Pisa, Lucca, and Northwest Tuscany

Top Reasons to Go

Leaning Tower of Pisa: It may be touristy, but now that you can once again climb to the top, it's touristy fun.

Olive-oil tasting in and around Lucca: Italian olive oil is justifiably world famous, and cognoscenti insist that the best is found here.

Cappella Maggiore, Duomo, Prato: Filippo Lippi's solemn frescoes depicting scenes from the lives of John the Baptist and Saint Stephen have gotten a big boost from a 2006 restoration.

Bagni di Lucca: This sleepy little town attracted the English Romantics, among others, who were drawn to its salubrious waters and air.

Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, Duomo, Lucca: Check out this moving sculpture by Jacopo della Quercia commemorating a young woman who died in childbirth.