We are planning on visiting Pisa (well, the Leaning Tower at least) en route to Monterosso from Rome. We would leave our rolling suitcases in left luggage. Since we will also have our laptops with us in backpacks, I'm wondering whether it's safer to leave them in left luggage or take them with us. Seems like there's a theft risk either way. Can someone tell me what the left luggage at Pisa Centrale is like? Is it a self-serve storage locker (seems safer) or do you give your bags to an attendant who handles them?
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16893 posts
It is a bag storage office, which is the common practice in major Italian stations, not lockers. In some cases (e.g. at Roma Termini) only bags which you have locked are accepted (so staff cannot be accused of pilfering contents). I think a bag that remains under your control is the safer spot, but you're correct that there's some risk either way. If you don't really need laptops (e.g. for business), then I would prefer to travel with lighter electronics.
Posted by
OP
12 posts
We need the laptops with us for work. Is it a safe (enough) bet to leave the laptop bags with the staff with the main compartment of those bags locked so they cannot take out the laptop?
I'd prefer to do that over lugging the laptops to the Leaning Tower and back.
Posted by
Tampa, FL, USA
1054 posts
The bag storage building is at the end of the platform by the Polizia station. You give you bag to a man and he puts it on a rack in a room behind him. Just have your bag locked and don't tell anyone what's in it. You'll be fine. I haven't had any issue with left luggage in Pisa before. I also used it in Milan and no issues