He (I'm sorry, I don't have his name though I would LOVE to have it so I could request him again) took us to Museo Nazionale di San Matteo that was amazing. I think there were a total of 6 people in the museum, including us. An overlooked gem. We saw the Pisa Baptistry & were floored when we heard the a demonstration of the superb acoustics - wouldn't have happened except that he knew to request it and what time it's usually scheduled to happen. The walk through the Camposanto Monumentale was fantastic. I'm positive we would have missed so much if we hadn't had such a terrific guide.

The part of Pisa everyone wants to see is amazing. Maurizio knows his facts, but he has little in the way of a narrative or story about Pisa and the building of the church and the tower and the baptistery. So if you ask you get info, but the tour doesn't have a sense of a plot.

She was excellent. The problem is that I have to compare her to Gregory, who was our docent in the Vatican on the 16th of July, 2011. He is a native english speaker with a tremendously vast knowledge. He was OUTSTANDING.

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