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Siena Slideshow
Siena
Travel Blogs from Siena, Italy
Siena and our tour of Tuscany
... San Gimignano, with a tour of a winery estate and wine tasting, of course! Our first stop on the tour was right outside of Siena at the Monteriggioni Castle. It very neat to learn that this castle was the fort used back in the war of Siena vs. Florence ...
This Medieval City Was Not Designed for Parking
... the bar of the 5-star hotel nearby. There we had a delightful conversation with the bartender about the difficulties of navigating Siena, among other things. He told us that he lives two hours away, somewhere in the country, and commutes to town to ...
St. Catherine and Brunello di Montalcino
... patron saint of Siena and Europe. In the afternoon, we took a field trip to two wineries in the Montalcino area south of Siena -- one a small family winery within the old city walls, the other in an agricultural area SE of Montalcino -- to explore ...
Siena - Day Trip!
... , and when we got there, we took a walking tour around the city. We saw lots of churches, and old buildings. Siena was competing with Florence for attention when Florence built it's Duomo (big church), so Siena built it's own Duomo. We ...
wine time --Tuscany
... into the Daytona 500. After about ten minutes of holding my breathe while this crazy woman whipped around the narrow street of Siena nearly hitting everything and everyone insight, we picked up Fabrizio, the owner of the hostel that we would be staying ...
Gothic Haunts
... where the locals go? McDonalds. Instead, we hiked through the streets over to the Cathedral , considered one of Italy's greatest Gothic cathedrals. I would not be one to argue. This was my first experience with a church of this magnitude, ...
SIENNA & SAN GImIGANO
Last Sunday we traveled to Sienna and San G. In Sienna we toured San Domenico's church where St. Cathrine's thumb and head were preserved. We weren't allowed to take picture of the inside of the church. Next we walked around through the streets, we found ...
Il Palio
SO... back on the bus. A quick detour to a little town called ottiveo which wa quite pretty. Caught the bus into town and had a look around the Square and the Duomo. The town had such a great feel and I think that this was due ...
Rain in Voltera, Sunshine in Siena
... to Siena to enjoy the rest of our day. Of course, the blue skies returned as we were leaving. We finally got to Siena and this time Chris brought his GPS with him instead of leaving it in the car and he turned it to the walking mode. ...
Afternoon in Siena
Day 9 - Part 2 After lunch we headed for Siena where manage to park outside the city stone walls and walk to the old part of the city (yet another World Heritage Site). Since it was Sunday there were lots of people just passing by, sitting in the many ...
Freezing in Siena
... , at least it is how I tend to picture it. Rolling hills, green and little villages in the countryside. Since the drive to Siena is through Tuscany, aka wine country, of course we stopped and had a wine tasting. We got to go to Donatella's winery- it ...
More than a color
... have been known to win the race! There are parades and the horses are blessed before the race. Due to the narrowness of Siena's streets, tour buses aren't allowed within the city walls so our driver dropped us off in a parking area just outside the city. ...
My Sienese Life
... -round and throw huge parties. As you'll probably see from one of my photos oftentimes members of the contrada march around Siena in their traditional, medieval contrada-garb (Robin Hood: Men in Tights comes to mind for a description) banging drums and ...
First Day of Classes
... with her and Mara (her friend from school) for a while. They're so funny, and it was nice getting Mara's view on Siena since I think she's been here longer. ThenAlicia, Katie, Aldyn, and I ran to the minimarket across from our appartment and bought some ...
Everything is shut on a Sunday
Sunday our favourite day of the week, this is the day that we always need something from a shop, whether it is food, fuel, camping stuff. You name it; we need it on a Sunday. The only problem with this is the fact that Sunday is the "everything is ...
Splat!
... self-control not to freak out right in the middle of everything. So...despite this unfortunate occurance, we absolutely LOVED Siena. The close-knit neighborhood pride was so charming and all the people seemed to know each other. We had ...
Siena, Italia
We were in Siena on a day trip. -Walking tour -Lunch at Mr. Pizza -Cappacino with Lo and John -Sketching in the park -exploring the ...
Siena
Siena - quiet and pretty. Campanile to climb, beautiful cathedral, interesting square, torture ...
KY horse lover in Siena, too bad I missed Il Palio
... ; We started this chilly morning in Siena. This was one of my favorite places. Siena streets were just what you pictured a small town in Italy to look like. The town is separated into several different sections or neighborhoods represented by ...
Relaxation in the Piazza and Final Tolling Bells
Today was our last day in Siena, and the second to last day in Italy. It was a gorgeous sunny day to see the city, so we headed out early in the morning after spending a little bit of time observing the view from our balcony. We started out simple, just ...
On the road again...
... at this time of the summer. We arrived in Siena about 2.00 pm, checked in, and started exploring the town. Siena has the second tallest medieval clock tower - built 700 years ago. One shop was selling iron ware - lights and furniture, ...
No Baci Grazie...Mangiare, Si, Grazie
... afternoon. i run into Rhoda on the way up to my apartment and Ang and I are introduced to one of the matriarchs of Siena, Argentina, a wonderful older Italian lady who knows evryone and is known by all. She is a character and I can't help but ...
PALİO DİYARINA DOĞRU
... günlerden Salı Siena'ya rahat eriştik .Bu kez Nermin'e (GPS) fazla bir iş düşmedi.Siena, İtalya'nın Toskana bölgesinde bir şehirdir. Siena İlinin de idari merkezidir.Siena'nın tarihi şehir ...
Florence - Sienna
... (of St Francis of Assisi fame). Unfortunately we did not make it to Venice this trip (yes, we'll just have to come back to Italy!). We had planned to go there, however as we started to wind our way south we decided to spend the time whilst we had the ...
They see me rollin', they hatin'.
... And then they shipped us to Siena, where we had an hour to eat before they gave us an actual guided tour, headphones and all. Siena has a really interesting history, but let me give you the titbits I liked the most. They, twice a year, have a horserace in ...
Siena
... birds singing, a scenery that makes you want to never move. We are trying to get a car today so that we may drive to Siena and beyond. A winery tour is also a possibility today. I forgot to tell you of our bus ride yesterday from Rocco Pilli...on our ...