any train town to combine with Pisa-not Florence/Lucca?

[elaine5]

We are in port port July 7-7. We have been to Pisa, but kids want to climp the Tower. Is there another town we can combine that passes thru Pisa---we have done Lucca, so other optoins? I also think Florence is cramming too much in. thanks, Elaine

[euro cruiser]

You could go to Montecatini Terme (change trains at Lucca). Less than a mile from the train station is the funicular that takes you up to Montecatini Alto. It's a nice little village but there's not much to do up there but eat. However, you could have a great lunch then take the funicular back down.

 

Another option would be Pistoia, although it might be further than you want to go. There's a lot to see in the centro storico there (museums, churches, etc.)

 

Or Vinci, the home of Leonardo. There's a good museum there dedicated to him with full size models of many of his inventions. This is a little more difficult to get to because you need to take the train to Empoli, then a bus about six or seven miles to Vinci. Once you're there, however, the town is very small and walkable.

[kuldalai]

One hour by train from Pisa to La Spezia gateway to the Cinque Terre ( 10 - 25 mins by train) or bus P from La Spezia in in Via Garabaldi from a bus stop marked P near intersection of Corso Cavour to Portovenere. Buses depart from this stop at 25 & 55 minutes past the hour . Thirty minutes travel time to Portovenere .