Leaning Tower of Pisa

Cultural sitePisa & LuccaAbout 1 hour

The cathedral's free-standing bell tower, leaning since it was built because the ground beneath one side is soft. Climbing it is ticketed, timed and capped, and the tilt is genuinely disorienting on the stairs. Everything around it — cathedral, baptistery, walled cemetery — is on the same lawn and is the better half of the visit.

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