Sottobosco

Pisa


Tuck into an end-of-day sugar doughnut and cappuccino or an early-evening aperitivo at a glass-topped table filled with artists’ crayons perhaps, or a button collection. Salads, panini, salami or cheese taglieri (tasting boards) and oven-baked cheese are simple and homemade. Come dark, jazz bands play or DJs spin tunes.

Its summertime wooden terrace is one of the city's loveliest.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Pisa attractions

1. Palazzo Blu

0.25 MILES

Facing the river is this magnificently restored 14th-century building with a striking dusty-blue facade. Inside, its over-the-top 19th-century interior…

2. Museo Nazionale di San Matteo

0.28 MILES

This inspiring repository of medieval masterpieces sits in a 13th-century Benedictine convent on the Arno's northern waterfront boulevard. The museum's…

3. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina

0.4 MILES

Don't miss this waterside, triple-spired church, an exquisite Pisan-Gothic gem encrusted with tabernacles and statues. It was built between 1230 and 1233…

4. Mura di Pisa (Eastern Entrance)

0.41 MILES

Access the eastern end of Pisa's 12th-century city walls via a purpose-built staircase inside Torre di Legno, in a gated courtyard next to Piazza…

5. Giardino Siotto

0.42 MILES

Straddling the southern bank of the River Arno, this attractive city park – complete with children's playground and benches aplenty – is ensnared within…

6. Orto e Museo Botanico

0.44 MILES

For a Zen-like respite from the Piazza dei Miracoli crowd, explore this peaceful walled garden laced with centurion palm trees, flora typical to the…

8. Leaning Tower

0.53 MILES

One of Italy's signature sights, the Torre Pendente truly lives up to its name, leaning a startling 3.9 degrees off the vertical. The 58m-high tower,…