - 20:00 (last climb)
OCTOBER:
Leaning tower Ordinary: 09:00 - 19:00 (last climb)