PISA ON YOUR OWN

Description Adagio Tour is an experience created in collaboration with Costa Crociere Foundation and Aism to meet the needs of guests who would like a “slower” pace to better savour the stops and their sights on itineraries with minimum architectural barriers.
Pisa, historically one of Italy's maritime republics, is an enchantingly beautiful city with traces of Romanesque architecture blended harmoniously with its Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings: a gem waiting to be discovered.

What we will see

• Piazza dei Miracoli
• Cathedral
• Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Baptistry

What we will do

• Our tour guide will lead us on a historic itinerary based on the famous Piazza del Duomo, better known as Piazza dei Miracoli. This was the name given to it by Gabriele D'Annunzio to highlight the splendour of a place where the glowing whiteness of the marble buildings - which appear to spring from the grassy carpet of the square - offers visitors a spectacle like no other.
• Our discovery of the white splendour of Piazza dei Miracoli begins with the Duomo, the highest expression of Pisan Romanesque architecture, in which the classical tradition is filtered through the experiences of the early Church, incorporating Lombard and Byzantine motifs and influences from the Arab and Norman world, to wondrous effect.
• We can't fail to stop and admire the famous Leaning Tower, an imposing structure that appears almost weightless thanks to storey after storey of graceful arches. Here a photo is practically obligatory.
• Finally, we continue to the Baptistry, home to many artistic masterpieces of immense value.
• With the beauty of Pisa lingering in our eyes and in our minds, we return to our ship by coach.

What you need to know

• The coach journey to Pisa takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes each way.
• This excursion does not include a guide. A local escort will be present during journeys.
• The 'Adagio Tour' version of this excursion is available exclusively on Costa Smeralda 
• Disabled guests need to be escorted by an accompanying person. 
• The excursion includes all external visits; access to the Duomo and the Baptistery can still be done by ramps; the Tower is not accessible to people with mobility problems or wheelchairs
  
• For those guests with wheel chair,  the reservation of the Adagio tour need to be done exclusively through your cruise reservation agent.