
Siena
Each district has its own personality
Find the right area for your travel style

The shell-shaped square that is the finest public space in Italy: the sloping brick fan where students drink wine, tourists eat gelato, and twice a year horses race bareback around the edge.

The cathedral quarter on the hill above the Campo: black-and-white striped marble, 200 years of floor panels, Renaissance frescoes, and the unfinished nave wall you can climb for the view.

The residential north where contrada life is real, not performed: neighbourhood fountains, local trattorias with no English menus, and the basilica where Saint Catherine had her visions.

The quiet south where Siena trails off into Tuscan countryside: a world-class painting gallery that nobody visits, a church with the best panorama in the city, and the trattorias where locals eat lunch.