Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Siena, Italy

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Number of sights 39 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 269 m
Descend 276 m

Experience Siena in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in SienaIndividual Sights in Siena

Sight 1: Basilica of Saint Francis

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Basilica of Saint Francis This image was created with Hugin. / CC BY-SA 3.0

San Francesco is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Basilica of San Francesco, Siena (EN)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: San Pietro a Ovile

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San Pietro a Ovile is a medieval Roman Catholic church located on the Via del Giglio in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Pietro a Ovile, Siena (EN)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Collegiata di Santa Maria di Provenzano

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Santa Maria in Provenzano, or the Insigne Collegiata di Santa Maria in Provenzano, is a late-Renaissance-Baroque style, Roman Catholic, collegiate church in Piazza Provenzano Salvani, in the Terza Camollia, just southwest of the basilica of San Francesco, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. This Marian shrine was built around a 14th-century terracotta icon of the Madonna, which was credited with miracles. The Palio of Siena takes place on the day of veneration of this Marian devotion.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria in Provenzano, Siena (EN), Website

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: San Vigilio

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San Vigilio is a Renaissance and Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via San Vigilio, Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The exterior has a sober classical facade, while the interior has rich Baroque decorations. The church is dedicated to the Bishop and martyr St Vigilius; it now serves as the chapel for the University of Siena. It stands across the street from the Castellare Ugurgieri, and down the street from the Palazzo Bandini Piccolomini found on the junction with Via Sallustio Bandini.

Wikipedia: San Vigilio, Siena (EN)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: San Giovannino della Staffa

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San Giovannino della Staffa, also known as San Giovannino in Pantaneto is a Renaissance style Roman Catholic church on Piazetta Virgilio Grassi, in the Contrada del Leocorno, Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Giovannino della Staffa, Siena (EN)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Palazzo Chigi Zondadari

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Palazzo Chigi Zondadari is located in Siena, in Piazza del Campo. It is the first building that is encountered in the hemicycle from the outlet of Via dei Rinaldini.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Chigi Zondadari (IT)

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Palazzo Sansedoni

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Palazzo Sansedoni

Palazzo Sansedoni is a Gothic style urban palace and tower, whose concave facade is situated facing the Palazzo Pubblico across the Piazza del Campo in the political center of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Sansedoni (EN)

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Siena

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Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. Siena is the 12th largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 53,062 as of 2022.

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258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

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Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.

Wikipedia: Siena Cathedral (EN), Website

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Opera del Duomo Museum

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Opera del Duomo Museum

The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo is an art museum in Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It houses works of art and architectural fragments that were formerly in, or a part of, the Duomo of Siena. These include a number of Italian Gothic sculptures by Giovanni Pisano and his school from the façade of the cathedral; the Maestà of Duccio di Boninsegna, which was the altarpiece from about 1311 until 1505 or 1506; and works by Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti. There are also works moved to the museum from other churches in the area, such as the Madonna of Duccio brought from the Pieve di Santa Cecilia at Crevole in the comune of Murlo.

Wikipedia: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Siena) (EN)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Battistero di San Giovanni

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The Battistero di San Giovanni is a religious building in Siena, Italy. It is in the square with the same name, near the final spans of the choir of the city's cathedral.

Wikipedia: Siena Baptistery of San Giovanni (EN), Website

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Cattedrale di Siena e Libreria Piccolomini

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The Piccolomini Library is a monumental room in the cathedral of Siena. Located along the left aisle, before the transept, it was built in 1492 by the archbishop of Siena, Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini Todeschini to house the very rich book heritage collected by his uncle Pope Pius II. Between about 1502 and 1507 it was completely frescoed by Pinturicchio and his assistants, including the Bolognese Amico Aspertini and the young Raphael Sanzio.

Wikipedia: Libreria Piccolomini (IT), Website

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

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Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

The church of the Santissima Annunziata is a Catholic place of worship in the city of Siena, Tuscany.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata (Siena) (IT)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa di San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta

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Chiesa di San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta The original uploader was Sailko at Italian Wikipedia. / Copyrighted free use

San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta is an ancient church next to Piazzeta della Selva in Siena, Italy. It is located in the Contrada della Selva.

Wikipedia: San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta, Siena (EN)

48 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Museo Archeologico Nazionale

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The National Archaeological Museum of Siena is located in Piazza del Duomo in the complex of the ancient hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. There are numerous finds from excavations in the province of Siena.

Wikipedia: Museo archeologico nazionale di Siena (IT), Website

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa delle Clarisse

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The church of the Poor Clares is a small modern religious structure, dedicated to Santa Chiara and annexed to the convent of the Poor Clares in Siena, in via Paolo Mascagni, 38.

Wikipedia: Chiesa delle Clarisse (Siena) (IT)

312 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: San Niccolò al Carmine

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San Niccolò al Carmine

San Niccolò al Carmine, also called Santa Maria del Carmine is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church and monastery located in Pian dei Mantellini #30, near the corner of Via della Diana in the Terzo de Citta of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church now serves as the Oratory for the Contrada of Pantera. Across the street from the belltower is the Palazzo Celsi Pollini. North along Pian dei Mantellini, toward the Arco delle Due Porte, and on the same side of the street are a number of palaces built around what was once the Monastery of the Derelict Women: in order they are the Neoclassical Palazzo Incontri, the Palazzo Ravissa and the Palazzo Segardi.

Wikipedia: San Niccolò al Carmine, Siena (EN)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di Santa Margherita in Castelvecchio

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The church and convent of Santa Margherita in Castelvecchio is a convent complex in Siena.

Wikipedia: Chiesa e convento di Santa Margherita in Castelvecchio (IT)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo

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The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church, located on Via San Marco in the contrada of Chiocciola, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santi Pietro e Paolo, Siena (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Santa Lucia

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Santi Niccolò e Lucia, also known only as Santa Lucia, is a Roman Catholic church located in Pian dei Mantellini, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santi Niccolo e Lucia, Siena (EN)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Oratorio di Sant'Antonio da Padova

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Oratorio di Sant'Antonio da PadovaEmanuele from Latina, Italy / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova is a small church on Via Tommaso Pendola in Siena, Italy. The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella. Siena also has a separate church of Sant'Antonio da Padova located elsewhere in the city in the Contrada della Civetta.

Wikipedia: Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova, Siena (EN)

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: San Pietro alle Scale

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San Pietro alle Scale, also known as San Pietro in Castelvecchio is a Roman Catholic parish church located on via San Pietro, Terzo of Città, in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Initially built in the 12th century, this parish church was completely rebuilt in a Baroque style in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of Glory of St Peter. The belltower dates to 1699, and the facade to 1706.

Wikipedia: San Pietro alle Scale, Siena (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: National Picture Gallery of Siena

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National Picture Gallery of Siena

The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally identified as the Pannocchieschi family's residence. The Palazzo Bichi-Buonsignori, built in the 15th century, was until recently thought to have a 19th-century neo-medieval façade based on the city's Palazzo Pubblico; however, restoration in 2022 revealed that it is mostly original.

Wikipedia: Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena) (EN), Website

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Porta All'Arco

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The Porta all'Arco is a city gate in Siena, located in Via San Pietro and dating back to the twelfth century.

Wikipedia: Porta all'Arco (Siena) (IT)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

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Chiesa di Sant'Agostino User:Attilios / CC BY-SA 3.0

Sant'Agostino is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Agostino, Siena (EN), Website

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: San Giuseppe

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San Giuseppe

San Giuseppe is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was designed by Baldassare Peruzzi.

Wikipedia: San Giuseppe, Siena (EN)

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 27: San Giovanni Battista

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The church of San Giovanni Battista, also known as the Oratory of the Thirteen, is a church in Siena, Italy. It is the oratory of the Noble Contrada of L'Aquila.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Siena) (IT)

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 28: Teatro Dei Rinnovati

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The Teatro dei Rinnovati is a theater in Siena, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro dei Rinnovati (IT)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Chiesa di San Martino

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Chiesa di San Martino / Copyrighted free use

San Martino is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Porrione, in the Terzo San Martino in central in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Adjacent to the church is the Renaissance style Logge del Papa erected in 1462 by commission by Pope Pius II Piccolomini.

Wikipedia: San Martino, Siena (EN), Website

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 30: Chiesa Di San Girolamo

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The church and convent of San Girolamo are a religious complex located in Siena, in the street of the same name. Also in Siena there is also the church and convent of San Girolamo in Campansi.

Wikipedia: Chiesa e convento di San Girolamo (IT)

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 31: Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi

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The Church of Santa Maria dei Servi is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in the Terzo of San Martino in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria dei Servi (Siena) (EN), Website

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 32: Oratorio della Compagnia della Santissima Trinità

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The oratory of the company of the Holy Trinity is a church in Siena in Via di Valdimontone, owned by the confraternity of the same name and used as an oratory by the Contrada of Valdimontone.

Wikipedia: Oratorio della Compagnia della Santissima Trinità (Siena) (IT)

61 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 33: Museo della Contrada di Valdimontone

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The Museum of the Valdimontone district is located in Via Val di Montone in Siena.

Wikipedia: Museo della contrada di Valdimontone (IT), Website

34 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 34: Museo Bologna Buonsignori

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The Bologna Buonsignori Museum is located in Siena, in via Roma n°50, in front of the Museum of the Society of Executors of Pious Dispositions.

Wikipedia: Museo Bologna-Buonsignori (IT)

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 35: Santuccio

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Santuccio

The Church of the Santuccio or Chiesa del Santuccio, is a small, Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Roma 69 in Siena, Italy. The church was once was part of the adjacent monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, occupied since 1362 by Augustinian nuns. The frescoed church is not part of the Polo Museale della Toscana, an association of museums of the Tuscan region.

Wikipedia: Santuccio Church, Siena (EN)

22 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 36: Museo della Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni

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The Museum of the Society of Executors of Pious Dispositions is located in Siena in via Roma n°71. It is set up in some rooms of the former monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli and was founded in 1938. In the building opposite, in via Roma 50, there is the Bologna-Buonsignori Museum, which can be visited at the same times on request.

Wikipedia: Museo della Società di esecutori di pie disposizioni (IT)

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 37: Chiesa di San Raimondo

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San Raimondo, also called San Raimondo al Refugio, is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on the intersection of Via del Refugio and Via di Fiera Vecchia, in the Terzo of Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is dedicated to St Raymond of Pennafort.

Wikipedia: San Raimondo, Siena (EN)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 38: Chiesa Di San Gaetano Da Thiene

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Chiesa Di San Gaetano Da Thiene sconosciuto / Copyrighted free use

The narrow church or oratory of San Gaetano di Thiene is found in the middle of via dei Pispini in Siena, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Gaetano di Thiene, Siena (EN)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 39: Chiesa di Santo Spirito

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Chiesa di Santo Spirito User:Attilios / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santo Spirito is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located in piazza Santo Spirito, where Via dei Pispini meets Vicolo del Sasso, in Siena, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santo Spirito, Siena (EN)

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