Pisa Question, Anyone help?
 

We will be in Italy for 18 days in June-July, we will be doing a to Pisa from Rome. <BR>Paulo has already given me wonderful info on train times, etc. <BR>What I am looking for now is: <BR>On the last Sunday in june, there is an event called the "Gioco del Ponte". <BR>This event takes place every year. <BR>Would anyone know where I can go to find out *what time* this all occurs? <BR>It would not make sense to get on a train, go up there on that day and miss the main event because we arrive too late. <BR>If we could not get to Pisa in time for it, we would rather go to Pisa on another day. <BR>So, anyone out there with an address, or phone number or website? <BR>Even better, anyone ever see this event? <BR>Thank you as always, <BR>nancy

It happens in the evening (8:30 this year, according to the website beolow), so it looks like you won't have trouble getting there on time. Here's a site: http://www.notti.it/special/giocoponte/Welcomeb.html.

KT, <BR>thank you very much! <BR>I will check out that site. <BR>but, now we have the opposite dilemna! <BR>We will be renting an apt. in Rome for that week,and do not want to also add the expense of a hotel room for the night in Pisa! <BR> if the event does not start til 8:30, it would be *very* late by the time we got back to Rome. <BR>But , you have given me good info and a great place to continue my search. <BR>Thank you very much! <BR>nancy

KT, <BR>I went to that site you recommended, www.notti.it. <BR>While it looks like it would be fun, and maybe informative, I did find a big discrepancy in the date given for the Gioco del Ponte. <BR>All the travel books, and Scala Reale Company have said this event is always on the last Sunday of June. <BR>The Notti site stated it is the last Monday. <BR>So, I went to yahoo, followed a trail to Pisa, and found links to the event. <BR>They also point to the last Sunday. <BR>And one site, Whatsonwhen, gave a time of 6pm. <BR>It also gave me the phone # for the Pisa Tourist Board in Italy. <BR>(I will give them a call) <BR> <BR>I guess what I wanted to point out here is that people should doublecheck info given off a site. Everyone can make errors. <BR> <BR>But KT,I want to thank you again for going to the trouble to look this up for me, and posting! <BR>nancy

Nancy, you're very welcome. I'm sorry, I just glanced at the page looking for a time and didn't notice they got day wrong. It's correct on the Italian version of the page, so it looks like a translation error.

KT, <BR>since my italian reading is getting better ,I will use the italian version when I use that site again. <BR>I started in english to get my bearings. <BR>But this is a fun looking site, and would be very helpful for those looking for info concerning the holidays in Italy! <BR>