Siena Walking Tour with Audio and Written Guide by a local
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Siena, Italy
- 4 to 5 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Make sense of Siena’s winding medieval streets with a self-guided audio tour that connects the key sights across its three hills. Follow a planned route from Porta Camollia to Piazza Salimbeni, stopping at the cathedral and Piazza del Campo along the way. Hear the stories behind each landmark, with time to pause, explore, or stop for a meal whenever you choose.
- Get a local perspective on Siena without the cost of hiring a guide
- Start when you like and explore each stop at your own pace
- Switch between audio and written notes to suit your surroundings
- Discover the food spots loved by locals with recommendations included
What's Included
- Digital guide to visit the city by yourself
- Best advices for local restaurant with authentic food
- Audio-guide and text in multiple languages (Eng, Esp, Ita, Ger, Fr)
- Tips for monuments, history and curiosities
- Cathedral + Baptistery + Museo dell'Opera + Facciatone ticket = from 18€
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Siena FS53100 Siena, Province of Siena, Italy
The tour starts from Siena train station, but if you are already in the city you can go directly to point 2 (Porta Camollia). If you want you can activate the tour with the walkingcap site link found in your voucher even before reaching the meeting point.
End point
- Piazza Salimbeni, 53100 Siena SI, Italy
We are going to finish in this beautiful medieval square!
Operating hours
- 07/03/2024 - 11/19/2027
Monday - Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Itinerary
1
Porta Camollia
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Fortezza Medicea
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Basilica Cateriniana Di S. Domenico
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Via Fontebranda
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Duomo di Siena
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Battistero di San Giovanni
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
7
Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
8
Facciatone
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
9
Piazza del Campo
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
Piazza Salimbeni
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- You will need a smartphone with internet connection to use the digital guide
- You'll be able to hear the audio through your speaker or, if you have them, through your headphones
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 104 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.4
based on 46 reviews
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It was generally a good experience but I couldn’t use the given map to navigate the directions. I had to use Google maps on my phone for directions, so at every location I had to enter in the next destination, all over again….which was a bit inconvenient.
A great way to self guide around Siena. It would have been helpful to have a slightly better map or clearer directions between stops, but it was a good way to see the City
This was a good way to take in Siena. However, there needs to be warnings about the steep climbs and descents on the route, and possible alternative routes or suggestions where a taxi might hit be a good choice for less able-bodied folk. I made it fine because I’m in pretty good shape for a 64 yr old, but it’s not an easy walk in the park. Also let people know they need some sturdy shoes for all of the uneven terrain.
I was hoping for more information about each of the stops but it was so basic that I could have generated the same list from AI and put together my own tour without having to pay and download the audio guide.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Ciao, thanks for taking the time to leave a review. Practically for the same price as a pizza 🍕 you can have: 👉🏻 Already built and verified itinerary with all the most important monuments and google maps integration👉🏻 Information of all the monuments divided and sorted with text and audio version 👉🏻 Verified and personally tried restaurant recommendations 👉🏻Curiosities of the city. As a tour guide, I would love it if AI had the same quality and provided all this information-I would save a lot of time 🤩! Unfortunately, this is not the case (try it to believe!).
I hope this answer will be helpful for other travelers!
Ciao
Walking Cap
Great experience walking through Siena. Audio guide gave great insight into various sites and website was very easy use. We went to Siena in August so it was very warm. The self paced audio guide was nice because we could take breaks whenever we wanted and start back up at any point within the tour.
We did not have time for a guided tour so this was a nice way to learn a little about the main sites. We did crave a bit more history about Sienna though!
Very interesting! In my opinion, the only flaw is that the list of places to visit is not indexed in a way that allows one to choose which to listen to in case, for major reasons, it is not possible to follow the suggested itinerary. Anyway, I had a lot of fun!!
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It is a good cheap option, which allows you to tour the city without inconvenience and enjoy the walk
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Self-guided visit at our own pace. Perfect! No problem downloading audio. Very well done.
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I entered the link in the morning to see the tour. In the afternoon when I was going to start the tour I no longer let the application in. So I couldn't enjoy it
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Response from Host, Sep 2025
Ciao, the access last 3 days so probably, you just typed the wrong password 😅 . However, it is a pity you did not write to us as we would have simply explained to check better when typing passwords and you could have enjoyed the digital guide. I hope this review can help other travelers.
Walking Cap
Beautiful experience, simple but complete explanations. Also suitable for boys. I traveled with my children aged 9 and 12
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E' stato tutto molto rilassante e divertente, un fai da te molto semplice ed anche molto essenziale. Non è certamente come avere una guida fisica , ma offre in compenso molta autonomia
Der Guide bietet einen guten Überblick über die Stadt. Toller Service von Matteo, er steht jederzeit zur Verfügung und steht bei etwaigen Rückfragen zur Verfügung, antwortet schnell und ist sehr freundlich.
Auch die persönlichen Tipps für Restaurants bzw Cafés für lokale Spezialitäten waren ausgesprochen gut!
Vollkommen empfehlenswert!
El recorrido es excesivamente largo para un día y sin embargo los comentarios son escasos sobretodo dentro de los edificios emblemáticos
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Ciao Emilia,
first, thank you for using my digital guide!
The goal of these guides is to provide a product that allows you to visit and learn about the buildings, curiosities, and typical main dishes of major Italian cities.
Obviously it would not be possible to delve into every single building in every city as it would then be really too long and there would be so much content to read!
For this reason, each paragraph contains a summary of the most interesting and curious information, and if one wants to delve deeper into a particular monument, one can always purchase specific guides on the spot.
As for the length, in my opinion, one day is enough to visit the city with this digital guide! However, if one needs more time, there is no problem: the digital guide remains active for 3 days 😌.
I hope to meet you again in one of my digital guides!
Ciao
Matteo
Walking Cap
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