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Europe Trip Planning – Where We’re Staying in Pisa, Italy

Pisa is really one of those cities that you can cover in a single day. The biggest attraction is the Leaning Tower and being only 30 minutes away from Florence, you could simply make it a day trip. However, factoring in the extra cost of taking a train back to Florence and the cost of taking the train from Florence to Rome, it wasn’t a big difference if we spent the in town. Expedia had a Europe sale but the place we ended up taking wasn’t on the list. As a matter of fact, Hotel Santa Croce is one of the more expensive nights, $128.17/night, and with tax it comes to $141/night.

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Hotel Santa Croce is at the edge of Pisa but within public transportation to the Leaning Tower and Central Station. The hotel is actually an old monastery built in the 13th century. It’s address is Piazza Santa Croce, I guess you can’t miss it.

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There aren’t very many pictures of the hotel but some of the amenities include: free wifi, complimentary breakfast, private bathroom, TV, A/C, patio and a view of the courtyard. Our train out of Pisa is around 9AM so we’ll be getting up and out early, let’s hope the free breakfast starts early! From Florence we will make our way to Rome, the last stop of our Italian leg of the trip.

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