Siena Walking Tour with Audioguide on your Smartphone

The audio guide is a convenient mobile companion for a self-guided walk in Siena. The tour is designed specifically for getting to know the city in a relatively short time of 1.5–2 hours. Follow the route on the in-app map to walk from Piazza del Campo to the Medici Fortress, passing by the city’s main landmarks. Highlights include: Siena Cathedral, Fonte Gaia, Palazzo Chigi-Saracini, Galluzzi Arches, Fontebranda Fountain, House of Saint Catherine of Siena. The tour includes 26 points of interest. All stories are written by professional journalists and historians with a touch of humor and a love of travel. After you download the tour, you can run it offline in the app. We recommend using headphones to hear the audio guide clearly. Enjoy engaging stories and legends as you move at your own pace, without the need to follow a tour group. At any moment, you can stop to rest at a café or turn into a picturesque alley, and then continue your walk around the city.

1. 1

   Piazza del Campo

   10 min

   Piazza del Campo is the historic heart of Siena. Its shell-shaped form, brick paving, and surrounding palaces reflect the city’s medieval civic power. The square is closely linked with the Palazzo Pubblico, the Torre del Mangia, and the Palio horse race, making it a symbol of Siena’s identity, traditions, and public life.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   10 min

   The University of Siena is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Founded in the 13th century, it became an important centre of law, medicine, philosophy, and civic learning. Its historic buildings connect Siena’s medieval cityscape with centuries of scholarship, student life, and intellectual tradition.

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   Fonte Gaia

   10 min

   The Fountain of Joy, known locally in Italian as Fonte Gaia, stands in Piazza del Campo in Siena. Created in the 15th century and later replaced by a 19th-century copy, it celebrates the arrival of water to the city through a medieval aqueduct system. Its marble reliefs, civic setting, and joyful name reflect Siena’s pride, artistry, and public life.

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   Loggia della Mercanzia

   10 min

   Loggia della Mercanzia is a graceful Gothic-Renaissance arcade in the historic centre of Siena. Built in the 15th century as a meeting place for merchants and money changers, it reflects the city’s commercial power. Its arches, marble seats, and sculptural decoration connect Siena’s trade, civic life, and refined urban design.

5. 5

   Palazzo Chigi Saracini

   Pass by

   Chigi-Saracini Palace is one of Siena’s most elegant historic residences. Built around a medieval core and later expanded by noble families, it reflects the city’s aristocratic and artistic heritage. Today, it is closely linked with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, making the palace a symbol of Siena’s musical and cultural life.

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   Duomo di Siena

   Pass by

   Siena Cathedral is one of Italy’s great Gothic churches. Built mainly between the 12th and 14th centuries, it reflects Siena’s wealth, faith, and artistic ambition. Its striped marble façade, sculpted details, mosaic floor, and works by major Renaissance artists make it a central symbol of the city.

7. 7

   Stop 7

   10 min

   Galluzza Arches, known locally in Italian as Archi della Galluzza, are a series of arches crossing Via della Galluzza in Siena. The steep alley is one of the city’s most picturesque medieval passages, linking old houses, narrow views, and layered street architecture. Its name is traditionally connected with the poultry market once held in this area.

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   Fontebranda

   10 min

   Fontebranda Fountain, known locally in Italian as Fontebranda, is one of Siena’s oldest and most important medieval fountains. Built in the 13th century near the city walls, it supplied water to residents, artisans, and animals through a complex Gothic structure. Its broad arches, brickwork, and connection with the wool industry reflect Siena’s engineering skill and everyday urban life.

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   Stop 9

   10 min

   The Basilica of San Domenico is one of Siena’s major Gothic churches. Built mainly in brick between the 13th and 14th centuries, it is closely linked with Saint Catherine of Siena. Its austere architecture, chapels, relics, and hillside position reflect the city’s Dominican spirituality and medieval religious life.

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    Oratorio di Santa Caterina del Paradiso

    10 min

    Oratorio di Santa Caterina is part of the sanctuary connected with Saint Catherine of Siena. Built after her canonisation in the 15th century, it stands near the area associated with her family home and her father’s dye workshop. The oratory reflects Siena’s devotion to its most famous saint, linking domestic memory, craft life, and religious identity.

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    Stop 11

    10 min

    Statua di Sallustio Bandini stands in Piazza Salimbeni in Siena. Created by sculptor Tito Sarrocchi in the late 19th century, it honours the Sienese priest and economist associated with reformist ideas. The monument connects the square with civic memory, banking history, and Siena’s intellectual life.

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    Palazzo Tolomei

    10 min

    Palazzo Tolomei is one of the oldest surviving private palaces in Siena. Built for the powerful Tolomei banking family, it dominates the square that still carries their name. Its severe Gothic façade, stone portals, and family associations reflect the wealth, rivalries, and urban authority of medieval Siena.

13. 13

    Stop 13

    10 min

    Insigne Collegiata di Santa Maria in Provenzano is one of Siena’s most important churches after the cathedral. Completed and opened for worship in 1611, it became a major Marian sanctuary and is closely linked with the Palio of 2 July. Its Baroque architecture, sacred image of the Madonna di Provenzano, and Contrada traditions reflect Siena’s deep civic and religious identity.

14. 14

    Basilica di San Francesco

    10 min

    Basilica di San Francesco is one of Siena’s major Gothic churches. Built for the Franciscan order, it is closely linked with the city’s religious life and the Eucharistic miracle of 1730. Its broad brick interior, artworks, chapels, and devotional history reflect Siena’s medieval faith, Franciscan presence, and civic memory.

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    Donna Alla Finestra

    10 min

    Donna alla Finestra is a small sculpture in Siena’s Bruco district. Created in 1995 by Pier Luigi Olla, it shows a woman looking from a window, with a pomegranate and the tiny symbol of the contrada. The work reflects Siena’s playful street details, Palio identity, and the intimate character of its medieval lanes.

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    Porta Ovile

    10 min

    Porta Ovile is one of the historic gates in Siena’s medieval walls. Built to control access to the northeastern side of the city, it connected Siena with roads, mills, fields, and water sources outside the walls. Its brick structure and defensive setting reflect the city’s fortified character and the practical life of medieval Siena.

17. 17

    Stop 17

    10 min

    Fontanino della Contrada della Lupa is the ritual fountain of Siena’s She-Wolf contrada. Created in the 1960s by architect Giovanni Barsacchi, with a bronze she-wolf by Emilio Montagnani, it reflects the Palio tradition of contrada baptism, local identity, and the Roman legend at the heart of Siena’s symbolism.

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    Fortezza Medicea

    10 min

    Fortezza Medicea is a large brick fortress on the edge of Siena’s historic centre. Built in the 16th century under Medici rule after the fall of the Sienese Republic, it reflects a period of political control and military power. Its bastions, walls, and elevated position connect Siena’s medieval independence with its later Tuscan history.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• The audio guide is available through a special mobile app for iOS and Android
• Admission tickets to the sights are not included. Please buy them separately in advance
• The tour doesn’t cover all Siena sights
• This is a self-guided tour. You will need to download the audio guide mobile app, activate your purchase, and follow the route on the app's map. There is no human guide provided

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.