Family-Friendly Attractions In Siena

Piazza del Campo

Medieval bricked square surrounded by elegant buildings, famous for hosting the Palio horse race.

Il Campo, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Siena Cathedral

13th-century structure famed for its facade & its marble stripes in symbolic black & white.

Piazza del Duomo, 8, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Fortezza Medicea

Built in 1563, the brick fort offers a park with hiking/biking trails, city views & an amphitheater.

Piazza Caduti delle Forze Armate, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico

Severe Gothic cathedral with a frescoed chapel housing relics of St Catherine, including her head.

Piazza S. Domenico, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Porta Camollia

Grand, carved entryway to the city, with a central portico for cars & 2 walkways for pedestrians.

Viale Vittorio Emanuele II, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Porta Romana

Imposing 14th-century city gate with 2 arched portals, arrow loops & a crenellated roof.

Via Roma, 83, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Palazzo Salimbeni

Photography is popular at this neo-Gothic 14th-century palace with a large statue in its square.

Piazza Salimbeni, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Fontebranda - Fontanina Contrada dell'Oca

This working 13th-century fountain with Gothic arches & a crenellated roof is fed by aqueducts.

Via Fontebranda, 95, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Diborrato Waterfall

Terraced cascade with a rocky pool popular for swimming, plus hiking routes & river rafting nearby.

Località S. Marziale, 53034 Colle di Val d'Elsa SI, Italy

Palazzo Pubblico

13th century brick town hall with tower housing the civic museum & its fresco collection.

Il Campo, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Santa Maria della Scala

1400s frescoes & Renaissance art fill this former hospital, now a museum & exhibition complex.

Complesso museale Santa Maria della Scala, Piazza del Duomo, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Porta Tufi

S.da dei Tufi, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Parco Sculture del Chianti

Site-specific installations by contemporary artists from 5 continents on sprawling, wooded grounds.

SP 9 di Pievasciata, 48, 53019 Castelnuovo Berardenga SI, Italy

Opera delle Metropolitana

Cathedral museum displaying marble statues, altar pieces & a restored medieval stained-glass window.

Piazza del Duomo, 8, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Fonte delle fate

Str. di S. Francesco, 53036 Poggibonsi SI, Italy

Torre del Mangia

87m-high square stone tower, built from 1325 to 1348, with a belfry dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Il Campo, 1, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena

Gallery housing vast collection of Sienese masterpieces from the late medieval to Renaissance era.

Via S. Pietro, 29, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena

· Dogs allowed

Via Pier Andrea Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Azienda Agricola La Lastra

· Delivery

Str. della Befana, 2/A, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Vista Panoramica di Siena

San Prospero,53100, SI, Italy

Piazza del Duomo

Piazza del Duomo, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Musei dell’Accademia dei Fisiocritici

Natural history museum in an old monastery, with taxidermied animals, artifacts & a whale skeleton.

Piazzetta Silvio Gigli, 2, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Facciatone

Observation point atop an unfinished church facade, with views of centuries-old towers & piazzas.

Piazza del Duomo, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Giardini Pubblici

· Dogs allowed

Viale Vittorio Veneto, 11, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi

Romanesque Catholic church with a 13th-century marble holy-water stoup & Gothic artworks.

Piazza Alessandro Manzoni, 5, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Porta Franca (o Romea)

Via I° Maggio, 53035 Monteriggioni SI, Italy

Loggia del Papa, Siena

Open-air Renaissance arcade erected in the 15th century by Pope Pius II to honor his family.

Logge del Papa, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Insigne Collegiata di Santa Maria in Provenzano

Piazza Provenzano, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Basilica dell'Osservanza

This 15th-century Renaissance-style church was rebuilt after it was destroyed in World War II.

Str. dell'Osservanza, 7, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Parco giochi di Pescaia

Str. di Pescaia, 8, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Parco Dell'acqua

· Dogs allowed

Via Macinaiola, 39, 53040 Rapolano Terme SI, Italy

Fonte Nuova D'Ovile

Via Pian D'Ovile, 27, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Fontana Contrada Selva

Piazzetta della Selva, 4, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Crete senesi Asciano

· Dogs allowed

Str. di Leonina, 2, 53041 Asciano SI, Italy

Palazzo Chigi-Saracini

Via di Città, 89, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Loggia della mercanzia

Via di Città, 2, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Museo Archeologico Nazionale

1933 museum showcasing archeological finds from local excavations dating back to the Bronze age.

Piazza del Duomo, 2, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Cripta del Duomo di Siena

53100 Siena, Province of Siena, Italy

Parco di Piazza d'Armi

· Dogs allowed

53100 Siena, Province of Siena, Italy

Castello di Belcaro

Str. Terrensano e Belcaro, 32, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Orto dei Pecci

Via Porta Giustizia, 39, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Castellare degli Ugurgieri

Vicolo Castellare, 3, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Parco "Unità d'Italia"

· Dogs allowed

Viale Pisacane Carlo, 106, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Museum of the Contrada Tortoise

Via Tommaso Pendola, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Area Verde Camollia 85

Via del Romitorio, 4, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Giardini Emilio Montagnani

Via Duccio di Boninsegna, 18, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Piazza Indipendenza

Piazza Indipendenza, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Piazza Tolomei

Piazza Tolomei, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Point of view

Viale XXV Aprile, 7, 53100 Siena SI, Italy

Snowman

Via di Follonica, 71, 53100 Siena SI, Italy