Pisa Centrale
train station
(information tel 1478.88.088) is
about 1km south of the Arno. Lazzi
buses
from Florence, Prato, Pistoia and
Carrara arrive at the nearby Piazza
Vittorio Emanuele II, while other
buses from Volterra, Lucca and
Livorno arrive at Piazza San Antonio
alongside it. From here, the Leaning
Tower is about 25 minutes' walk
north, or a ride on CPT city bus #1
from outside the station.
Alternatively, you could take a
local train five minutes to the more
convenient
Pisa San Rossore
station, 200m west of Piazza Manin
(also served by local trains from
Lucca and some from Viareggio).
Pisa's Aeroporto Galileo
Galilei (information tel
050.500.707, www.pisa-airport.com
) is 2km south of Centrale station.
Hourly trains run from Pisa
Aeroporto station to Pisa Centrale
and on to Florence, 1hr 15mins away.
CPT city bus #3 departs from the
airport every fifteen minutes, and
passes the train station, runs along
the south bank of the Arno, over
Ponte Solferino, to Piazza Manin and
then out to the hostel. A taxi to
the centre costs around
L10,000/?5.16.
Pisa's APT tourist office
is snug against the walls amidst the
tangle of stalls just outside the
gate of the Campo dei Miracoli, at
Via Cammeo 2 off Piazza Manin
(May-Sept daily 8am-8pm; Oct-April
daily 8.30am-5pm; tel 050.560.464, www.pisa.turismo.toscana.it
). In the same office, the adjacent
desk is staffed by the Consorzio
Turistico " Pisa č
", the city's official
hotel-booking service (Mon-Fri
9.30am-6pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm;
Oct-March Mon-Fri closes 5pm; tel
050.830.253, www.pisae.com ).
There's also a small APT office at
the train station (May-Sept
daily 8am-6pm; Oct-April daily
9am-5pm; tel 050.42.291), and
another at the airport
(May-Sept daily 10am-10pm; Oct-April
daily 10am-5pm; tel 050.503.700).
All of these also stock information
for towns such as San Miniato
and Volterra
that lie within the Provincia di
Pisa.
