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Tips

• .TIP: from KarinK
  As for getting to Siena from Florence, make sure you take the bus and not the train. It is a bit faster and goes directly into Siena. Take the Siena Rapida from the SITA bus station (very close to the Florence train station). They leave every hour at 10min after the hour. Have fun!
• .TIP: from quiqueg
  I can recommend you this family run restaurant south of Siena; it's called "da Vestro" and it's on the outskirts of Monticiano, near San Galgano Abbey, where you'll probably want to go. The restaurant has great cuisine and it's also a small hotel. see: www.davestro.it
• .TIP: Hotel Tip from Cristina
  The best place to stay in Siena is the Palazzo Ravizza www.palazzoravizza.it/ They have an amazing restaurant. Another great restaurant just repened under new management and is wonderful. I took a friend there and she and I had a pork carpaccio that was to die for. The restaurant is Guidoriccio and is right to the right of the town hall in Piazza del Campo. Via G. Dupre, Telephone number is 0577-44350.
• .TIP: Trattoria Papei
  Piazza del Mercato 6, 53100, Siena. Telephone: +39 0577280894. Restaurant serving regional cuisine. Garden or terrace.

Dining

• Liberamente Osteria
  Piazza Il Campo, 27, 53100, Siena. Telephone +39 0577 274733. Good wine bar, and very nice complementary appetizers, located in the Piazza il Campo.
• Osteria da Divo
  via Franciosa 25/29, 53100, Siena. Telephone: +39 0577 286054. Only a few steps from the Cathedral (Duomo) and Piazza del Campo is the "Antica Osteria Da Divo" a charming restaurant where you can enjoy refined gastronomic delights of the Tuscan cuisine. The particularly unique location in ancient Etruscan rooms cut out of the 'tuff', the soft volcanic rock on which Siena is built, will undoubtedly make this culinary experience one to remember.

Lodging

• Albergo Bernini
  Via della Sapienza, 15, 53100 Siena. Telephone: +39-0577-289047.
• Relais Borgo Scopeto
  Relais Borgo Scopeto is a traditional and characteristic Tuscan estate overlooking the famous city of Siena located a short distance away. Carefully restored and lovingly brought back to life, Relais Borgo Scopeto has maintained its elegance and welcoming atmosphere surrounded by the unspoilt countryside and the only sound of the nature. This landmark, for centuries the home of the illustrious Sozzini family, has now become one of the most exclusive place to stay, offering its guests a unique experience.

Attractions

• Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
  Piazza Salimbene, 3 53100 Siena. Oldest surviving bank in the world, founded in 1472 by the Magistrate of the city state of Siena, Italy, as a mount of piety.
• SMS Santa Maria della Scala
  Piazza Duomo, 1 - 53100 Siena. Telephone: 0+39 (0)577 534511. Constructed along the Via Francigena, Santa Maria della Scala was one of the first hospitals in Europe, with its own organization set up to care for pilgrims, assist the poor and provide for abandoned children. The Santa Maria Maria della Scala has a strategic position in the fascinating urban built-up area. Built in front of the Cathedral, it occupies the hill of the Dome, which conserves the most ancient traces of human presence.
• Universitá degli Studi di Siena
  Via Banchi di Sotto 55, 53100 Siena. Telephone +39 0577 232111

Tours

• Hills and Roads
  Country Roads and Wine Tours. Transfers to/from Siena.

Other — Tourist Guides, etc.

• About Siena
  This is a non-commercial website that wants to give you most of interesting and useful information about one of the most beatiful city on the world: Siena. They just try to collect for you most of possible information about the history and the way of life of the "town".
• Siena: Medieval Tuscany
  Siena is probably Italy's loveliest medieval city, and a trip worth making even if you are in Florence and Tuscany for just a few days. Siena's heart is its central piazza known as Il Campo and world-renown for its famous Palio, a festival and horse race that takes place on the piazza itself two times each summer (Movie audiences worldwide can see Siena and the Palio in the last James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.)