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The Palio is a fast horse-racing in Siena and it is actually done twice a year. The Palio attracts a lot of tourists and visitors in Siena and the expectators surround the Piazza del Campo-which is turned into a horse-racing arena. The people fill the bricked piazza with soil so it won't be hard on the feet of the horses!
I just can't imagine how many loads of soil to cover the whole piazza but what I have heard from the locals is that they surely do!
During the Palio, all the hotels and restaurants are packed! Most of the hotels are booked six months in advance. There are thousands and thousands of visitors coming to see the Palio.
Written Nov 13, 2011
Address: Piazza del Campo
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The rivalry between Tuscany's two major cities Florence and Siena hasn't really died down with the advent of peace in the peninsula. Today, a Serie A match between the two cities' flagship football clubs - Fiorentina of Florence and Siena's AC Siena - is probably as dramatic a bloody battle in the Middle Ages.
If you have the chance to see a Fiorentina-AC Siena match, grab that opportunity, not for the football that is played, but more so to experience a classic Florence-Siena rivalry. While in Siena, I did have this chance, and I was fortunate to stay at a hotel that strategically overlooks Siena's main football field (capacity: < 16,000). Not a really a big football fan, but the game proved exciting all the same, just by watching the fans' more-than-usual passion for their respective teams.
Updated Jul 24, 2009
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Soccer games in Italy are always exciting, yet moreso exciting are games in small sleepy towns - you find out rather quickly that the residents aren't so laid-back and show their true passions. Seating can be cheap if it's not an important game - 1 euro or so. the "Red Curve" is the cheapest seating athough not the best, but it definitely lets you take in the atmosphere!
Written Feb 17, 2003
Address: Soccer stadium
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To go on the top of Torre del Mangia!!!
Equipment: This is the face of who arrives to the top!!! ;-))))
Written Jun 19, 2003
It´s quite a high tower.......This is me at one of the rare corners in the tower, where you can take a rest and let people pass.......
Equipment: Shoes are recommended!
Written Nov 21, 2002
Address: Piazza Il Campo
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It´s quite a high tower.......This is me at one of the rare corners in the tower, where you can take a rest and let people pass....... Shoes are recommended!
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Siena: a good place to learn Italian :-)
So this was my “entry” into famed Toscana. I don’t like the Toscana very much, especially because of the hype people create around it. It is as if many non Italians reduce Italy to Toscana only and......
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The very first view I had at the town of Siena was indeed spectacular. I came to town around 7:00PM and have parked my car next to the huge fortress of Medici, opposite to which, on the next hilltop,...
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Siena deserves to be one of the top tourist attractions in Tuscany. Even filled to the brim with tour groups it is still enchanting. Surely no one can fail to be captivated by the wonderful Piazza del...
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The rivalry between Tuscany's two major cities - Florence and Siena - is anything but legendary. Rivals since the Middle Ages, Florence was identified with the pro-pope Guelphs while Siena sided with...
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