Overview

For much of the Middle Ages, Pisa's powerful navy ensured its dominance of the western Mediterranean. Trading links with Spain and North Africa in the 12th century brought vast mercantile wealth and formed the basis of a scientific and cultural revolution that is still reflected in Pisa's splendid buildings - especially the Duomo, Baptistry and Campanile (Leaning Tower).Pisa's most famous monument, The Leaning Tower, begun in 1173 on sandy silt subsoil and started to tilt even before the third storey was finished.The Leaning Tower attracted many visitors over the centuries, including the Pisan scientist Galileo Galilei who climbed to the top to conduct his famous experiments on the velocity of falling objects.The Holiday Inn Pisa Migliarino is strategically situated on the outskirt of Pisa. It is near the beautiful San Rossore pine-woods, the beach of Marina di Vecchiano and beside the Pisa Nord exit motorway.It is within minutes of Pisa's Galilei International airport.It is a modern hotel with 62 air conditioned rooms furnished with minibar, colour television with satellite channels, direct dial telephone and modem connection. All guests with a personal laptop can connect to Internet from their room free of charge, 24 hours a day.The hotel is also furnished with 2 meeting rooms to a maximum capacity of 55 delegates.