Pisa

There is actually a town called Pisa in Italy. And in Pisa, there is actually a leaning tower. The tower is located withing the old walled city along with a church and a baptistry and such. That would be the leaning tower in the intro photo. The baptistry is shown below.Pisa takes the prize for being the most blatantly touristic city that we've visited. To get to the town square where the tower is located, you have to run the gantlet of hucksters and merchants selling counterfeit purses and clothing and souvenirs Once you get to the town center though, the landmarks are pretty cool though. Even though the place looks just like all the pictures, it was still nice to see in person. The weather was gorgeous and, being the off-season, the crowds were pretty small. The leaning tower was built as a bell tower for the church above. The church itself is worth seeing - very pretty with lots of artwork inside an a very intricate wooden ceiling.
It seems like in every tourist spot we visit we run into the Peruvian Pan Flute dudes or the Singing Native Americans. No Peruvians in Pisa. But the Indians were there.