A lovely shopping street! (Borgo Street (Pisa, Italy))

Member Name: dangaroo

Product:	Borgo Street (Pisa, Italy)
Date:	25/12/08 (27 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice arches (I love arches!)

Disadvantages: Shops are the typical fashion ones and trendy cafes etc

Borgo Stretto is in the Santa Maria quarter of Pisa, it seems that the coach excursions visiting The Tower of Pisa just seem to drop people off at the Piazza del Duomo and ignore the city itself, obviously Pisa being in Tuscany still means that it gets plenty of interest from tourists but i didn't realise that Pisa would be so cute.

One of the most impressive sections for me, on a rather wet day was Borgo Stretto, a road which traditionally linked to bridges and crossed the city from north to south. Initially a place for artisans and their workshops, arcades were built to protect the vendors and their stock from the weather (as was evident on this day, only in this case by African blokes selling umbrellas and African wood carvings).

The arch ways and beautiful houses along this road were particularly stunning, it seems that the majority of the artisans workshops have disappeared and have been replaced by trendy and expensive cafes and designer clothes shops - this has become the shopping district of the town but with the cobbled pavements and great arches, it has a lot more class than say Oxford Street!

Summary: A wonderful high street!