Piazza di San Pier Maggiore

This piazza is truly a lively piazza. It has all kinds of businesses! Produce store, newspaper, butcher, enoteca, gelateria, restaurants, pubs and gift stores. Not only that but here you can catch the nuns walking by, the accordion player, old italian men hitting on you, and a lady selling fruit and veggies who will yell at you if you touch her pomodori from her stand.
Still not cool enough for you? There is Arco San Pierino built in the 1170’s, part of the old city wall! The other arch you see, the actual «pretty» one is the remains of the San Pier Maggiore church that was built between the 1000 and 1300s, but demolished in 1783 cause it was not structurally stable so the beautiful arch is the only part that remains.
You want more? With Eby’s right there and several other watering holes around the area, at night there is a nice flow of people gettin’ their drink on or making their way to Santa Croce. Come at night and witness this become Party Piazza, where you can see study abroad students get wasted and crawl out of Lion’s Fountain Pub only to fall on their face. A real treat I tell you.