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Arrival, information and orientation
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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 e
", 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. Other useful information
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