Worth checking out. My boyfriend and I were bored after seeing the leaning tower and decided to…read morecheck out this garden. They have bamboo trees you can walk through and the overall experience was pretty and photo worthy. Check it out if you have time

Stopped by on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. When taking the train from Venice to Cinque…read moreTerre I decided to allow a couple of hours to explore Pisa. By the time we got to the Leaning Tower of Pisa we didn't have enough time to partake in the timed tickets to go to the top of the tower so we decided to wander around the area. This botanical garden wasn't too far away by foot. The ladies selling tickets were friendly and it wasn't too expensive compared to other more popular tourist attraction entrance fees. There were an abundance of different types of plants and indoor exhibits to keep us occupied. I also liked how I could see workers putting bird safe stickers on the greenhouse glass so our avian friends wouldn't crash into it. The restrooms were conveniently located and clean. Another side note, really glad we could hold our luggage at the train station so we could enjoy a nice little day trip in Pisa without having to worry about constantly lugging our carry on with us.

I had the fortunate luck to be part of an organized blog tour for the 4 day internet festival and…read moreto see the city of Pisa, which to be honest I had never really 'gotten to know' besides the leaning tower and train station. I thought the festival itself was organized really good. They had markers ( red balloons, blue paint and huge cartoons like 'googleo galilei' to indiciate where the events were taking place. The conferences that I attended like "twitter & journalism" and "mad in Italy" were interesting and informative. All of the events were located in close walkign distance and it was a great opportunity to explore the university of pisa and various palazzo's like 'palazzo reale'. They took over the 'ponte a mezzo' bridge with a cool (and strange) exhibit called Digital human where you could see large interactive murals hanging from the ceiling. We were lucky that the weather was good which made going from event to event a lot easier. I would definitely return if they decide to do this again in 2013. :-) brava lavoro davvero!

Such a ripoff! I wanted the permanent exhibit, which I asked for, and they charged for the seasonal…read moreone which was only two rooms and 12 euros. However, the permanent exhibit was 3 euros, which what I originally asked for and they didn't refund. After that, they wanted to charge me another 3 euros for the one. Not worth it.