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| La Spezia |
Today we made our way to our next destination, La Spezia, saying goodbye to Florence. Our first stop along the way was Lucca, a city on the Serchio river in Italy’s Tuscany region. It’s known for the well-preserved Renaissance walls encircling its historic city center and its cobblestone streets. It's one of the only towns not to be destroyed in WWII, because of the four kilometre wall surrounding it. We had a guided walking tour, and lunch inside the old gladiator circle, plus cup fulls of gelato (totally necessary every day in Italy) Lucca is a seriously beautiful small town but I would recommend just a day trip.
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| Lucca |
We then drove about 20 minutes to Pisa, where we saw the leaning tower. I found Pisa a bit confronting. On one side you see the beautiful leaning tower with the cathedral and then you turn 180 degrees and see hundreds of vendors selling illegal goods. We were only here for about half an hour but it was still worth seeing. Everyone you look tourists are trying to get the perfect picture, it's quite funny.
After Pisa, we drove to our final destination of the day, La Spezia. Located midway between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts the arsenal of the Italian Navy. It is important for its museums, for the Palio del Golfo, and for the railway and boat links with Cinque Terre. We stayed here because it was a lot cheaper than staying in one of the towns of Cinque Terre and the train was only a 5 minute walk from our hotel.
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| Pisa |
We had a group dinner at one of the local restaurants where we scored a delicious three course meal of ravioli, calamari and tiramisu. YUM!
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| Leaning Tower of Pisa |
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