![]() there are 8 floors, and from the side where you stand, you can see. even though it's so massive, not only does it leans dangerously to one side, it also looks so gracious and "light". You don't recall any other building with so many columns. There is literally nothing inside the Tower! They really went a great length to make it look fantastic. While you stand in the queue at the entrance, you look around and you notice the color patterns in the marble at the base of the Tower.Ĭouldn't they have made it on plain and simple white marble? - you ask yourself. This difference is one of the components that make the visit to the Tower a memorable experience. The difference between the inside of the Leaning Tower and its exterior is striking. There are literally thousands of little details and features sculpted in the white marble! You look at it from the bottom up and you cannot really grasp how much work it must have been necessary to put all that together. The entire monument is made out of solid rock. Or using the grid to your right you can click a photo to enter the main menus.Standing on the square underneath the Leaning Tower, you cannot help appreciating its majesty. If you'd just like to start your exploration of Italy with some ideas of places to go then I'd recommend starting at the highlighted must see Italy page. You can keep in touch with the latest developments in Italy, particularly important at the moment at the time of the pandemic, via my Italy Review Blog for which you'll find links below to the Facebook and Twitter pages. I've visited every place that's listed on the website which means I'm able to give useful advice for first-time visitors. The photos and descriptions on the website are all my own work and are the fruit of my extensive travels around the country. Alongside the major tourist destinations that you've already heard of, there are thousands of others that may come as a surprise with the intention of the website to provide inspiration for your future trips to the country. ![]() Throughout the three thousand pages of the website you'll find comprehensive tourist information, opinion and original photos. Italy Review is an independent guide to Italy, showcasing the very best that the country has to offer. There are a number of websites offering the booking services but with varying booking fees ranging from €1 up to €14 so shop around and make sure you get the best value for money possible. You're then given a 30 minute time slot on your chosen date (if available). The standard price for visiting the tower is €18 per person but you'll also find lots of websites offering pre-booking/skip the line tickets where you book your time-slot in advance. Opening times for the tower depend on the month or even the date of your visit with a fairly complicated timetable which you can find further down this page. When it was added to complete the tower in the second half of the 14th century, it was built at a contrary angle to the structure below, making it straighter at the top and giving it an odd-looking, bent appearance at the top, perhaps just as odd as the very fact that it leans at all. One curiosity to keep an eye out for is the Bell Chamber, the top floor of the tower. The large majority of visitors to the Piazza content themselves with taking photos, selfies and the typical pose where you look like you're the one supporting the tower, if taken at the correct angle. With some wonderful views of the city from the bell-tower at the top your efforts are well-rewarded if you make the climb but the narrow staircase and 5 degree lean can cause issues for vertigo and claustrophobia sufferers. Many people just opt to climb the tower itself with its 251 steps reaching a height of 60 metres, reduced to just under 56 metres on its lowest side. The square is also home to the Camposanto Monumentale and the Museo delle Sinopie meaning you can spend a whole day exploring just the sights of the square if you wish to. With its location in the beautiful Piazza dei Miracoli (Miracle Square), the tower is just one of several landmark buildings including Pisa's Cathedral and its Baptistery. Eleven years of work followed to make sure the tower was safe and had a future, eventually re-opening in 2001. Throughout the centuries, architects and engineers have studied the issues surrounding the tower's lean and when in 1990 it was discovered that the angle of the lean was becoming dangerous, the tower was closed. It was only after the over-effective corrective measures were taken to straighten it, that the tower started to lean southwards as it still does today.
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