Pro
Small and walkable, lively town, interesting festivals
Con
Lots of visitors, I'm afraid, even out of season.
In a nutshell
An amazing place, the jewel of Tuscany!
113 Reviews Several years after our five week tour of Italy, Nancy and I still remember the cathedral at Siena as the one with the elaborate floor. It is a beautiful building in many aspects, but its inlaid marble mosaic floor is so unique as to make it memorable. The massive task of enlaying the floor panels...
114 Reviews For most of us, the Palazzo Pubblico (City Hall) and its adjacent Torre del Mangia are little more than a spectacular backdrop to Siena's grand meeting place - the Piazza del Campo. These iconic landmarks are well worthy of attention on their own merits. Construction of the palace began in 1297,...
11 Reviews Jutting out from the side of the Cathedral of Siena, this most unusual structure at first seems like an old ruined cathedral. Except it is not a ruin, but an unfinished structure. It is all that is left from the grandest of ambitions of the ephemeral Republic of Siena, which ended with the Plague of...
9 Reviews The Civic Museum is in the town hall and is full of art that mixes both the religious with the secular. While there is lots of see in the museum, you do not want to miss two things – the Maesta by Simone Martini and the Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government. They are actually located in...
9 Reviews Two times a year, at the beginning of july and at mid august, Siena celebrates the Palio. Don't even think that the Palio is something arranged for tourists or a staged manifestation. People in Siena "live" the Palio. Everyone in Siena grows up with a sharp feeling of belonging to a "contrada"...
6 Reviews The Enoteca Italiana is located within the walls of the 16th century Fortezza Medicea, and the primary objective of this government-owned institution is to promote Italian wines. Over 1,500 bottles of wine are on display in the cellars, and every day different wines can be sampled in the tasting...
11 Reviews I have been impressed throughout our tour of Tuscan towns by the ancient walls that are still intact. Coming from somewhere where chain link or white picket fences are the norm, it is terrific to see history everywhere you go. While I've been impressed, I won't be rushing home to build my own...
5 Reviews Located on via di Città, the commercial heart of Siena in mediaeval times, la Loggia della Mercanzia was the merchants' entrepôt. It was built in the first half of the 15th century at a transition point in architecture from Gothic to Renaissance styles, as evidenced in the use of rounded arches with...
2 Reviews Really exists only one sword in the stone, all over the world. It's S.Galgano's sword. We find it in Tuscany, between Monticiano (Siena) and Chiusdino, near the wonderful ruins of an impressive Abbey without roof with a meadow of green grass as floor and one sword in the stone. A lot of Britan...
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