Location: Siena
Top Things to do in Siena
Top 10 Things to do Good for Kids in Siena, Tuscany
This Tuscan hill town will transport you back to the Middle Ages. Siena's grand cathedral, built in the 1200s, has treasured artworks and marvelous marble floors. The Piazza del Campo, the main town square, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's also home to the Palio, perhaps the most infamous horserace in the world. No goofy hats and mint juleps here—this is a medieval tradition involving bareback riders racing on cobblestones (so as you might imagine, it's quite dangerous). Siena is an easy daytrip by train from Florence, just 43 miles away.
Restaurants in Siena
1. Piazza del Campo
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5.0 based on 14,045 reviews
Siena's main square is the site of the famous Palio horse races that take place in July and August.
Reviewed By Y7972VAmichaelh
The vast bustling Piazza del Campo in Siena is famous for the Palio horse races which attract thousands of visitors each year and must be a truly awesome spectacle. This is a most interesting city to explore for the spiders-web of streets that circumnavigate the Piazza lead to quite unexpected places, shops, churches and beautiful vistas. A photographers dream where sunlight and shadow enhances the beauty of the architecture at all times throughout the day. Siena is a must, and don’t cut your visit short for there’s much to see and do.
2. Siena Walking Tours - Private Guided Tours with Costanza
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5.0 based on 153 reviews
Guided walking tours in Siena and in the main towns of its province with the local guide Costanza. Guided walks in the beautiful Tuscan countryside. Customized itineraries and wine tastings on request.
3. Stella Soldani Siena day tour guide
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5.0 based on 131 reviews
If you wish to visit Siena and Tuscany with a local fully licenced tourist guide I am very pleased to share my experience and passion with you, I am living in a unique medieval town and in a charming wine region, enjoy!
4. Siena in Tour con Alessia Quercioli
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5.0 based on 85 reviews
I'm a local tour guide for Siena and its amazing surrounding. I was born in Siena so I know the city very well and I can arrange tailored tours for you. I'm an expert of religious and art historian tours, I love working with families with kids and also with adults that want to discover my country. Of course it can't miss the focused tour on Palio horse race.
5. Guide in Siena
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5.0 based on 37 reviews
My name is Viviana, I am a REGIONE TOSCANA licenced tourist guide in the province of Siena, I live in Tuscany in a medieval village near Monteriggioni. I offer only private guided tours. With me you can visit and appreciate Siena, measure the height of the towers in San Gimignano, drive through the Classic Chianti area, taste the Brunello wine in Montalcino, discover Pienza and Montepulciano, learn everything about the Francigena way. Book a guided tour with guideinsiena, you'll get a key to reading this gorgeous territory!
6. Antonella Piredda
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5.0 based on 107 reviews
I am a qualified private tour guide for Tuscany, official cheese taster and wine expert. I have been taking clients from all over the world around Siena and the surrounding areas of Tuscany including San Gimignano, Pienza, Montalcino, Montepulciano and Cortona since 2006. I conduct different types of tours including art tours, wine tours in the Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti and Vino Nobile wine districts: artisans tours, garden tours as well as private wine, olive oil and cheese tastings. I have access to many famous and boutique wineries throughout the region and I thoroughly enjoy the pleasure my guests have in learning about and tasting wines and cheeses. I customize my tours and offers arranging special events (Palio tickets, private luncheons and visits, cooking classes) for different type of clients (individuals, groups, family reunions, families with kids, honeymooners, seniors etc).
7. La Fabbrica delle Candele
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5.0 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By RETIREDINCRETE
A most wonderful display of true artisan work in wax. Everything is unique from the smallest item to sunflowers, tulips, lilies, and candles of all shapes and sizes. The candles can be personalised as a lovely gift and if there is an 'o/0' in the name/date make it a heart. We will treasure the flowers and candles we bought along with the memory of the ladies in the shop and their passion for what they created.
8. 43° Parallelo
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5.0 based on 42 reviews
Environmental licensed guide. Planning and guiding service: Trekking, hiking, adventure travels Siena, Chianti, Toscana, Corsica, Sardegna, United States, etc.
9. Elena Sardelli - Siena and Tuscany Tour Guide
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5.0 based on 42 reviews
Tours and tips to travel around Tuscany. Insider travel advice to help you plan an authentic Italian vacation.
10. Centro Storico di Siena
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5.0 based on 2,424 reviews
Reviewed By asiyahnoemik - Pula, Croatia
A fantastic city that left us speechless. The historic center of the splendid Tuscan city is a treasure trove. Thanks to its urban and architectural characteristics, the historic center of Siena is a testimony of man's creative genius, and concretely expresses the artistic and aesthetic human capacity. Furthermore, the original example of figurative civilization, in architecture, painting, sculpture and urban planning, has determined an important cultural influence not only in the territory of the Republic of Siena, but also in Italy and Europe, in particular between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries . This is why Siena is one of the most excellent examples of an Italian medieval and Renaissance city. And above all, this is why she entered, with good reason, to be part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This is, in fact, the era when numerous artists had the opportunity to express their art here and the city was adorned with wonderful monuments, such as the Duomo, the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia. Piazza del Campo is the same where the famous Palio takes place. Full of restaurants and bars, it is famous for its characteristic trapezoidal shape, downhill towards the center, where the Gaia spring is found, a copy of the fifteenth-century work by Jacopo della Quercia. All around the square stand out the monumental buildings including Palazzo Sansedoni and Palazzo Pubblico. The height of the Torre del Mangia, which dates back to the forties of the fourteenth century of 102 meters, is equal to that of the bell tower of the Cathedral to symbolize the balance achieved between divine and earthly power. At the foot of the tower stands the Piazza Chapel, a marble tabernacle with splendid sculptures inserted in the Gothic niches. Even in addition to Piazza del Campo, however, it is a riot of art and architecture with the succession of churches, including San Domenico, San Francesco and Santa Maria dei Servi, and, of course, the spectacular Duomo, one of the greatest examples of Roman style Italian Gothic. Built around the 12th century, it has a Latin cross structure, a dome, a bell tower and its facade is all in white marble with red Siena and green alternations. Its interior houses precious works by Bernini, Donatello, Michelangelo and Pinturicchio.
