Siena Tour
Our Siena Tours
Siena is a beautiful city of Tuscany, not particularly large, it still has a traditional charm that is typically Italian. Visiting Siena is a pleasurable experience that you can organise easily thanks to Tuscan Sunshine Tour. The Siena Tour lasts around 8 hours and includes the main artistic sites of the city.
Siena city Tour
Siena has been declared heritage of humanity by the UNESCO (organisation united nations for education, science and culture). It is a beautiful medieval city that rises on the hills roughly in the centre of the Tuscany region . The tour in Siena includes:
- The ‘Duomo’ is the Cathedral of ‘Santa Maria Assunta’, of the late gothic period that holds the Pulpit of ‘Nicolò Pisano’
- ‘Santa Maria alla Scala’, large museum, which was one of the leading hospitals in Europe
- ‘Piazza del Campo’, main square of Siena with its original shell shape
- ‘Palazzo del Comune’ city council next to the famous ‘Torre del Mangia’
The ‘Palio’ horse race of Siena
The city of Siena is very famous for the ‘Palio di Siena’ the horse race that takes place once a year in the square of ‘Piazza del Campo’. The ‘Palio di Siena’ is a traditional show that still uses the rules from 1644. The ‘Palio di Siena’ is a race between districts, 17 in total. It consists of a race between horses that can win even if they reach the finishing post without the jockey. All the city of Siena is involved in the race because it’s a show that the people of Siena hold very dear.
