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Overview

The Michelin Green Guide describes, “Siena is a mystic, gentle city of art and architecture with a passionate and generous soul…,” neatly capturing the city’s essence. There is something difficult to encapsulate the immense appeal that Siena exerts, making her many a visitor’s favorite city in . She is elegant and gracious, having refined with age much as her world famous wines. She is hearty, unpretentious, and welcoming, like her thick, bready soups on windy days. Her vigorous spirit of community meets in a backdrop of proud, distinguished history, and all is open to the curious visitor. As the inscription on her Porta Camollia gate reads:

Cor Magis Tibi Siena Pandit

One translation goes, “Siena opens her heart to you as wide as her gate.”

Historical Overview

How a thriving city becomes a medieval time capsule:

The Sienese claim to have been descended from the twin sons of Remus, whom Romulus expelled from Rome, and statues of the fabled she-wolf abound to assert her place in the city’s classical history. In the Middle Ages, Siena rose to greatness as a spot on the Via Francigena, the pilgrimage route from Northern Europe to Rome. Siena flourished as one of Europe’s largest cities from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries, larger than Paris or London and

- 65 - rivaling . Artistic projects proliferated, filling Siena with an aperitivo in one of the cafes lining the Campo. Watch the crowds Gothic masterpieces. In 1348, the plague hit, killing three quarters taking their afternoon strolls from this perfect vantage point and if of the Sienese population. This in combination with a banking you’re lucky, the mime in the red beret who prays on unsuspecting failure left Siena a shadow of its former powerful self. Centuries of passers-by. struggle against Florence ended in 1555, when Siena was the last Tuscan city to fall to Medici Florence. Touring “Isolated, defeated, and subjugated, Siena has become a wonderful historical fossil, and The following section begins with the main art and historical sites when it really comes down to it, in the debased in Siena. What follows is a more in depth tour of local culture, of today, she is the winner. Go and by means of exploring the world famous Palio horse race, a see the Palio and attempt to understand it. If uniquely Sienese feature and point of particular interest to most you do, then you will realize that you have not visitors. seen a game, or a festival, but something truly unique in anthropology, the secret and hidden Siena proper can warrant years of exploration. Its Roman grid is a (well, perhaps not so hidden) motive force of a maze of concentric circles and spidery arteries pumping from the city. In it are the courage, ferocity, pride, thirst central , one of Europe’s largest and most for adventure and love of hazard of one of the picturesque piazzas. Its fan shaped paving is divided into nine greatest and most glorious peoples on the face sections, representing the nine magistrates who represented Siena’s of the earth.” various guilds in government during the city’s most prosperous years in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. At the top ~ F r a n c o C a r d i n i , T u s c a n y of the fan is the , whose name celebrates the ‘gaiety’ when the city’s network of fountains were completed in 1348, as Thus, as Cardini demonstrates in the introduction to his work, Siena unlike its Tuscan counterparts is not situated on a river. Also Tuscany, the fall of Siena is precisely what preserves it as a medieval in the Campo, one finds Siena’s most characteristic monument, the treasure in post- Italy, but also a chance to observe the (0577292226, open daily 10 a.m.—7 p.m.) with raw spirit and rhythms of a long-refined and authentic culture. its Mangia Tower offering an outstanding view of the city and its surrounding countryside. An ideal day in Siena could take many forms, but it would likely start with a cappuccino at Nannini. Continue with morning visits The palace houses a museum of Sienese painting, including to the Palazzo Pubblico (or another historical / artistic monument of Martini’s Maestà and perhaps the most famous Medieval your choice) and most importantly, the Duomo, before taking lunch fresco, Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good and Bad in a small restaurant off the tourist circuit. On a sunny day, you Government. Indeed, for the art lover, no other location in Italy can may opt for a picnic by a fountain or in the Campo. Work off lunch offer the wealth and quality of medieval works than within by exploring several of the town’s contrada neighborhoods and doing some shopping on the Banchi di Sopra. Finish with a tea or

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In the surrounding city, an array of palaces and churches demonstrate civic and non-secular architecture. Siena’s Santa Maria Assunta, or Duomo (0577283048, open daily 7:30 a.m.—7:30 p.m.), a twelfth-century cathedral, rivals Florence as a dictionary of Italian greats.

The facade of Palazzo Pubblico

Santa Maria Assunta

Its collection includes a pulpit by Nicola Pisano and Arnolfo di Cambio, sculptures by Michelangelo, Donatello, and Bernini, Pinturicchio’s frescoed Piccolomini library (a must-see), and frescoes by Lorenzo Ghiberti and . The entire marble floor is carved in cartoon allegorical figures and Biblical scenes although to reduce wear, much is covered except during the period from mid-September to mid-November when it is possible to view them in their entirety. The Capella della Madonna del A view of the Mangia tower from the top of the Voto is the design of Bernini and includes two of his statures as well as an altar with angels by his design. Beside the chapel is a Duomo’s unfinished wing wall of votive offerings for prayers answered which include a few by winning jockeys in the Palio horse race.

- 68 - - 69 - The Duomo’s museum next door is located in what would have been Pietro Lorenzetti, Matteo di Giovanni, Lippo Memmi, and Andrea the entrance of the cathedral before the project was abandoned. Here Vanni, a friend of Catherine herself. San Francesco boasts no one can see ’s Maestà, the largest painting from medieval such intriguing reliquaries, but several detached frescoes of note by times and among the most famous. End your tour of the Museo Sassetta and the Lorenzettis. dell’ Opera del Duomo (open daily) by climbing the incomplete west work of what would have been Italy’s largest cathedral had not Also worth mention on an art and historical tour of the city are the plague and various banking failures so crippled the city. The the palaces built by Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world’s skeleton of the never-realized church stands today a reminder of the oldest bank in continued operation. Sienese banking families traded city’s former greatness. with pilgrims on the Via Francigena as far back as the twelfth- century, although Monte dei Paschi dates to the fifteenth when it Also of interest is the Palazzo della Papesse (Via di Città 126), was a lending institution as the city recovered from its fourteenth- one of Siena’s only Renaissance buildings, which was commissioned century crash. Its three attached Renaissance palaces on the Piazza by the great Humanist Puis II for his sister. The building is of Salimbeni of the Banchi di Sopra house its offices and the bank’s architectural interest and offers the least exacting aerial view of the phenomenal art collection. The collection includes Sano di Pietro’s city, because an elevator takes you to its top floor loggia, from which Deposition among other works and is available by appointment you can see across to the Duomo and down into the Campo. The only, so it will be necessary to arrange ahead with your Finocchieto Papesse currently houses a contemporary art museum with changing hosting staff or your guide to visit. exhibits. Across the street is the Palazzo Chigi-Saracini (Via di Città 82), a Gothic building of particular elegance that houses Finally, if your travels in the area have familiarized you with the the Accademia Chigiana with a small art collection including works artwork of Antonio Bazzi, or Il Sodoma, the church of Santo by Botticelli and Donatello. The palace is one of the world’s great Spirito, located off the beaten track on the Via dei Pispini houses a aristocratic residences. Throughout the year, the Accademia holds chapel by Il Sodoma that is worth seeing. A nice spot on sunny days musical programs in its fabulously ornate neo-eighteenth-century is Siena’s Orto dei Pecci, the large garden behind the Palazzo concert hall as well as elsewhere in the city and surrounding areas. Pubblico and the Loggia dei Mercanti where in the summer, there Further up the Via di Città and left on the Via San Pietro leads to the is (usually) a falconry show starting at 2:30. Pinacoteca Nazionale (0577281161, open daily) in the Palazzo Buonsignori. This painting gallery watches the development of Siena is a city full of worthy sightseeing destinations; however, Sienese painting starting in the twelfth-century and through the one of its most distinct pleasures is its cohesiveness and character. Renaissance, with works by Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers, and With that in mind, one would do well to take time to wander its characteristic streets haphazardly. Faced with the contradiction Il Sodoma. inherent in offering such a route, this writer still cannot resist but to Siena’s San Domenico and San Francesco represent the two great mention a particular street found on one such wandering. Behind medieval orders, the Dominicans and the Franciscans, and their the Campo between the Banchi di Sotto and the Via S. Martino size suggests the power and wealth these groups once represented is a tiny enclosed vicolo (alleyway). As the name, Vicolo degli in the city. San Domenico, where Saint Catherine is supposed Orefici suggests, the street once housed Siena’s jeweler’s district. to have received the stigmata, houses the Capella di Santa Caterina Sienese jewelers in the fourteenth-century, known for translucent and a reliquary with her head. There are also important works by polished enamels, chose to work from here thanks to the protective

- 70 - - 71 - quality of the narrow, dead-end street. I first happened by on an particular contrada will tell for the rest of their lives. October Sunday, when every door and window onto the alleyway were thrown open so that the women could yell to each other as The race is, however, merely the culmination of a year round they prepared Sunday lunch. The effect was that of a large, open cultural phenomenon. Siena is the only place in the world where hallway, rather than a series of houses, and my first true Italian by tradition, all Christian children are baptized twice, first in the “slice of life.” customary individual ceremony, second in a once-yearly mass baptism held in his or her contrada’s historic fountain and chapel. There, on the day of that particular contrada’s patron saint, the year’s The Palio worth of new babies are baptized into the contrada. It is a title that is carried with pride through a lifetime and one that is quite difficult to achieve by any other rite than by birth. It is said that to a Sienese, Ninety seconds when the entire city stops. one’s contrada supersedes any other titles or obligations, besides If what you seek to experience abroad is an authentic slice of life, those to one’s immediate family. It is easy to see the tight control of Sienese life imposed by the contrade, visibly in the brightly colored little can top Siena’s Palio race, held every July 2 and August 16. On these days, the city’s historic neighborhoods, called contrade, flags that mark each neighborhood and the crowds of children who compete in a no holds barred, bareback horse race around the city’s gather in the streets, practicing cadences and flag tossing for the main piazza, the Campo, which is covered in dirt and lined with honor of representing their contrade in upcoming parades. Less protective mattresses for the occasion. Passions are high and the visible, the Sienese will tell you that the contrade are responsible city pulsates with the combined excitement of its 60,000 inhabitants for the city’s low rates of drug use and idleness among teenagers, and many visitors. for civic pride and upkeep, and even for well stocked blood banks in the city’s hospital. It is a society that fiercely takes care of its own. It is also a fiercely competitive society. The term contrada

For ninety seconds, the thousands of spectators hold one collective breath as the horses make three breakneck trips around the Campo and a new champion is crowned. This is the stuff of legends; every year is the sort of miraculous triumph of which the members of that

- 72 - - 73 - comes from the Latin for ‘against’ and it is common to say that they Shopping fightcane gatto, like dog and cat. Siena’s shopping is nowhere near as haute as Florence. There are several upscale designer boutique, Abbigliamento Cortecci on the Banchi di Sopra (no.27) and Tru Trussardi (no.55/57) and several good shoe and leather stores, including chains like Furla. The main drag begins at the Piazza Salimbeni and continues down the Banchi di Sopra toward the Campo. From this point on there are a few good stores down the Banchi di Sotto and a few more up the Via di Città, but little else. Rather, this is a place to concentrate on local specialties. The area around the Duomo boasts several good pottery stores jam packed with hand painted wares, as does the Via Mattioli on the southern edge of town. Look for Ceramiche Santa Caterina.

Food shopping is the most prevalent. Nannini (Banchi di Sopra 24) houses a great selection of local specialty desserts like cantucci, ricciarelli, and panforte. For a truly colorful spot where the owner tends to put on a great show, try Antica Pizzicheria al Palazzo If it is your first time in Siena, or you are not versed in the utter della Chigiana (Via di Città 93/95). Antonio de Miccoli’s shop centrality of the Palio and contrada culture in Sienese life, I is as typical as one could possibly want, with meats and dried recommend seeing the video offered at the theater in the Piazza pastas hanging from the ceiling and a row of hearty men in white Tolomei just steps from the Campo on the Banchi di Sopra, or coats waiting behind the counter. For something more upscale, try watching our personal copy in the Borgo’s screening room before Morbidi (Banchi di Sopra 73/75), a cafe and deli whose owners going. If this phenomenon piques your interest, it is possible to produce quality artisan cheeses and salamis, as well as a good spend a day observing the culture of the Palio. Each of the seventeen number of sauces and interesting condiments to take home. contrade has its own fountain, church, offices, and museum. The museums vary a great deal according to each contrada’s financial The Medici Fortress in the northwest corner of town houses the resources and Palio success, but the best have impressive collection Enoteca Italiana, notably Italy’s largest national wine collection of costumes, weapons, other artifacts, and of course, the collection with a thousand wines represented. You can sample from the of previously won banners. The museums are open by appointment three dozen or so bottles they open daily. If you don’t wish to only so it will be necessary to plan ahead with our staff or your venture so far from the historic center for wine, try the Enoteca guide. The fountains are all outdoors and a series makes for a great San Domenico (Via del Paradiso 56) which has a reputation for walking tour of the city, with perfect places to stop for rests and a stocking quality wines from small producers. They also make their picnic lunch. own panforte fruit and nut cake.

Wednesday brings an enormous market to envelop the area

- 74 - - 75 - between the Piazza Gramsci and the Fortezza in the northwest certainly far exceed the average bar, the same table is yours for as corner of town. People from all around the province come here to long as you want without taking a meal. People-watching in the do their weekly shopping. Large strips of stalls devote themselves Campo can’t be beat. Watch out for the mime in the red beret, who to house wares, toiletries, belts, clothes, jewelry, and shoes. On the plays tricks on unsuspecting passers-by. back stretch of La Lizza, as the market area is called, is a row of florists. Down the steps toward the fortress leads to the food section of the market. Here, Sardinians sell fresh buffalo mozzarella and green grocers display an enormous range of produce like Sicilian Light Options: Groceries / Delis / Cafes blood oranges and sun dried tomatoes. There is also a good amount of cooked meat, fried vegetables, cheese, and other snacks that La Fontana della Frutta (Piazza Indipendenza) is a beautiful would make for an excellent picnic. grocery store one block off the main drag with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, dried bulk foods, and a stuffed to the brim case There is also a monthly antique market on the third Sunday in the of prepared foods and desserts. This is a favorite spot to gather a Loggiati di San Domenico, although it is suspended in July picnic lunch for the nearby Campo. Morbidi (Via Banchi di Sopra and August. 73/75) is a Siena institution just steps from the Campo. Morbidi has the foods one would expect from an Italian deli case and plenty of canned sauces and jams for souvenirs and presents. The downstairs Dining dining room has a good buffet. Café Alfieri (Via di Pantaneto) is a bar in conjunction with an Internet Train (internet point chain) that offers elaborate coffee drinks, a case with several pastas Lunches in Siena can range from the simple to the elegant. If you or pizzas heated up to order, and a sandwich bar, from which one prefer something light that lets you spend more time out in Siena, chooses bread, cheese, meat, vegetables, and sauce. They also make consider grabbing a picnic from one of the food stores listed below, great salads. This is a student place, and thus, naturally low on or a panino from a bar, then proceeding to one of the contrada ambiance and high on value. fountains to eat. One nearby option is the Torre contrada’s modern fountain, recognizable by a bronze elephant with a tower on its back, located on the Via di Salicotto two blocks behind the Palazzo Pubblico in the Campo and overlooking Siena’s communal garden, Restaurants the Orto dei Pecci. A favorite destination for an elegant, sit down lunch is Osteria If you prefer a sit down lunch, there is still a wide range of options, Le Logge (Via del Porrione 33, 057748013, Closed Monday). listed below. Siena sees enough day trippers that a number of low Although recommended by many guides, this restaurant, owned quality restaurants lure travelers in with good locations and then by a Montalcino vintner’s widow, attracts a well heeled Italian overcharge for the seat. As such, try to avoid meals in the Campo crowd. The space is beautiful and meticulously done, like eating in itself. The better option is to take a lunch somewhere else, then a British tea room. The food is a mix of Tuscan classics and more proceed to the Campo when you need to put your feet up, for an adventurous options, all seasonal. The downstairs dining room is afternoon tea, coffee, or aperitivo. Although the price per drink will not large and the upstairs short on ambiance, so be sure to make a

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Even a step further upscale is Tullio ai Tre Cristi Enoteca Naturally, the biggest event of the year is the Palio on July 2 and Ristorante (Vicolo di Provenzano 1/7, 0577280608, open daily). August 16, with events leading up to the big races taking place in A few blocks from the Campo, find Tullio by following the signs the week before. Two months after each race, the winning contrada starting in the Piazza Tolomei on Banchi di Sopra. The menu is celebrates with a feast in the streets, for which tickets are on sale fixed, based on whatever fresh seafood the chef is preparing on a ahead of time. The Onda (‘wave’) contrada celebrates the particular day. A lunch includes an antipasto, primi, secondi, and Festa di on March 19. Go for the fried rice fritters. Each dolce and will run about €50 with wine. The service is attentive, the San Giuseppe pace slow, and the food, elegant. Many locals consider this to be the contrada arranges its own children into a procession for the Festa best restaurant in Siena and its slightly out of the way location make della Madonna on September 8th. it less of a tourist destination. Siena is full of special musical performances, particularly in the For a hearty family atmosphere and a lower price, there are many summer. The Accademia Chigiana hosts events year round (057722091) and a prestigious classical musical festival in the summer options. Try Trattoria la Torre (7—9 Via Salicotto, 0577287548, called state usicale higiana. iena azz (0577271401) Closed Thursday) right behind the Campo for an open kitchen- E M C S J takes place in July and August, alternating events between Siena dining room, excellent handmade pasta, and a vigorous welcome. and the surrounding towns, including Buonconvento. In summers, Another good option along the same vein is Cane e Gatto (Via the Orto dei Pecci garden behind the Campo hosts various events. Pagliaresi 6, , Closed Thursday) for Tuscan cooking with 0577220751 Falconry shows can be arranged for groups daily at 2:30 p.m. a slightly new edge and a friendly mood. (3334499345). In June, “Music behind the tower” concerts are free Another favorite for a light (or heavy if you prefer) but relaxed every evening at 7:30, or include dinner for €10. lunch (though often with terse service) is Enoteca I Terzi (Via dei Termini 7, 057744329, Closed Sunday). Enoteca I Terzi is not only a destination for a wine lover, although its list of wines by the glass Arriving in Siena offers plenty of chances for enjoyment. Rather, it is an excellent spot to escape the crowds of Siena for a lunch that can be as light or as decadent as one might want. The menu changes every two The quickest road to Siena is the S2. Take a left from Buonconvento weeks, with chalk-written specials that reference the flavors of the at the Shell station and follow the signs for Siena. Although you season. All are single plate meals, some cold and light like a salad will stay on the S2 the entire time, this includes a brief bypass of rabbit and thinly sliced green apple drizzled with aged balsamic, around Monteroni d’Arbia that begins in a roundabout about 10 others hearty: pasta in a simple ragù or duck sliced and alternately km after you start on the S2. After the bypass, go straight several drizzled with pesto and tomato basil sauces. There is also traditional more kilometers until you reach the first stop light you see. Signs enoteca fare: meat plates, olives, bruschetta, and elaborate cheese will point left to Siena Parking and Florence. Straight goes to the plates. Porta Romana. Here, you have a choice: Left for parking at Il Campo, Santa Caterina, Stadio, Fortezza, and others. Straight will eventually take you to parking at San Francesco and to the train

- 78 - - 79 - station. Suggestions for parking lots follow below. After about 6 kilometers, the road takes you to the tiny brick town of Radi. Here, follow signs to Siena, about 7 more kilometers on the white road take you to the S2 several kilometers south of Siena. An Alternate, Scenic Route

The quickest route to Siena unfortunately is a tour of the flat, Parking industrial architecture that sprang up in Italy midway through the twentieth-century. There are several alternate routes that offer The narrow, medieval streets of Siena’s city center are closed to non beautiful glimpses of the countryside. residential vehicles. Luckily, a collection of parking lots and decks surround its walls, with an average cost of €1.60 per hour. Take a ticket to enter and pay by inserting the ticket in the machine before p t i o n u sc a n y l i g h t : My preferred O 1 - T ‘ ’ you return to your car. route to Siena sticks to flat top roads and adds between 5 and 10 minutes to the 30 minute drive to Siena. This beautiful road winds through magnificent rolling hills of the Val d’Arbia where sheep I l C a m p o : This is a large parking deck several blocks graze and cypresses stud every ridge. It is very lightly trafficked behind the Campo. Besides being convenient, it affords a great and well marked, so considering the reward, entirely worth the view of the garden behind the Campo and the city’s skyline that slight effort. Don’t be surprised, however, if you find your progress makes for a pleasant walk. As drawbacks, it is a popular place to interrupted by a herd of sheep crossing the road. From Bibbiano, park and quite a ways off the main road. Exit left off the S2 at the follow signs left toward Murlo where otherwise you would continue stoplight, bear right, and look for signs. The turnoff for Il Campo downhill into Buonconvento. Follow this road the 10 km through Parking is marked with a sign that reads LIBERO for spaces the small town of Vescovado di Murlo. At the stop sign, take a right free, COMPLETO for full, although the notices are not perfectly where the sign says for Siena, and a subsequent left at the next stop reliable. Continue uphill for several minutes and follow the signs. sign. This road winds 8 km before returning to the S2 at Lucignano As you exit the deck, you will have an aerial view of the Orto dei d’Arbia, just before the Monteroni bypass described above. Pecci garden below in the U shape made by the city. Head toward the tall Mangia bell tower, which stands in the town’s main piazza, the Campo. O p t i o n 2 - T u sc a n y b y B a c k R o a d s : This route uses strade bianche (white, dirt roads) to access the S2 just south of Siena. As such, it allows the best possible access to S a n t a C a t e r i n a : This parking deck is very farms, vineyards, and unspoiled views. It is also more hazardous conveniently located, but the previously requisite uphill climb into driving and should never be undertaken when the ground is soaked town is not for the faint of heart and dissuades most drivers. Now, from rain but will be dusty on very dry days. Start as the route below, a brand new escalator complex gives you the best of both worlds, taking a left toward Murlo from Bibbiano. After passing through but is not well marked. After parking, walk uphill about 150 meters Vescovado (about 10 km), veer left toward Grosseto. Several through the town gate. Turn right where a small white sign shows hundred meters ahead, turn right onto the white road toward Radi. a staircase denoting the SCALAMOBILE (moving staircase). The

- 80 - - 81 - escalator is in a new, brick and glass building. Six flights deposit you clockwise. After a short distance you reach a T where you must immediately below the Duomo. From here you can follow signs to turn left to continue circling the walls. Follow signs for parking the Campo. If you prefer to walk, as you might consider on market at San Francesco. Once parked, cross the road to where a series day, read on: of escalators thankfully escorts you within the walls and up to the level of the center at the foot of the San Francesco church. After a short climb uphill to the Fontebranda (now an enormous pigeon bath), the road veers right. On market days, take the staircase to your left, which leads to Santa Caterina, San Domenico, and the Wednesday market stalls. Otherwise, go straight. Via Santa General Information Caterina leads uphill to Banchi di Sopra and the Campo. While the initial climb will challenge most, I equate this with the SCUBA Tourist Office: Piazza del Campo 56, 0577280551 rule of swimming at first against the current so you can ride it back when you tire later. After a morning of touring and a hearty lunch in For events organized by the City Administration: 0577292215 Il Campo, Santa Caterina is a quick roll back to the car.

F o r t e z z a / S t a d i o : If walking MUST be kept to a minimum, these two lots at least have the advantage of depositing Tourist Information and Assistance you on the same level as the center of town and thus avoiding any hilly climbs. They are harder to find and parking here is at a premium, so otherwise they are best left alone. To access these lots, Tourism Promotion Company 0577280551 turn left on the S2 and follow the signs carefully for Parking Stadio or Fortezza. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled! Siena’s Stadio Association of Tour Guides 057743273 is located very near to the center of town, across from the Piazza Matteotti and the Banchi di Sopra. This is also the best place to park if you plan on visiting the Enoteca Italiana in the Medici fortress. City Authorities

On the other side of town: City Police 0577292550

S a n F r a n c e sc o : Though not quite as close to the Police station 0577201111 city’s center, San Francesco is significantly closer to the S2, so if you prefer to spend less time in the car and more time on foot, this Carabinieri - 112 / 057742356 is a good alternative. After going straight through the stoplight on the S2, ride on toward Siena. At the next stoplight, shortly before Firefighters - 115 / 0577248911 the Porta Romana blocks your way into the center, turn right. Here, you wind your way around the outer wall of the city, counter- Traffic police - 0577292550

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Municipality of Siena - 057792111 Hospital “Le Scotte” (Viale Bracci) - 0577585111 Public relations office, Municipality of Siena - 0577292230 Emergency Room - 0577585807 / 0577585808 Prefect - 0577201111 Ambulance and Emergency Room Doctor – 118

How to get around Timing in Brief Taxi: Radiotaxi - 057749222

(very limited vehicles available with motorized services for • 45 minute drive to Siena and park the disabled) • 10 minute walk to town center

TRAIN Bus (local and non-local bus services) - 0577204111 • 2 hour (minimum) town exploration

Sena Bus Services 0577247934 / 0577283203 • 90 minutes lunch

ACI (Automobile Club) – 116 (roadside assistance) • 10 minute walk to car • 45 minutes return to Borgo Ampugnano Airport - 0577392226 • Approximately 5 hours

◊ Add approximately 1 hour per major museum / monument visit Parking ◊ ◊ Be sure to save time for diversions, casually strolling the streets and crowd watching in the Campo. Siena Parcheggi - 0577228711

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