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Small and walkable, lively town, interesting festivals
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Lots of visitors, I'm afraid, even out of season.
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An amazing place, the jewel of Tuscany!
139 Reviews On my first trip to Siena, I was simply amazed at the floors in the Cathedral – inlaid marble that make up pictures, geometric designs, mosaics, etc. It was simply amazing to me. The cathedral itself is unique looking with its black and white stripes (colors of Siena) and dates back to the 1200s,...
126 Reviews The center of town is the Piazza del Campo, a shell-shaped public square and the site of Siena’s two-times-a-year horse race, the Palio de Siena. As you look at the piazza, try to imagine it filled to the brim with people in the center and along the edges as the horses race around the outside of...
18 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...
13 Reviews This is where all the originals from the cathedral are kept – statues, windows, altar pieces. It protects them from the weather, vandalism, and gives them more correct temperatures and lighting in order to maintain the art. The original stained glass window is at the end of a room filled with...
11 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"...
16 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...
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...
10 Reviews Loggia della Mercanzia, also known as Loggia di San Paolo or Loggia dei Nobili is typical of Sienese architecture from Medieval to Renaissance. It is located at the point known as Croce del Travaglio from where one can reach the all directions of the town. Loggia was designed between 1417 and 1428...
3 Reviews and 284 Opinions This was the most magical place we stayed the summer of 2005. We spent almost 2 months throughout...
1 Review and 444 Opinions Out of the five hotels we stayed at in Italy, this was by far our favorite. Large rooms and...
Brivido Gelato: eat some gelato!
brendareed Says: Italians know how to make gelato and they know how to display it! While in Siena, my husband had to try it…you know, just to see how Siena’s gelato compared to Florence and San Gimignano. So far, he hasn’t found one he doesn’t like! We stopped at corner shop near the Piazza...
joiwatani Says: I noticed that parking in Siena is difficult because there is not a lot of space to maneuver a car. The residents park on the side of the street making the street tinier. The motobikes, I guess, is the best mode of transportation here.
De Miccoli: Pizzicheria - delizie Toscane
croisbeauty Says: De Miccoli is shop offering salami, cheese, olive oil, wines, drinks, truffles, sandwiches, all in a typical Italian relaxing atmosphere, maybe too relaxed. The ambient is an old fashionable shops from 60's of last sentury and it makes it special and cosy.The shop isn't...
when to take photos and when not to
brendareed Says: There is lots of fine art in Siena – in museums, in churches, in other buildings, outside. And there are lots of people that want to take pictures of this art. Many places will permit you to take photos but without a flash. And that is with good reason – over time the...
joiwatani Says: The pigeons in Europe are notorious. They are so many of them and being fed by the locals. I had seen pigeos every plaza and park I went. In Siena, the pigeons hang out on the edges of the fountain.Watch out for them when they fly above you because sometimes they poop! One...
8 Reviews From the campanile you have the best view down to Piazza del Campo, that is devided into 9 parts by stripes in the pavement, as 9 districts of Siena built their council here in Palazzo Publico
4 Reviews Libreria Piccolomini is built inside a seperate room of the " Duomo Santa Maria Assunta " You have to pay an entrance-fee of about 2 € at the desk and may enter the Libreria Piccolomini through the door on my picture.. And when you click on my picture, you may as well see the giant dimensions of...
3 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...
Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
4 Reviews Chiesa Santissima Anunziata This church is just opposite the main entrance of the Duomo, and from outside it does not look at all like a church, so it might be easily overseen Simply enter the door of the museum " Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scale " (and you will see how beautifully the...
4 Reviews Battistero di San Giovanni is certainly worth a visit, as it is just a few steps from the Duomo and it even opens already at 09.00 a.m. - a time , when most of the other museums are still closed, and maybe you come to the Duomo during church-service and will be asked to leave again until the service...
joiwatani Says: 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...
croisbeauty Says: Via di Cita is the main street of Siena and considered the most elegant in the city. It is formerly Via Galgaria, the street of shoemakers and most of the locals still call it by that name. This street is shopping paradise of Siena offering fancy cloths, fine shoes, Tuscany...
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Q: Where is the best place to rent a car in Siena? We are staying in a B and B near San Francesco Church and know that AutoEurope...
A: Googlemaps will show you where 'Viale Europa, Siena' is (quite some way from the historical centre). I can't recommend any particular hire company but would suggest...
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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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