Self Guided Walking Tour of Siena

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Itinerary

1. Start your walk at the Piazza Salimbeni in the heart of Siena. Just open the app nearby to begin exploring a city that claims to be the true heir to Rome, founded by twins on horses of black and white!

   10 min

2. Stand in the world's most beautiful drainage basin, a red-brick amphitheater where the gravity of history pulls you toward the center of Sienese life.

   15 min

3. Observe this Gothic fortress where a lookout once screamed battle updates from the roof, now serving as a world-class conservatory for much more harmonious sounds.

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4. Behold the "maximalist" soul of the city, wrapped in zebra-striped marble to remind everyone that Siena’s roots are as fierce as the She-Wolf guarding its base.

   20 min

5. Check out the 13th-century watering hole that was so famous it got a shout-out in Dante’s Inferno and still serves as a neighborhood baptismal font for the "Goose" district.

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6. View the massive, austere brick fortress of faith that houses the mummified head of St. Catherine, the woman who successfully convinced the Pope to stop hiding in France.

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7. Wrap up your tour at St. Catherine's House. Take a moment to enjoy the view before ending your tour at the humble workshop of a dyer’s daughter who moved the Papacy and the heart of Siena.

   Passes by

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Siena

• Its from-price is 97% below the median of the 352 experiences we list in Siena.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 217 of 352.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Siena

Siena is a medieval Tuscan hill city of red-brown brick, known for its shell-shaped main square, its striped cathedral and the twice-yearly Palio.

Siena was Florence's great rival in the Middle Ages, and its historic centre, a UNESCO site, still looks much as it did then. Il Campo, the shell-shaped square, slopes down to the Palazzo Pubblico and its slender tower, the Torre del Mangia. The cathedral, striped in white and dark green marble, has a pavement of inlaid scenes and a library of painted manuscripts.

Top-ranked sights in Siena: Piazza del Campo, Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena), Mangia Tower (Torre del Mangia).

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