ITALIA TOUR

CARTHUSIAN MONASTERY MONUMENTAL CALCI PISA

La Certosa is about 10 km from the city of Pisa. Built in 1366, the convent from the current Baroque style with a large interior courtyard, around the cells, the gardens and the most reserved and quiet environment, suitable for life Carthusian rule.

Today it houses the Museum of Natural History includes paleontological, mineralogical and zoological, as well as hosting a gallery of cetaceans among the largest in Europe and new rooms devoted to dinosaurs.

annual Timetable

Tuesday to Saturday: from 8:30 to 18:30

Sundays and holidays: from 8.30am to 12.30pm

Closed on Mondays, 1/1, 1/5 and 25/12

Admission fee

• Free for EU citizens, up to 18, over 65 and for schools

How to get

By bus

No lines with CPT. 120 and 160 for Kicks, Castelmaggiore, Three Hills and Montemagno. The bus station can be reached from the station on foot a short drive.

By car

From Pisa: Calcesana provincial road to the village of Calci Charterhouse, and then in the direction Monumental Calci.

Motorway A 11 / A 12: exit Migliarino (Pisa Nord), take the Provincial Road Lungomonte Pisano, passing the Pontasserchio countries and S. Giuliano, following the signs to Calci.

Florence-Pisa-Livorno: recommended exit Navacchio, then on kicks.