Today, your driver-guidewill take you to the Varramista Estate, which dates back to the 15thcentury. In the grounds are various villas which can be rented but the mainpart of the tour is the 16th century Medici villa and the beautifulgardens and lake. At the end of the tour, you will be able to taste some of thewines and other products made here and have a light lunch. In the afternoon,drive to the city of Pisa. Virtually every guide book to Italy will show you apicture of the leaning tower of Pisa, but the great surprise when you get thereis that it is merely the belfry for the most magnificent cathedral complex,with a stunning baptistery and walled cemetery. Though the sea has now receded,in medieval times, Pisa was a great maritime republic, rivalling Genoa andVenice and this superb ensemble, known as the ‘field of miracles’ was areligious hub worthy of its status. The cathedral has a beautiful pulpit,sculpted by Giovanni Pisano and a mosaic, Christ in Majesty, completed byCimabue in 1302. After years of work to stop the tower from falling down, youcan once again ascend to the top and will be very aware of the ‘lean’, as youwind your way up.