The location of ISGIG 2008

The city of Pisa is situated on the banks of the river Arno, on latitude 43o 43' North and longitude 10o 23' East in North-West Tuscany. Just 80 km from Florence and 10 km from the sea, Pisa is a popular touristic centre. This town is closely associated with the well-known Leaning Tower. The climate, mild and temperate, because of the vicinity to the sea and the protection offered by the mountains behind Pisa, has given it a primary place in national and international tourism.

As the fulcrum of an area astride the provinces of Lucca and Livorno, its territory particularly suitable for farm-holidays, trekking, cycling, horse-riding, bird watching, golf, open-air and water sports, that can be practiced on a fantastic coast with sand-beaches, perfectly equipped with bathing establishments, hotels and restaurants. In the Regional Nature Park of Migliarino - San Rossore - Massaciuccoli extending for 23,000 hectares along the coast from Viareggio to Livorno, with tree groves and Mediterranean shrubs, encounters with deer, boars and the over two-hundred verities of migratory birds are frequent.

Pisa preserves, with the complex of Piazza dei Miracoli - cultural patrimony of all humanity - numerous masterpieces of civil and military architecture and of medieval history. To this treasures can be added the Certosa of Pisa, at Calci (10 km from Pisa) and the Basilica of San Piero a Grado (5 Km from Pisa), obligatory stop for lovers of Romanesque art. Pisa's cultural and academic traditions boasts, besides the most ancient botanical garden in all of Europe, a prestigious athenaeum flanked by the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari Sant'Anna and the Scuola Normale Superiore, unique in Italy and instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1813.

For more information on the city and its sightseeing opportunities, please visit the official website of the Pisa Tourism Office or the Pisa City Council.

For information on the venue of the conference, please visit the official website of My Hotels Galilei.

Address:

My Hotels Galilei
Pisa Via Darsena 1 56125 Pisa, Italy