Siena Self Guided Walking Tour
About This Tour
Welcome to Siena's Shadow Empire—a 3-hour, 3.8-kilometre self-guided audio walking tour of a Tuscan city that should not, by any reasonable standard, still exist.
What You'll Experience
Stand inside the oldest bank in the world, founded 1472
Trace the contrada system—seventeen tribes, secret rivalries
Walk the literal benches where the word "bank" was born
Hear the Villa Malamerenda banquet poisoning legend
Stand on the shell-shaped Campo, paved as a constitution
Touch a working fountain fed by 25km of secret tunnels
Visit the cathedral the Black Death stopped mid-build
See Donatello's Feast of Herod that changed Western art
Look through glass at Saint Catherine's mummified head
Climb the unfinished Facciatone for the best view in Siena
Walk Catherine of Siena's birthplace in the dyers' valley
End at a Dominican basilica the friars still inhabit
What's Included
Included
- Access to the Siena Self Guided Walking Tour on our App
- 25+ narration points of popular locations in Siena
- Detailed directions to both well-known attractions and hidden spots
- Fully offline map – no need for Wi-Fi or data.
- Audio Guide
Not Included
- In Person Guide
- Entry fee of The Palazzo Chigi Saracini ($11.75)
- Entry fee of The Siena Cathedral ($24.38)
- Entry fee of The Facciatone ($18.58)
Tour Starting
Tour Starting Point
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
53100 Siena, Province of Siena, Italy
Tour Stops
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
Begin in Piazza Matteotti and discover the contrada system—seventeen tribes, baptismal fountains, and a 700-year-old border you crossed without noticing.
A City Behind Stone: Siena and the Memory of Defence
Walk through Porta Camollia, Siena’s northern gate—once a defense against Florence, now a reminder of rivalry, resilience, and the city’s shifting identity.
Fontanino della Contrada della Lupa
Step into Lupa territory and meet the founding myth of Siena—Senius and Aschius, the wolf, the bakers, and a contrada with no allies and one fierce rival.
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5 Languages
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Why Trippy vs. a traditional tour
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