DAY TRIPS PISA LUCCA
   





THIS TRIP BEGINS and CONCLUDES IN ROME unless otherwise indicated by our client - DIFFERENT RATES WILL BE APPLIED IF DAY TRIP DOESN'T START FROM ROME CITY.
We will pick you up at your hotel or wherever you wish by our air conditioned vehicles Our skilled multilingual driver guides will show you the most interesting places of the city / area by giving you the key information from the car without coming within sites.
Please… take vision of the present trip and relevant program:
DAY TRIP to  PISA and LUCCA (12 Hrs from 07:00 or 08:00 A.M.)
Driving from Rome through Lazio and Tuscany regions we will reach Pisa in about 3:30 hrs. and we’ll stop at "The Miracles Field" to visit the "Leaning Tower", the Duomo and the Baptistry.

Time for lunch (price not included) and shopping. Then we'll keep driving to LUCCA (30 Mnts) where passing through the intact city walls (possible walk on them) we'll stop in the main square , to visit the Cathedral and walk in the narrow streets for shopping and relax. Return to Rome city in about 4 Hrs.

OUR FLEET
Mercedes E Class
or equivalent up to 3 pax
Mercedes Vito/Viano
or equivalent up to 5 pax
Mercedes Sprinter
or equivalent up to 8 pax
550 € 620 € 690 €
Price includes driver guide for whole tour and does not include gratuities

Accepted payments: U.S. Dollars,Euro, Traveller's cheques.
Prices include driver guide for whole tour

PISA

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right side of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. The city is known worldwide for its famous bell tower.
The Leaning Tower is the most famous image of the city, it is one of many works of art and architecture in the city's Piazza dei Miracoli or "Square of Miracles", to the north of the old town center. Piazza dei Miracoli also houses the Duomo (the Cathedral), the Baptistry and the Camposanto (the monumental cemetery).
Other interesting sights include:Knights' Square (Piazza dei Cavalieri ) where the Palazzo della Carovana, with its impressive façade designed by Giorgio Vasari may be seendes
Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") is a wide, walled area in the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. Partly paved and partly grassed, it is dominated by four great religious buildings: the Duomo, the Leaning Tower (the cathedral's bell tower), the Baptistry and the Camposanto.

LUCCA

Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca. Among other reasons, it is famous for its intact Renaissance-era city walls (although the city has expanded beyond the wall's boundaries).
he Cathedral of St Martin (Italian Duomo) is a church in Lucca, Italy. It was begun in 1063 by Bishop Anselm (later Pope Alexander II). Of this structure, the great apse with its tall columnar arcades and the fine campanile remain.
The nave and transepts having been rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 14th century, while the west front was begun in 1204 by "Guidetto" (Guido Bigarelli of Como), and consists of a vast portico of three magnificent arches, and above them three ranges of open galleries enriched with sculpture.

In the nave a little octagonal temple or chapel shrine contains the most precious relic in Lucca, the Volto Santo di Lucca or Sacred Countenance. This cedar-wood crucifix and image of Christ, according to the legend, carved by his contemporary Nicodemus, and miraculously conveyed to Lucca in 782. Christ is clothed in the colobium, a long sleeveless garment. The chapel was built in 1484 by Matteo Civitali, the most famous Luccan sculptor of the early Renaissance.

   
 




 
       
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